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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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This Time of the Year- May
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As the Snow Melts
It’s 11:00 am, Thursday morning, and the computer tells me that Grave Creek is down to 0.1 inch of snow water equivalent (2% of average), and that Stahl Peak is at 25 inches (66% of average). Grave Creek is at 4030 feet elevation, while the snow pillow at Stahl is at 6030 feet. I’m recalling Read more
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How Budweiser Used to Advertise
This print was once in barrooms across the west – and appreciated by the winner’s descendants. While the print is not particularly accurate, Budweiser definitely had a different approach to advertising back in 1892. Adolphus Busch got the painting and a Missouri saloon when the owner couldn’t pay the $35,000 he owed for Budweiser. Anheuser-Busch Read more
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The One Big Union
The One Big Union – the Industrial Workers of the World – is available online at IWW . It never did become the one big union – the website describes the membership as “The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a labor union representing nearly 9,000 workers across North America.” We can put that Read more
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Anniversary 150- Colt, Winchester and Springfield
I can make an argument that the big year in cartridge firearms was 1873 – the new guns were just improvements of existing designs, but all of those improvements included a single development – the centerfire primer. In 1873, the new guns were the model 73 Winchester, the 1873 Trapdoor Springfield, and the 1873 Colt Read more
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Federal Agencies Buying Guns
The report “The Militarization of Federal Bureaucracy – Updated Statistics Through March 31, 2023” can be accessed with a click here: The article starts with sources, then breaks into these statements: BREAKING: NEWLY UPDATED NUMBERS THROUGH MARCH 31, 2023BIG SPEND: Since 2006, 103 rank and file agencies outside of DOD spent $3.7 billion on guns, Read more
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