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THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper STREET OUTLAWS FILMING LOCATION BY JEANNE • FINDERY Street Outlaws Filming Location. Oklahoma City boasts some of the fastest street racers in America. This is one of the filming locations for the reality series, Street Outlaws on US Hwy 81. We have been through here when their light plants were set up, but I am told that during the actual filming of the show the road is blocked off by thePolice.
NOVEMBER 2, 1898: JOHNNY CAMPBELL LEADS CROWD AS FIRST "it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering 'Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah,Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah!
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERS As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. JOSEPH PIERCE, CHINESE-AMERICAN SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR Pierce was honored along with other Asian-Pacific Islander soldiers of the Civil War through a House resolution in 2008. Joseph L. Pierce, aged 21 when he enlisted and described as height 5 feet 5 inches, with dark hair and black eyes, was born in the city of Canton, MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BY Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. BOWEN'S NUDE BEACH • FINDERY Bowen's Nude Beach. LOT 205 Horseshoe Bay Road, Queensland, Australia. 1 note. Leave a Note Here. Follow This Place. THE DOMINO CLUB: NAKED LADIES GALORE BY • FINDERY The Domino Club: Naked Ladies Galore. Once upon a time there was a club here called The Domino Club, which hung a large collection of painted nudes on the wall, collected by owner Charlie Anderson. He also employed an artist, Roberto Lupetti, who painted live nude models for the benefit of the patrons, who watched while eating and drinking. THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper STREET OUTLAWS FILMING LOCATION BY JEANNE • FINDERY Street Outlaws Filming Location. Oklahoma City boasts some of the fastest street racers in America. This is one of the filming locations for the reality series, Street Outlaws on US Hwy 81. We have been through here when their light plants were set up, but I am told that during the actual filming of the show the road is blocked off by thePolice.
NOVEMBER 2, 1898: JOHNNY CAMPBELL LEADS CROWD AS FIRST "it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering 'Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah,Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah!
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERS As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. JOSEPH PIERCE, CHINESE-AMERICAN SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR Pierce was honored along with other Asian-Pacific Islander soldiers of the Civil War through a House resolution in 2008. Joseph L. Pierce, aged 21 when he enlisted and described as height 5 feet 5 inches, with dark hair and black eyes, was born in the city of Canton, MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BY Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. BOWEN'S NUDE BEACH • FINDERY Bowen's Nude Beach. LOT 205 Horseshoe Bay Road, Queensland, Australia. 1 note. Leave a Note Here. Follow This Place. THE DOMINO CLUB: NAKED LADIES GALORE BY • FINDERY The Domino Club: Naked Ladies Galore. Once upon a time there was a club here called The Domino Club, which hung a large collection of painted nudes on the wall, collected by owner Charlie Anderson. He also employed an artist, Roberto Lupetti, who painted live nude models for the benefit of the patrons, who watched while eating and drinking. 13 STEPS TO THE GALLOWS BY • FINDERY On April 19, 1928 bootlegger Charlie Birger, accused of murdering the mayor of a local town, smiled at the crowd as the noose was hung over his neck and said, "It's a beautiful world." His last steps were the 13 stairs to his death. If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. STREET OUTLAWS FILMING LOCATION BY JEANNE • FINDERY Street Outlaws Filming Location. Oklahoma City boasts some of the fastest street racers in America. This is one of the filming locations for the reality series, Street Outlaws on US Hwy 81. We have been through here when their light plants were set up, but I am told that during the actual filming of the show the road is blocked off by thePolice.
