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Category Archives: History
Driving the old 2 lane roads
Thanks to Gordon G. For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930’s and ’40’s. Before there were interstates, when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, … Continue reading
Trump try to reorder to Middle East
by Heather Cox Richardson Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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May 11th update
by Historian Heather Cox Richardson
Horses we’ve known
by historian Heather Cox Richardson
Long live the Queen
Thanks to Ann M.
Posted in Aging Sites, History
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History of April 15th and shift in US Policies by Heather Cox Richardson
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The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America
from the New Yorker by Howard Markel, a professor at the University of Michigan, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a Guggenheim Fellow. Ed Note: Thomas Francis, Jr. is the father of one of our residents–Mary … Continue reading
Crosscut Festival
Thanks to Mary M. May 3-8 is the Crosscut Festival, our annual showcase of brilliant minds tackling the region’s and nation’s major issues, with both local and national speakers. This year’s line-up of featured speakers is really impressive. Mossback will be participating in the … Continue reading
LOST HISTORY FROM KODAK
Thanks to Sybil-Ann Interesting pieces of history with a fun poem at the end. Cowboys around the Hoodlum Wagon, Spur Ranch, Texas, 1910. Judging by the saddle style, this unidentified cowboy was working in the late 1870s or 1880s. … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Maine
March 14, 2021 Heather Cox Richardson Mar 15 As the man who taught me to use a chainsaw said, it is immortalized by Shakespeare’s famous warning: “Cedar! Beware the adze of March!” He put it that way because the importance … Continue reading
Sights and sounds of the 50’s
Thanks to Rosemary W. Click the link for so many memories.
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The Vanishing View
Those in the -04 stack have had a pocket view, available only from the balcony or its window, of the Space Needle. And here is Skyline’s own contribution to our vanishing views:
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Remembering those research hours
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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A ship on land – quite a history
Thanks to Rosemary W.
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At the Khyber Pass
A lesson about how departing conquerors were treated by Afghans: “On January 13, 1842, a British army doctor reached the British sentry post at Jalalabad, the lone survivor of a 16,000-strong Anglo-Indian expeditionary force that was massacred in its retreat … Continue reading
Easter Island, really?
Thanks to Ann M. (not taken on her visit there).
The Tibetan Calendar
Thanks to Ann M. Each year, the Tibetan Nuns Project sells a wall calendar through our online store. Our 2021 Tibetan Nuns Project calendar is available for order now. The Tibetan Calendar vs. the Gregorian Calendar The Tibetan calendar is thousands of … Continue reading
My, how things have changed
Thanks to Gordon G!
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