In this newsletter: and much more... | | Latest from our worldKathy registered the domain LegendsOfAmerica.com on June 27, 2003. | | That's Kathy back in our early days. Traveling with a budding entrepreneur with her sights on all things American was challenging in the beginning. From the sketchy roads to the abandoned mines, there was always a tale or two to share, especially about the adventure getting there.
One of those early trips was to Montana back in 2008. This was another one of those quick week-to-ten-day jaunts by air, car, and hotel. During our adventure, we explored several ghost towns in Southwest Montana.
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| | | Here are some of the recent additions since our last newsletter | | San Elizario, Texas - Border Town - The settlement that became San Elizario was first established sometime before 1760 as the Hacienda de los Tiburcios on the south side of the Rio Grande.
Red Jacket, Seneca War Chief - The renowned Seneca warrior and orator, Sa-go-ye-wa-thee, or Red Jacket, was a war chief of the Wolf Clan who lived in Western New York.
Fort DuPont, Delaware - Fort DuPont, Delaware, on the western shore of the Delaware River, south of Delaware City in New Castle County, was commissioned in 1898.
Camp Bird Mine, Colorado - The Camp Bird Mine, between Ouray and Telluride, Colorado, was a highly productive old gold mine in the San Juan Mountains.
The Drowned Man’s Wake - The story of two brothers, one a war-weary, hard-working man, and the other a drunk married to the woman his brother loved. And a boat called The Mercy, built from a curse.
Here's What's New on our Legends of Kansas website | | El Dorado, Kansas - Butler County Seat - (Legends of Kansas) El Dorado, Kansas, the county seat of Butler County, is located in the central part of the county along the western bank of the Walnut River. The discovery of the El Dorado Oil Field in 1915 was a huge boom for the city and launched the Aviation industry of nearby Wichita.
Robert M. Wright - Dodge City Pioneer - (Legends of Kansas) Robert M. Wright was a stage driver, post-trader, businessman, and one of the founders of Dodge City, Kansas.
Eskridge, Kansas - Gateway to the Flint Hills - (Legends of Kansas) Colonel Ephraim H. Sanford purchased 460 acres, platted and laid out Eskridge in 1868 at "the Corners", an intersection of Bronc Rider Road and Eight Mile Road, just about a mile east of the current downtown.
Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) Mount Mitchell is a hill in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, that looms over the rolling prairie of the Kansas River Valley with historical significance.
Lake Wabaunsee, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) Lake Wabaunsee is a man-made lake near Eskridge in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It once housed a German POW camp.
We've added 16 new articles since our last newsletter.
| | | | Available at Legends Photo Print Shop - Patriotic Prints Restored vintage photos, illustrations, and posters of Patriotic people, scenes, and slogans in American History, including Freedom, Liberty, the American Flag, Heroes in American History, and much more. Available in small to large print sizes and canvas | | | | | The United States 30th President was a man of few words but bold actions. John Calvin Coolidge was a true patriot, born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, a small community in the Green Mountains of Vermont. His mother, Victoria, was a stay-at-home mom who instilled in Cavlin a strong work ethic and a commitment to public service throughout his early childhood. His father, John Coolidge, farmed, was a storekeeper, and became a trusted local politician soon after Calvin’s birth, who would later wind up as a Justice of the Peace, swearing his son in as President of the United States. | | | Initial Battles For Independence | | Despite the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Americans amazingly still hoped that the king and Parliament would grant them the rights of Englishmen. If so, the colonists would gladly and loyally support the English government. The Second Continental Congress even sent one more petition to King George III asking for fair treatment. The king ignored it, closed American ports, and called the people rebels. | | | From Legends' General Store | | Legends of America's original designed postcards of the Old West utilizing our own restored images, photographs taken during our travels, vintage designs, and original art.
| | | Pioche, Nevada – Wildest Town in the Silver State | | We explored this gem of a town back in 2021. Once one of the wildest towns in the American West, Pioche is Nevada’s most notorious and liveliest "ghost town." It is also the gateway to Echo Canyon and Spring Valley State Parks, where visitors can camp, boat, fish, and view wildlife via the Mount Wilson Backcountry Byway or along one of the trailheads of the Silver State ATV Trail. | | | | | Kathy Weiser-Alexander registered the domain name LegendsOfAmerica.com on June 27, 2003. But our beginnings go farther back, when she began writing about the Moreno Valley of New Mexico, where she had spent summers with her grandmother as a child. Her love of ghost towns and history began with nearby places like Elizabethtown, New Mexico. | | | Popular Stories on Facebook | | In case you missed it, here are some of the articles that have been popular on our Facebook Fan Pages recently. | | | Madrid, New Mexico, was once a coal mining town with 3,000 people. Those glory days are over, and though categorized as a ghost town, Madrid still has about 400 residents and is bustling during the summer months with shops, restaurants, and galleries.
[image: Old Company House, Madrid, New Mexico, photo by Kathy Alexander.] | | | 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.] | | | Born on May 27, 1837, James Butler Hickok was a wagon master, soldier, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor well-known in the American West.
Read author Emerson Hough's take on the legend in this 1907 article.
[photo: Bill Hickok, lawman & gunfighter, 1867] | | | Flush derived its name from Michael Floersch, a pioneer settler. When the post office was opened on June 20, 1899, the postmaster-general could not pronounce Floersch and changed the name to Flush.
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