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BY Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
FOUNTAIN OF THE MUSES BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY Fountain of the Muses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York commissioned these wonderful life-sized bronze figures from Carl Milles in 1949. They were exhibited in a pool next to the museum restaurant for many years, but were acquired by Brookgreen Gardens in 1982. I recently read the children's classic The Mixed-Up Files ofMrs. Basil E
THREE DOLLAR BRIDGE BY LESLIE WONG • FINDERY Three Dollar Bridge. This prime trout fishing water on the Madison River is about 32 miles from West Yellowstone, Montana. Around 2000, the river frontage that was on private property which went up for sale. Two national conservation organizations, River Network and Trout Unlimited negotiated to BOWEN'S NUDE BEACH • FINDERY Bowen's Nude Beach. LOT 205 Horseshoe Bay Road, Queensland, Australia. 1 note. Leave a Note Here. Follow This Place. DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the A LETTER FROM VICTOR HUGO TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE ON THE The letter is written to the people of Puebla and it reads: It is not France making war on you. It is the empire. I am with you. You and I battle the empire. You in your homeland. I in exile. Fight on, battle and be terrible, and if you think that my name can somewhat help you, use it. Aim at that man's head with the bullets of freedom. THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
THE WHIPPING TREE BY JEANNE • FINDERY The Seminole Nation whipping tree still stands in front of the modern Seminole County Court House. In the days before statehood, Wewoka was the capital of the Seminole Nation and the whipping tree (Pecan) and execution tree (Post Oak) stood behind the Seminole Council House. FOUNTAIN OF THE MUSES BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY Fountain of the Muses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York commissioned these wonderful life-sized bronze figures from Carl Milles in 1949. They were exhibited in a pool next to the museum restaurant for many years, but were acquired by Brookgreen Gardens in 1982. I recently read the children's classic The Mixed-Up Files ofMrs. Basil E
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to NOVEMBER 2, 1898: JOHNNY CAMPBELL LEADS CROWD AS FIRST "it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering 'Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah,Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah!
JOSEPH PIERCE, CHINESE-AMERICAN SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR Pierce was honored along with other Asian-Pacific Islander soldiers of the Civil War through a House resolution in 2008. Joseph L. Pierce, aged 21 when he enlisted and described as height 5 feet 5 inches, with dark hair and black eyes, was born in the city of Canton, MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BY Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
THE WHIPPING TREE BY JEANNE • FINDERY The Seminole Nation whipping tree still stands in front of the modern Seminole County Court House. In the days before statehood, Wewoka was the capital of the Seminole Nation and the whipping tree (Pecan) and execution tree (Post Oak) stood behind the Seminole Council House. FOUNTAIN OF THE MUSES BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY Fountain of the Muses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York commissioned these wonderful life-sized bronze figures from Carl Milles in 1949. They were exhibited in a pool next to the museum restaurant for many years, but were acquired by Brookgreen Gardens in 1982. I recently read the children's classic The Mixed-Up Files ofMrs. Basil E
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to NOVEMBER 2, 1898: JOHNNY CAMPBELL LEADS CROWD AS FIRST "it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering 'Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah,Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah!
JOSEPH PIERCE, CHINESE-AMERICAN SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR Pierce was honored along with other Asian-Pacific Islander soldiers of the Civil War through a House resolution in 2008. Joseph L. Pierce, aged 21 when he enlisted and described as height 5 feet 5 inches, with dark hair and black eyes, was born in the city of Canton, MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BY Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the THE RESCUE OF RICHARD SHELTON BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY The rescue of Richard Shelton. In 1866, young Ned Kelly (11 years old) saved even younger Richard Shelton (7 years old) from drowning in Hughes Creek, near this old stone bridge. Richards parents, Esau and Elizabeth, were the owners of Avenel's Royal Mail Hotel. They presented Ned with a silk sash - green on one side and gold on theother - as
