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100 Years Ago Today: Bootlegger is Fined $100
BOOTLEGGER IS FINED $100; FOUND WITH BOOZE AT GRANITE J. J. McEachern of Leadville arrived in Granite Friday with a trunk and an eye for business. G. W. Herendeen, special agent for the D. & R. G., was suspicious of McEachern’s trunk and asked to see inside of it. McEachern had it filled with booze Continue reading
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100 Years Ago Today: Eat Mangel Soup
EAT MANGEL SOUP WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan. 11 — Darmstadt’s civilian population has been staving off starvation with mangel soup, mangels stewed in water before American occupation, according to Edward Prunier, of New Haven, Conn., private in the 102nd infantry, 26th division, who was prisoner of war there for eight months. “The Continue reading
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The Hermit of North Table Mountain
It’s the 4th of July, and ominous fireworks are about to fly on J.B. Lycan’s ranch, situated 30 miles northeast of Boulder, Colorado, where 27-year-old Calvin Phillips and his new bride, 16-year-old Lulu Bainbridge, live with Phillips’ mother. Lulu’s parents are no longer happy with their teenage daughter’s marriage, especially to a much older man, 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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