Duchess of Weaselskin

Bayfield, Colorado - Veterans Day Weekend brought chilly, cloudy weather to the San Juan mountains of Southwest Colorado, but only a few flakes of snow mixed with graupel and rain made a slight appearance. Monday the sun came out, but there was still a chill in the air.

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December 1884 - Virginia Hills On Fire

Highland county, Virginia - While I was roaming through old newspaper articles of the Richmond Dispatch, I found this interesting article dated December 16, 2884 (image2), that read, "Virginia Hills On Fire." Were the hills really on fire or had a young boy just discovered the warmth of the mineral springs in Highland County, Virginia?

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Tu-Endie State Park - Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant, Virginia - Tu-Endie-Wei Point Pleasant Battle monument -- At the junction of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers stands this monument which commemorates the frontiersmen who fought and died at the Battle of Point Pleasant. This battle was fought with Chief Cornstalk on October 10,1774, and is recognized as the decisive engagement in a proactive series of Indian wars. The name "Tu-Endie-Wei" is a Wyandotte word meaning "point between two waters."

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100 Years Ago Today (November 14, 1911)

The Evening World, November 14, 1911 -- In the final edition of The World, Evening Edition, dated Tuesday, November 14, 1911, out of New York, had the following frontage headlines: "New Cardinals Cheered By Thousands of Children As They Start For Rome," "Mayor's Greeting To Women A Slap At Suffragettes," "Stolen $422,000 May Be Traced By Rothschild Will," "White Wings Beg City To Take Them Back In Old Jobs," Invalid Girl Saves Life of Woman Ablaze," "Taft Message Will Deal With High Food Prices," "Paul Beattie Retracts Story At Murder Trial?"

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Native American Legends - Pawnee (Letakos-Lesa)

Eagle Chief (Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee words of wisdom says, "In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn. . . all things tell of Tirawa."

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1887 - Coldwater Hub of Comanche County Kansas

Coldwater, Kansas - Wichita Eagle, May 17, 1887, page 2, Coldwater -- While we were browsing over at Chronicling America through its Historic American Newspapers, we found this interesting article about Coldwater, Kansas, which was considered the hub of Comanche County, One of the Best County Seats of Kansas.

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NW Okie's Corner

Bayfield, Colorado - Awhile back I shared a story of a 1884 January Lynching in Monterey, Virginia of a bad man (E. D. Atcheson) that the community was afraid of, which my Great Grandfather (John Robert Warwick) or a 3rd great uncle with the same name may have been a part of the mob that stormed the Monterey jail and dragged Atcheson to a hanging tree near Vanderpool and lynched Atcheson (or Atchinson).

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On This Day In History (November 14)

America - On Nov. 14, 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16. Go to article. On Nov. 14, 1935, Hussein, the king of Jordan from 1953 to 1999, was born. Following his death on Feb. 7, 1999, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary.

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