THE WHIPPING TREE BY JEANNE • FINDERY The Seminole Nation whipping tree still stands in front of the modern Seminole County Court House. In the days before statehood, Wewoka was the capital of the Seminole Nation and the whipping tree (Pecan) and execution tree (Post Oak) stood behind the Seminole Council House. MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BY Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
PARNELL'S SPEECH IN ENNIS BY MINISTER OF CULTURE • FINDERY On 19 September 1880, Charles Stewart Parnell gave a speech in Ennis, County Clare to a crowd of Land League members. During his speech, he asked the crowd: "What do you do with a tenant who bids for a farm from which his neighbour has been evicted?". The response from the crowd was: "kill him", "shoot him". Parnell replied: "I wish to point GRAVITY HILL BY • FINDERY Gravity Hill. along Soldiers' Delight on Ward's Chapel Rd is a spot you can put your car in neutral and it rolls "uphill" for ~1/10 mile. Its pretty well-documented that its just an optical illusion- you are actually going downhill, but the way the road and trees appear, it looks uphill. Still pretty cool to try, though. TRAGEDY AT THE WEDDING OF MARIE ANTOINETTE & LOUIS XVI BY Tragedy at the wedding of Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI. On May 16, 1770, 14-year-old Marie Antoinette wed to 15-year-old Louis XVI. Two weeks of festivities ensued. In late May, three thousand rockets and fireballs were prepared to erupt from the Temple of Hyman at the Place de la Concorde. The square in front of the building was packed with THE SAD NIGHT TREE OF HERNAN CORTES. A VICTORIOUS NIGHT A Victorious Night for The Aztecs. On June 30, 1520 Cortes grew restless. They had been guests of Montezuma in his palace and they had taken him hostage. Montezuma tried to appease them by giving them treasure but the Aztec people grew enraged by the servitude of their God Emperor. Cortes sent Montezuma to try to calm them but Montezumawas
DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the EASTHORPE HALL, NR MALTON (PRIVATE PROPERTY) BY THE Easthorpe Hall, sadly destroyed by fire in the 1960s, was situated on the Castle Howard Road, some 2½ miles from Malton. Image below shows original hall 1954 sourced from Gazette & Herald Newspaper. North Yorkshire , United Kingdom. Leave a Note Here. DickensMaltonMuseumleft this note on
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER ICE CREAM SPOT BY The film focuses on an inter-racial marriage between Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton who plays the daughter of Hepburn and Tracy's characters. Inter-racial marriage was illegal most of America until 12 June 1967. The film was released December 12, 1967. This was Spencer Tracy's last film. He died June 10, 1967, two days before inter THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERYTHE GATHERING 1883 MONTANATHE GATHERING 1883 STORY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERYTUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO HISTORY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERSBLACK COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIABLACK POPULATION IN VIRGINIAFAMOUS VIRGINIANSIN HISTORY
As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BYBERNARD CROWE TODAYMANSON LOTSAPOPPA Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERYTHE GATHERING 1883 MONTANATHE GATHERING 1883 STORY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERYTUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO HISTORY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERSBLACK COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIABLACK POPULATION IN VIRGINIAFAMOUS VIRGINIANSIN HISTORY
As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BYBERNARD CROWE TODAYMANSON LOTSAPOPPA Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
DEAD MAN'S CURVE & WHAT'S UP DOC BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Dead Man's Curve & What's Up Doc. On January 24, 1961, Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters, was driving eastbound on Sunset Blvd and at Dead Man's Curve was involved in a head-on collision with student Arthur Rolston, 18. Blanc was in a coma for 2 weeks at UCLA Medical Center with a triple skull fracture,broken legs
JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
