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Willie the Rat Jr.
11 May 2022

Willie the Rat Jr.

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 2

Nobody in Kansas City got a drink, a building permit, or a roll in the hay unless the mob got a cut.

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Kansas City, Mob, Pretty Boy Floyd
Faced Towards the Future
11 May 2022

Faced Towards the Future

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 2

“Still… If I had gone back when I was supposed to, I would have had no life in Canada and wouldn’t be sitting here writing this over-long letter” – Helen Shepherd

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Kansas City, Helen Shepherd, Family
Imagination
11 May 2022

Imagination

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

“I’m just a farm boy from Missouri who hides behind a mouse and a duck”. – Walt Disney

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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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Arabia, Supply Chain, I. G. Baker, Steamboat, Missouri
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
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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Victim, Elna Bekker, Lyman, South Dakota, Villain
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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Montana, Billings, Volts, Airplane
The Yellow Brick Road
1 May 2022

The Yellow Brick Road

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History, Travel | 7

We are going to Kansas, Toto.

Come along for the ride. Click on “The Yellow Brick Road” above, and download your invitation.

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Walt Disney, American Mid-West, Kansas, The Yellow Brick Road, Helen Shepherd
The Tribe
21 Apr 2022

The Tribe

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 1

“Nobody sits or stands before him in the canoe.” – Chief Wickaninnish

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Tofino, Wickaninnish, Potlatch, The Tribe
Emoji
3 Apr 2022

Emoji

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History | 5

Two of Messerschmitt’s heads were stolen by Nazi Soldiers.

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Messerschmidt, Emoji

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