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In the early 1860s, cultural differences brought about most of the friction between the native plains tribes and the invading western adventurers, frontiersmen, and settlers. The capitalist mindset of the newcomers couldn’t stomach the habits of the native people, who often entered the camp or lonely cabin begging food and gifts.
Read moreCancer is everywhere. Or maybe it just feels like it these days.
Read moreThe English essayist Charles Lamb once said, “Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better (of someone) in something or other.” In another observation Lamb noted, “Cards are war, in disguise of sport.”
Read moreThe saying, “farmers never retire, they farm until they die,” is accurate for my paternal grandfather.
Read moreThe idea of an express delivery of letters carried by horse and rider, a “pony express,” was introduced to Congress by California Senator William Gwin in 1855. It was an idea before its time. Ocean delivery from New York around Cape Horn of South America to California was wholly acceptable at the time. The bill quietly expired in committee.
Read moreMemorial Day serves in my mind as the unofficial start of the summer, Independence Day the middle, and Labor Day the end. I am aware that this timeframe has inaccuracies, but this engrained set of time landmarks can’t be changed in my mind. I don’t think I am alone.
Read more“Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, brave courageous and bold. Long live his fame and long live his glory and long may his story be told.”
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