Duchess of Weaselskin

Bayfield, CO - NW Okie's Stumpy and old things flowerbed is coming along nicely. We have added a water feature using an old water pump and a recycling pump as shown below.

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Highland, Virginia - Agricultural Interests & Customs

Highland County, VA - There is a ribbon of bottom land that follows each larger watercourse in Highland. They vary in breadth and sometimes, as on the Cow pasture, were interrupted for short distances. Along the larger streams, farmhouses succeeded one another at frequent intervals. Farms were also found on the lower courses of the tributary streams. Tillage land was also seen on the low tables in the Bullpasture Valley and on the broken hillsides of the Straight Creek basin. Elsewhere, the higher ground was very little reduced to tillage or pasturage, except where limestone belts occurred, as in the Bluegrass and Big valleys.

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The Progessive (Bull Moose) Party of 1912

The Progressive Party (Bull Moose party) of 1912 was an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt after he split from the Republican party during the national convention and failed to get the nomination for president.

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100 Years Ago Today - 18 June 1912

America - One hundred years ago the Republican National Convention was deciding their candidate for president between President Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt. Taft's platform advocated for a safe and sane government.

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June 1912 - Kept Off Jury, Women In Arms

Sacramento, California - In that same June 18, 1912 newspaper there was another article with headlines, Kept Off Jury, Women In Arms. Sacramento, June 17, 1912 -- "Six women summoned as prospective jurors in a justice's court in Broderick, a suburb, and dismissed from service on motion of the attorney for the defense, are up in arms over what they consider an affront to their citizenship and are planning a mass meeting of protest.

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NW Okie's Corner

Bayfield, CO - With the sunny, semi-cool weather, I have dug out my bicycle and in the process of rejuvenating it, fixing gears, brakes, wheels, etc. so I can get some exercise for this "ole lady." Come with me on YouTube.com and take a ride along County Road 500, at Vallecito Reservoir to see what my neck of the woods it like.

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The Tacoma Times, 18 June 1912

Tacoma, WA - It was one hundred years ago today that the frontage headlines in The Tacoma Times, the only independent newspaper in Tacoma Washington, dated Thursday, 18 June 1912, had the following headlines: "Women are No Housekeepers Any More;" "Balloons Will Tell Who Is Nominated;" "Elopers Lead In Wild Love Chase Around Big World;" and much more.

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