13 STEPS TO THE GALLOWS BY • FINDERY On April 19, 1928 bootlegger Charlie Birger, accused of murdering the mayor of a local town, smiled at the crowd as the noose was hung over his neck and said, "It's a beautiful world." His last steps were the 13 stairs to his death. If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. GRAVITY HILL BY • FINDERY Gravity Hill. along Soldiers' Delight on Ward's Chapel Rd is a spot you can put your car in neutral and it rolls "uphill" for ~1/10 mile. Its pretty well-documented that its just an optical illusion- you are actually going downhill, but the way the road and trees appear, it looks uphill. Still pretty cool to try, though. FOUNTAIN OF THE MUSES BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY Fountain of the Muses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York commissioned these wonderful life-sized bronze figures from Carl Milles in 1949. They were exhibited in a pool next to the museum restaurant for many years, but were acquired by Brookgreen Gardens in 1982. I recently read the children's classic The Mixed-Up Files ofMrs. Basil E
MARCONI, A FASCIST WHOSE BEST MAN WAS MUSSOLINI BY Other interesting facts about Marconi: - He joined Mussolini's Fascist party in 1923 and became a member of the Fascist Grand Council. - Mussolini was Marconi's best man at his second wedding, after he'd annulled his first marriage. - Marconi died in 1937 at age 63, following a series of heart attacks. As a tribute, all radio stations "YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES." BY CHUNG WONG Somehow i don't think they'd allow this today. I find as i get older, more and more rules get created for less and less freedom. Life is getting boring in many ways because of it. We perhaps fear more and more with time. Theater District , New York , New York , United States. Leave a Note Here. ROSALYNN CARTER AND JOHN WAYNE GACY BY MINISTER Rosalynn Carter and John Wayne Gacy. In 1975 First Lady of the United States Rosalynn Carter was photographed with serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was later convicted of the murders of 33 teenage boys, who he buried in his basement, until it became too full, at which point he began throwing the bodies off a bridge. THE DOMINO CLUB: NAKED LADIES GALORE BY • FINDERY The Domino Club: Naked Ladies Galore. Once upon a time there was a club here called The Domino Club, which hung a large collection of painted nudes on the wall, collected by owner Charlie Anderson. He also employed an artist, Roberto Lupetti, who painted live nude models for the benefit of the patrons, who watched while eating and drinking. THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERYTHE GATHERING 1883 MONTANATHE GATHERING 1883 STORY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERYTUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO HISTORY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERSBLACK COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIABLACK POPULATION IN VIRGINIAFAMOUS VIRGINIANSIN HISTORY
As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BYBERNARD CROWE TODAYMANSON LOTSAPOPPA Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERYTHE GATHERING 1883 MONTANATHE GATHERING 1883 STORY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERYTUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO HISTORY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERSBLACK COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIABLACK POPULATION IN VIRGINIAFAMOUS VIRGINIANSIN HISTORY
As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BYBERNARD CROWE TODAYMANSON LOTSAPOPPA Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
DEAD MAN'S CURVE & WHAT'S UP DOC BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Dead Man's Curve & What's Up Doc. On January 24, 1961, Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters, was driving eastbound on Sunset Blvd and at Dead Man's Curve was involved in a head-on collision with student Arthur Rolston, 18. Blanc was in a coma for 2 weeks at UCLA Medical Center with a triple skull fracture,broken legs
JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
13 STEPS TO THE GALLOWS BY • FINDERY On April 19, 1928 bootlegger Charlie Birger, accused of murdering the mayor of a local town, smiled at the crowd as the noose was hung over his neck and said, "It's a beautiful world." His last steps were the 13 stairs to his death. If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. GRAVITY HILL BY • FINDERY Gravity Hill. along Soldiers' Delight on Ward's Chapel Rd is a spot you can put your car in neutral and it rolls "uphill" for ~1/10 mile. Its pretty well-documented that its just an optical illusion- you are actually going downhill, but the way the road and trees appear, it looks uphill. Still pretty cool to try, though. FOUNTAIN OF THE MUSES BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY Fountain of the Muses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York commissioned these wonderful life-sized bronze figures from Carl Milles in 1949. They were exhibited in a pool next to the museum restaurant for many years, but were acquired by Brookgreen Gardens in 1982. I recently read the children's classic The Mixed-Up Files ofMrs. Basil E
