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I. G. Baker
11 May 2022

I. G. Baker

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

“The Missouri – too thick to drink, too thin to plow”

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Supply Chain, I. G. Baker, Steamboat, Missouri, Arabia
Hmmmmmmm?
11 May 2022

Hmmmmmmm?

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Travel | 0

Not really “The Thinker”, so much as just “A Thinker”.

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Rodin, The Thinker
The Mad Hatter
11 May 2022

The Mad Hatter

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

Few people know much about President Lincoln’s assassin’s assassin.

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Lincoln, Corbett, Mad Hatter
Omaha
8 May 2022

Omaha

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Travel | 0

If I have a travel bug, these two
share much of the blame.

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Omaha, Nebraska, Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins
Central Time
8 May 2022

Central Time

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Travel | 0

I’m just a plain old Midwestern boy
Just gettin’ by on Central time
– Pokey LaFarge

Click ”Central Time” above and meet a midwestern boy.

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Pokey LaFarge, Central Time, Missouri River
Blaming the Victim
7 May 2022

Blaming the Victim

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

Enter, a villain. Most family stories have one, they come in many forms.

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Elna Bekker, Lyman, South Dakota, Villain, Victim
Street Art of Sheridan, Wyoming
7 May 2022

Street Art of Sheridan, Wyoming

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Travel | 0

A masterpiece, on every street corner.

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Wyoming, Sheridan, Street Art
This Means Something
7 May 2022

This Means Something

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 0

The Kiowa believe that the vertical gouges in Devil’s Tower are
claw marks, made by a giant bear.

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Devil's Tower, Wyoming, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Kiowa
Are We There Yet?
2 May 2022

Are We There Yet?

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Travel | 2

Travel Check List …..

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Travel Check List
VOLTS
2 May 2022

VOLTS

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History, Travel | 0

Sierra, X-Ray, Sierra, Billings Tower. Are you declaring an emergency?

Click VOLTS above and Download in PDF
– photo courtesy Gervais Goodman

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Volts, Airplane, Montana, Billings

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  1. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thank you. The story has been repeated many times with proper noun substitutions.

  2. Autumn Downey on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thanks. Good lessons once again.

  3. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    It shall, I don’t think the “Athenians” have the stomach for this much longer”….

  4. Judy Darvill on Win the War19 January 2026

    Sounds scarily familiar! Thanks for the history lesson and hope that this too shall pass.

  5. Russ Paton on Immortality18 January 2026

    🤩

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