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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: Family History, Grains of Truth, 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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Steamboat, Missouri, Arabia, Supply Chain, I. G. Baker
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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Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins, Omaha, Nebraska
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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Lyman, South Dakota, Villain, Victim, Elna Bekker
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

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