World War I
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100 Years Ago Today: Airedales Are Kings Among Dogs
Today, dogs perform dozens of specialized services for people, such as the work of Autism Assistance Dogs, Veteran Service Dogs, Brace/Mobility Support Dogs, Avalanche Rescue Dogs, Psychiatric Service Dog, and many more. But back in 1919, the idea that dogs could be trained to perform such highly skillful tasks, beyond their known abilities as retrievers… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Women Vying for Fire Lookout Jobs
The first woman ever hired as a Fire Lookout by the U.S. Forest Service was Hallie Morse Daggett, who was the Lookout at Eddy’s Gulch Lookout Station atop Klamath Peak in Klamath National Forest in Northern California, starting in 1913, when the Lookout log cabin seen below was first built. She stayed on board there… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Hugo Frey’s Odyssey
Meg Dunn, who writes at the excellent history website, Northern Colorado History, has an in-depth article on Hugo Frey here, so I’ll just cover some highlights of his life, but definitely check out her writing, especially her five-part series on the rise of the KKK in Colorado in the 1920s. Hugo Evon Frey’s story takes… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival
In honor of the 106th annual Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival, running from February 6th-10th, 2019, here’s an announcement of the Carnival from 100 years ago, albeit one with a misspelling (taurnament?) and misinformation — I think the “top notch professionals” were trying to *raise* the world record jump, not lower it. In 1912, ski pioneer… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Bolshevism and Breckenridge
Naively, I thought I could brush up on Bolshevism, the Russian Revolution, Communism, the Red Army, Anarchism, and the I.W.W. circa 1919 in a couple of hours in order to write up some context for today’s article. This, despite the fact that the last time I learned about any of these topics I was spending… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Chevrons Causing Trouble
Chevrons are making headlines again! Today’s post is a follow up to a previous article filed under ‘100 Years Ago Today’ about chevrons called Marks of Service, which concludes with the author pleading to its readers: “The man who displays any of the chevrons…has done his full duty by his country and is worthy of… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Pithy News, Woman Dreams of Teddy Roosevelt’s Death
Let me get this right. A woman in Moffat County, Colorado had a dream that The Old Lion, The Rough Rider, The Bull Moose, T. R., The Trust Buster, The Hero of San Juan Hill, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the 26th President of the United States, died in his sleep at the young age of… Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Marks of WWI Service
A chevron is a ‘V’ shaped stripe that was sewn onto an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) or a stateside soldier’s service coat, signifying length of service, honorable discharge, or number of wounds received, depending on the color and the placement of the chevron. Chevrons were also known as “overseas stripes.” Some chevrons were machine made,… Continue reading
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Local history enthusiast curious about how Colorado’s present is informed by the people and places of its past
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