In this newsletter: Capturing the 'Cowboy Life' Historic Guestbook on the Plains The Town that Refused to Die We have a winner!
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Four years ago we took, what I believe to be, one of our best fall trips, this time to the East Coast. Along the way, we explored coal country in West Virginia and actually learned quite a bit through a mine tour, and a drive through New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
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Meanwhile, Kathy and I hunkered down in the AC-cooled home office and are ready to tackle the road again, as soon as the sweat stops dropping when we step out the door. We hope this newsletter finds you as cool as we think you are! (see what I did there?)
Sincerely, Dave "thinks he's clever" Alexander
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From Legends' Photo Print Shop |
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From Chicago, Illinois, to the Santa Monica Pier in California, and everything in between, you'll find dozens of Route 66 photographs from all eight states!
Many sizes and products to choose from
Printed by MPix Pro from Miller's Professional Imaging in Pittsburg, Kansas, established 1939.
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Here are some of the recent additions since our last newsletter |
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Native American Rain Dance - The ceremonial rain dance is performed by Native Americans who believe it will cause rain and protect their harvest.
Native American Grass Dance - The grass dance, also known as the Omaha dance, is one of the oldest and most widely used dances in Native American culture.
Hopi Snake Dance - The widely publicized Hopi ritual was the Snake Dance, held annually in late August, during which the performers dance with live snakes in their mouths.
Native American Fancy Dance - The Native American Fancy Dance, also called the Fancy Feather or Fancy War Dance, is not a historical dance tradition of any tribe. Instead, it was created by members of the Ponca tribe in the 1920s and 1930s to preserve their culture and religion.
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Coronado Heights, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) Coronado Heights is a hill northwest of Lindsborg, Kansas. Here, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado gave up his search for the “Seven Cities of Gold."
Rock City Park, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) Rock City Park, a National Natural Landmark, comprises over 200 giant concretions southwest of Minneapolis, Kansas, in Ottawa County.
Chapman's Dugout, Ottawa County, Kansas - Chapman's Dugout on the Solomon River in Kansas provided protection for area settlers until it was replaced with Fort Solomon in 1864.
Battle of Sappa Creek, Kansas - The Battle of Sappa Creek, or Massacre at Cheyenne Hole, was fought on April 23, 1875, in Rawlins County, Kansas. It was both the final and the deadliest battle in the Red River War.
We've added 17 new articles since our last newsletter...
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We asked only our newsletter readers to reply to our late June newsletter with a show of patriotism. We threw all the entries into a virtual box and pulled a random number.
Congratulations to George Gonzalez of Florida! Winner of our reclaimed wood flag giveaway. |
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Born on August 22, 1886, Erwin Evans Smith, often referred to as “one of the greatest photographers of cowboy life,” created engaging and action-filled images of cowboys and ranch life that have come to symbolize the universal western cowboy type.
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The Battle of Athens: An Obscure American Revolution |
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The Battle of Athens, Tennessee, also known as the McMinn County War, was an August 1946 battle between returning war veterans and sheriff’s deputies that was caused by voter suppression. |
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Frontier Slang, Lingo & Phrases by Legends of America
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From the wild and woolly mining camps, to the rampages of the Civil War, to the many cowboys riding on the range, those frontier folks often used terms and phrases that are no longer used in everyday language today. Yet other words and sayings were often specific to certain regions and never used across the states. These terms, as in the past, are still sometimes heard in specific areas, but are “foreign” to the rest of us.
From the pages of period newspapers, books, and century old dictionaries comes the slang, lingo, and phrases of the American Frontier. Even if you're not looking for a definition, you'll get a peek into the charm and character of a historic era.
In addition to the hundreds of words and phrases, readers will also enjoy more than 150 vintage images.
132 pages, Black and White on White Paper, Signed by the Author if ordered here through our General Store.
Published by Legends Of America, 2015.
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Register Cliff, Wyoming – Historic Guestbook on the Plains |
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A large sandstone cliff located near Guernsey, Wyoming, Register Cliff is a chalk-like outcropping that rises some 100 feet above the floor of the North Platte River Valley.
Also called Register Rock and Sand Point Station, thousands of pioneers camped here and inscribed their names upon the sandstone while traveling along the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails.
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Weston, Missouri – The Town That Refused to Die |
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The first people to settle in what would soon become Weston were two young soldiers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1837.Today, Weston’s businesses, organizations, and individuals have joined together to restore Weston to a place of pride, billing itself as the “Town that Time Forgot.” The area is lined with antique shops and restaurants, allowing visitors to step back into the past easily. |
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Once filled with mining activity, Rimini, MT, is mostly quiet now, inhabited by just a few full-time residents and several people who flock to the area in the summer months, many of whom make their homes in restored miners’ cabins.
[Photos: The top portion of the image shows Rimini in 1924, with the bottom pic from our visit in 2008. ] |
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The Missouria, or Missouri Indians, lived in and gave their name to the state of Missouri. Their name means “one who has dugout canoes” in the Illinois language. In their own language, the Missouri called themselves Niúachi.
[photo: Otoe-Missouria Indians, circa 1915, Red Rock, Oklahoma.] |
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How many of you have been to Fort Sumner, New Mexico? There you will find the final resting place of Billy the Kid, who Sheriff Pat Garrett shot on July 14, 1881. Garrett wrote a book about it.
[image: The site of his death and grave, of Billy the Kid, at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Photos by Kathy Alexander, 2008.] |
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On July 13, 1951, one of the most costly floods in Kansas’ history swept down the Kansas River Valley into the Missouri River basin. Though the Kansas River Valley had flooded before, it had never been with this magnitude and damage. Today, it remains the single greatest day of flood destruction in Kansas. The Kansas River was so full that it forced the waters in its tributary, the Big Blue River, to run backward.
[image: Council Grove, Kansas, during the flood of 1951.] |
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