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That's us parked in front of the Oxford Mill in Oxford, Kansas. We did another quick journey to south-central Kansas, visiting several emerging ghost towns of the plains and old schools. More about Oxford under What's New.
On June 27, we celebrated 21 years on the World Wide Web. There are many travel adventures to share, but I picked our journey into Michigan from 10 years ago for this month's newsletter. Our Copper Island road trip included a ghost town, unique architecture, Fort Wilkins, and mining ruins. You'll find that below What's New.
In the meantime, we're taking the furry children and bugging out over the Independence holiday, heading for a quiet state park. In our next newsletter, we'll let you know what we find at Watkins Mill State Park in Missouri.
Thank You for your incredible support over the last 21 years. Kathy and I look forward to each and every anniversary with you.
Enjoy this month's newsletter,
Dave Alexander.
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The second edition of Jim Hinckley's 100 Things To Do on Route 66 Before You Die covers the infectious magic of a Route 66 Adventure. Quirky attractions, time capsule motels trimmed in colorful neon, fascinating museums, charming restaurants, and diners. See some of the author's favorite places on the Mother Road, where the line between America's past, present, and future is blurred and where the best of Route 66 can be experienced.
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Here are some of the recent additions since our last newsletter |
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How Dearborn Put The World on Wheels - (Submitted by Jackie Edwards) The man who brought us the great automobile company was a force to be reckoned with - and he brought the Michigan town of Dearborn to prominence, too.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) became the first steam-operated railway in the United States chartered for the commercial transportation of freight and passengers.
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St. Paul, Kansas & The Osage Mission – (Legends of Kansas) Dating back to 1847, St. Paul, Kansas, originally called Osage Mission, is a small town in Neosho County. Today’s population sits around 614.
Oxford, Kansas and the Old Mill - (Legends of Kansas) Oxford, Kansas, is a small town in Sumner County. As of the 2020 census, the city’s population was 1,048. Its 1870s flour mill is on the National Historic Register.
We've added 15 new articles since our last newsletter. |
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Flashback - Keweenaw Peninsula and Copper Island |
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Back in late summer 2014, Kathy and I explored copper mining, ghost towns, an old fort and more as we drove the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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Fighting for Future Freedom? |
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African Americans in New England rallied to the patriot cause and were part of the militia forces organized into the new Continental Army. Approximately five percent of the American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) were black. New England blacks mainly served in integrated units and received the same pay as whites, although no African American is known to have held a rank higher than corporal. |
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The United States is 248 years old. |
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In 1763, when England’s King George III began forcing his authority over the American Colonies to make them share the cost of the Seven Years’ War England had just won against France, colonists protested, invoking their rights as free men and loyal subjects. Using the thirteenth-century English document the Magna Carta as their basis for the idea that no one is above the law, including the King, colonists began a ten-year struggle to defend their rights, eventually leading to the American Revolution and its stand for freedom. |
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Frank “Shorty” Harris – Single Blanket Jackass Prospector |
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One of the best-known and revered prospectors of Death Valley, Frank “Shorty” Harris, was born on July 21, 1857, in Rhode Island and was orphaned when he was seven years old. In the late 1870s, he rode the rails west to seek his fortune in mining. He spent a lot of time in several mining camps, including Leadville, Colorado; Tombstone, Arizona; and the mines of Idaho before making his way to Death Valley. Standing just five feet, four inches tall, he soon got the nickname “Shorty” and quickly earned a reputation that he could “smell gold.”
Read about the discoverer of the Bull Frog Mining District, including his own story as told by Harris to Magazine of the American Automobile Association of Southern California in 1930. |
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Chief Joseph – Leader of the Nez Perce |
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"I call him great because he was simple and honest. Without education or special training, he demonstrated his ability to lead and fight when justice demanded. He outgeneraled the best and most experienced commanders in the United States Army, although their troops were well-provisioned, well-armed, and above all, unencumbered. He was great finally because he never boasted of his remarkable feat. I am proud of him because he was a true American."
Read more in this excerpt from the book Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), 1918. |
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Jay Em, Wyoming, began along a watering hole on the old Texas Trail that ran north-south through Goshen County. The land around the townsite was originally claimed by James Moore, a former Pony Express rider and rancher in the 1860s. By 1869, Moore had the second-largest cattle ranch in Wyoming Territory under the brand “J Rolling M.” A small stream on his land was named Jay Em Creek.
[Photo: Garage in Jay Em, Wyoming by Carol Highsmith] |
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An ancient Native American city near Collinsville, Illinois, the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site covers over 2,000 acres. It is the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico, with new discoveries being made this year.
[Cahokia – Monks Mound, photo by Kathy Alexander.]
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June 14, 1947, William “Mack” Brazel rode out on the J.B. Foster Ranch in New Mexico along with his neighbor. The pair soon found a large amount of strange debris spread throughout about 200 yards.
[Photo: Major Marcel at Fort Worth, Texas, with balloon debris. Though this “staged” picture of Marcel with weather balloon material was widely published, Marcel would say later the material he picked up at Brazel’s ranch was not part of any weather balloon or experimental balloon.]
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