MARCONI, A FASCIST WHOSE BEST MAN WAS MUSSOLINI BY Other interesting facts about Marconi: - He joined Mussolini's Fascist party in 1923 and became a member of the Fascist Grand Council. - Mussolini was Marconi's best man at his second wedding, after he'd annulled his first marriage. - Marconi died in 1937 at age 63, following a series of heart attacks. As a tribute, all radio stations "YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES." BY CHUNG WONG Somehow i don't think they'd allow this today. I find as i get older, more and more rules get created for less and less freedom. Life is getting boring in many ways because of it. We perhaps fear more and more with time. Theater District , New York , New York , United States. Leave a Note Here. ROSALYNN CARTER AND JOHN WAYNE GACY BY MINISTER Rosalynn Carter and John Wayne Gacy. In 1975 First Lady of the United States Rosalynn Carter was photographed with serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was later convicted of the murders of 33 teenage boys, who he buried in his basement, until it became too full, at which point he began throwing the bodies off a bridge. THE DOMINO CLUB: NAKED LADIES GALORE BY • FINDERY The Domino Club: Naked Ladies Galore. Once upon a time there was a club here called The Domino Club, which hung a large collection of painted nudes on the wall, collected by owner Charlie Anderson. He also employed an artist, Roberto Lupetti, who painted live nude models for the benefit of the patrons, who watched while eating and drinking. THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERYTHE GATHERING 1883 MONTANATHE GATHERING 1883 STORY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERYTUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO HISTORY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERSBLACK COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIABLACK POPULATION IN VIRGINIAFAMOUS VIRGINIANSIN HISTORY
As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BYBERNARD CROWE TODAYMANSON LOTSAPOPPA Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
THE GATHERING BY JEANNE • FINDERYTHE GATHERING 1883 MONTANATHE GATHERING 1883 STORY The Gathering. I saw this historical photo hanging in a gas station last spring. When I read the roster of names under the photo I got chill bumps. This photograph, dated 1883, shows a gathering of famous Old West characters all in one place – at Hunter's Hot Springs, Montana. Shown left to right are: 1. (Unidentified) 2. Wyatt Earp(standing) 3.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERYTUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN CHEESETUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI CHEESE FACTORY ORDERSTUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO HISTORY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
CAPTIVE MILLIE DURGAN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Irish American Minnie Durgan was taken captive at the age of eighteen months old in the Texas Elk Creek Raid, 1864. During the attack, the Kiowas killed Millie Durgan’s mother and a member of the ranch hand’s family . They set the ranch house on fire. One of the warriors returned to the house as it was burning and found littleMillie
THE RUINS OF REATA BY JOSEPH CATOR • FINDERY The Ruins of Reata. It’s a really long movie and the story is kind of slow by today’s standards, but if you have ever watched the 1956 classic Giant, you might remember that it was about a wealthy Texan who owns a huge ranch and lives in a big, isolated mansion. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN PETERSBURG BY WORLDHISTORICALMARKERSBLACK COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIABLACK POPULATION IN VIRGINIAFAMOUS VIRGINIANSIN HISTORY
As a result, many enslaved men and women were freed, and Petersburg became the home of the largest number of free African-Americans of any Virginia town or city, and proportionally one of the largest free black populations in the nation. Many of Petersburg’s free blacks were blacksmiths, barbers, boatmen, stable keepers and caterers. FINDING JESSICA BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Finding Jessica. On the radio, The Allman Brothers might be most known for Jessica (1973) written by Dickey Betts (birthday yesterday) who also wrote Ramblin' Man, another radio favorite. Jessica is named after his daughter Jessica Betts who was born May 14, 1972, to DONALD TURNUPSEED: IN THE SHADOW OF JAMES DEAN'S DEATH BY Donald Turnupseed: In the Shadow of James Dean's Death. On September 30, 1955, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was driving from Cal Poly, where he was a student, to his hometown of Tulare. At the intersection of Route 46 and 41 he collided with actor James Dean's convertible Porsche. Dean died within the hour and his mechanic, who was the MANSON FAMILY CRIME: THE SHOOTING OF BERNARD CROWE BYBERNARD CROWE TODAYMANSON LOTSAPOPPA Charles Manson believed that a race war would soon break out in the world and was preparing the Manson Family for the apocalypse. He was obsessed with the Beatles' White Album and insisted that the album contained codes for how to deal with the impending world doom. He coined it Helter Skelter, which was taken from the Beatles' song ofthe same name.