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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Six Mile Lake, Blog Mirror. Lex Anteinternet: October 24, 1920. Automobiles, Horses and Tragedy

Regarding the tragedy that befell Dr. Norwood, does anyone who stops in here know what "Six Mile Lake" is or was?

Lex Anteinternet: October 24, 1920. Automobiles, Horses and Tragedy:  

October 24, 1920. Automobiles, Horses and Tragedy

 Texas Co. Robinson No. 1 at Blue Ridge, Oct. 24, 1920.  A century ago the country was rising into the oil age.  A century later electric vehicles are coming on and one of the two candidates for President is promising to transition away from oil.

For the second day in a row the Casper news featured tragedies involving old and new methods of transportation.  Some of that news was a development of day prior, as Dr. Norwood died of his injuries.


Norwood was a dentist but he was also a homesteader, according to the news about him.  He lived six miles west of Casper at "six mile lake", an identification I don't recognize.  It was his practice to ride his horse to town to work.  The horse became frightened near the refinery and threw him.  It was his final week to prove up his homestead.

On the day seven year old William Bailey Jr. died of his injuries from being struck by a car.

And at Manville a banker crashed his Cadillac into a team of horses, resulting in his death and injuries to his passengers.