October 13

1869 Ft. Sanders Wyoming harvests 300 bushels of turnips.  Attribution:  Wyoming State Historical Society.

I wonder why turnips?  Why not potatoes, or onions? Turnips?

1889  A Grand Jury is dismissed after failing to find anyone to charge with the murders of Ella Watson and Jim Averill.

1916   Cheyenne Leader for October 13, 1916: Sox take the series
 

They won it, of course, the prior day.  This was a morning paper.

1917   October 13, 1917: The Sox Take the Series
 

And to think, the playoffs aren't even over in 2017.