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN FUN FACTS BY JYRI ENGESTROM • FINDERY Battle Mountain fun facts. An article appeared in the Washington Post Magazine in the autumn of 2001, naming Battle Mountain the Armpit of America. The homely little burg had been minding its own business, and out of nowhere it had been blindsided, mugged in the national press as the nation's least attractive community. JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
LEGEND OF TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN BY JEANNE • FINDERY Legend of Tucumcari Mountain. The town of Tucumcari took its name—both in real life and in legend, from the mountain. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and herchild
DEAD MAN'S CURVE & WHAT'S UP DOC BY CHUNG WONG • FINDERY Dead Man's Curve & What's Up Doc. On January 24, 1961, Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters, was driving eastbound on Sunset Blvd and at Dead Man's Curve was involved in a head-on collision with student Arthur Rolston, 18. Blanc was in a coma for 2 weeks at UCLA Medical Center with a triple skull fracture,broken legs
JEFFREY DAHMER'S APARTMENT BUILDING BY • FINDERY Jeffrey Dahmer's Apartment Building. This is the address of Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, Oxford Apartments. After meeting his victims in bars around town, he brought them to apartment 213, killed them, performed experiments on them, and stored their bodies in refrigerators and sometimes in the communal dumpster shared by otherresidents.
13 STEPS TO THE GALLOWS BY • FINDERY On April 19, 1928 bootlegger Charlie Birger, accused of murdering the mayor of a local town, smiled at the crowd as the noose was hung over his neck and said, "It's a beautiful world." His last steps were the 13 stairs to his death. If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. GRAVITY HILL BY • FINDERY Gravity Hill. along Soldiers' Delight on Ward's Chapel Rd is a spot you can put your car in neutral and it rolls "uphill" for ~1/10 mile. Its pretty well-documented that its just an optical illusion- you are actually going downhill, but the way the road and trees appear, it looks uphill. Still pretty cool to try, though. FOUNTAIN OF THE MUSES BY KATE ANDREWS • FINDERY Fountain of the Muses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York commissioned these wonderful life-sized bronze figures from Carl Milles in 1949. They were exhibited in a pool next to the museum restaurant for many years, but were acquired by Brookgreen Gardens in 1982. I recently read the children's classic The Mixed-Up Files ofMrs. Basil E
MARCONI, A FASCIST WHOSE BEST MAN WAS MUSSOLINI BY Other interesting facts about Marconi: - He joined Mussolini's Fascist party in 1923 and became a member of the Fascist Grand Council. - Mussolini was Marconi's best man at his second wedding, after he'd annulled his first marriage. - Marconi died in 1937 at age 63, following a series of heart attacks. As a tribute, all radio stations "YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES." BY CHUNG WONG Somehow i don't think they'd allow this today. I find as i get older, more and more rules get created for less and less freedom. Life is getting boring in many ways because of it. We perhaps fear more and more with time. Theater District , New York , New York , United States. Leave a Note Here. ROSALYNN CARTER AND JOHN WAYNE GACY BY MINISTER Rosalynn Carter and John Wayne Gacy. In 1975 First Lady of the United States Rosalynn Carter was photographed with serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was later convicted of the murders of 33 teenage boys, who he buried in his basement, until it became too full, at which point he began throwing the bodies off a bridge. THE DOMINO CLUB: NAKED LADIES GALORE BY • FINDERY The Domino Club: Naked Ladies Galore. Once upon a time there was a club here called The Domino Club, which hung a large collection of painted nudes on the wall, collected by owner Charlie Anderson. He also employed an artist, Roberto Lupetti, who painted live nude models for the benefit of the patrons, who watched while eating and drinking.FINDERY
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