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Plumber Lights Match ~ Turns Into Cannonball
Posted on 6 May 2013 | No CommentsOgden, Utah Plumber, Brigham Ballantyne, turned into a human cannonball on the morning of 4 May 1913. Trying to see where he was going in an old sewer line, he... -
Los Angeles Limited ~ Direct Line to Nevada Gold Districts
Posted on 29 April 2013 | No CommentsOn 29 Dec 1907, the Salt Lake Herald ran a large advertisement for the Los Angeles Limited train, noting that it was the direct line to the Nevada Gold Districts.... -
Ladies Fashion ~ San Francisco ~ April 1895
Posted on 18 April 2013 | No Comments1800’s ladies fashion never has made sense to me. When I look at photos of my ancestors that were taken during the last half of that century, my mind reels... -
DAR By-Law Changes Arouse Interest Around America on 13 Apr 1913
Posted on 17 April 2013 | No CommentsWe don’t often find news about genealogy or related societal events on the front page of the newspaper, but on 13 Apr 1913, news about the Daughters of the American... -
George Washington’s Vision Concerning America
Posted on 23 March 2013 | No CommentsTaken from an account as it was reprinted in the December 1880 National Tribune, (Vol IV, No. 12, Washington DC), a U.S. veterans of war publication, which is today called... -
Utah Digital Newspapers
Posted on 25 February 2013 | No CommentsThe Utah Digital Newspapers collection are like gold to genealogy and other historical researchers. Years ago, I was involved in the digitization of the images found on University of Utah’s... -
Digitizing America’s Historical Newspapers
Posted on 26 December 2012 | No CommentsMany but not all genealogists are aware of the American historical newspapers that are being digitized. When I first heard of the endowment and structure of the funding that created... -
Deported From Colorado ~ Do Not Return
Posted on 12 October 2012 | No Comments1906 found miners in Colorado battling for unionization of the work force and all of the attendant issues common to that effort. By early June, 1906, Colorado State officials had... -
Sick Widow Jailed for Whiskey in Room
Posted on 3 May 2012 | No CommentsMrs. Julia (Mary) Hansen was a widow. She was struggling to support her 9 year old daughter when the “purity squad” raided her home in Utah. Even though she had... -
Nellie Berlin ~ I Recommend Executive Clemency
Posted on 12 April 2012 | No CommentsMidway through his second term as the Utah Territorial Governor, Caleb Walton West received a letter requesting executive clemency and the release of Nellie Berlin from prison. Nellie had been...
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