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A Poppy for Your Lapel?
Years ago, as a Girl Scout, I handed out Memorial Poppies at our local post office in exchange for donations for veterans. The artificial...
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May 10, 20211 min read
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Make Money at Home in the 1880s
Check out my latest post on the Heroes, Heroines, and History Blog. – Make Money at Home in the 1880s. I found the following...
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Feb 10, 20211 min read
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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, 1849
Check out my latest post on the Heroes, Heroines, and History Blog. – Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, 1849. Elizabeth Blackwell didn’t always...
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Jan 10, 20211 min read
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Fanning the Romance
Check out my latest post on the Heroes, Heroines, and History Blog. – Fanning the Romance. Today, couples can text each other across a...
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Oct 10, 20201 min read
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Photography for All – The Legacy of George Eastman
In our world of phone cameras, it is difficult to imagine a time without photography . . . or even a place where only a few...
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Sep 10, 20201 min read
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I Need A Hairdresser
Recently, I saw my hairdresser after months of salons being shut down. This caused me to wonder, could my story characters have visited a...
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Aug 10, 20201 min read
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Fort Union – Safe Haven on the Santa Fe Trail
Imagine traveling by wagon along the Santa Fe Trail for weeks with another hundred miles to go when you run across a massive adobe...
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Jun 23, 20201 min read
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A Pirate or a Wrecker?
I’d heard of sea captains, and I’d heard of pirates, but a visit to the History Miami Museum introduced me to a new kind of seafarer, a...
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Jun 10, 20201 min read
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May 9, 20201 min read
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Delina Noel – Mine Prospector and Trapper
When I saw this picture of Delina Noel with a bear that she shot (in a skirt, no less), I had to know more about her. She and her husband...
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Apr 9, 20201 min read
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When Photography Required Chemistry
Photography in the late 1800s fascinates me. Fancy chemical bottles, glass plates, and wooden box cameras with dark cloth draped over the...
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Mar 9, 20201 min read
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The Printing Press - A Little of This and A Little of That
As an author, I love books and all things related to books. Makes me grateful for Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press. However, he...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read
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Town at the Top of the World
Life at the top of the world isn’t easy, but early Colorado miners were a hearty bunch. If a prospector found gold and silver, a...
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Jan 10, 20201 min read
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Nellie Cashman – Woman Prospector
When I think of mineral prospecting in the gold rush days, an image of a bearded man in suspenders comes to mind. Not much information is...
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Dec 10, 20191 min read
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I’ll Just Attach This Flame To My Canvas Hat.
Imagine working in an underground mine day after day with only a canvas cap to protect your head. The purpose of the cap was to carry a...
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Nov 10, 20191 min read
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Is There Gold In This Here Rock? – Ask An Assayer
Assayers may have been the smartest guys in the gold rush. They jumped into the excitement of the mining boom from the comfort of a...
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Sep 10, 20191 min read
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I’d Rather Be A Nipper Than A Flunky ( Jobs in Mining History)
The stereotypical image of historic miners is that of an unskilled laborer with a pick-ax and shovel. Think of the Seven Dwarfs. “We dig,...
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Aug 10, 20191 min read
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Life on the Side of a Mountain
In southwest Colorado’s mining districts, remnants of massive boarding houses hug the cliffs of some of the country’s highest mountains....
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Jul 10, 20191 min read
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