Some Gave All: Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg Penn...: The photographs below are of the Gettysburg National Military Park. I only recently saw the park, and as I was traveling for business, I...Interesting to place in prospective in regards to scale. The Civil War years were bloody ones on the Frontier, but the blood spilled in the war in the East was truly massive. While battles occurred in the West, and in Wyoming, throughout the Civil War, they were often on the level of skirmishes compared to the ones being fought in the East. This is not to reduce the scale of the conflict in the West, or the nature of it, but rather, it places it in context. Indeed, those state and paroled troops serving in the West were there as the regular Federal troops were serving in the East, alongside of thousands upon thousands of other state troops.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Some Gave All: Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg Penn...
While the Indian Wars smouldering in Wyoming, and state volunteer units were patrolling the Oregon Trail:
Friday, March 27, 2015
Lex Anteinternet: Today In Wyoming's History: March 26
Lex Anteinternet: Today In Wyoming's History: March 26: Today In Wyoming's History: March 26 : 1895 University of Wyoming Alumni Association founded. Amazing to think that it's that old...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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Lex Anteinternet: An observation about the dangers of contemporary h...
Lex Anteinternet: An observation about the dangers of contemporary h...: Saddled British donkeys, turn of the prior century, waiting for a hack. I've noted this before, but it's a dangerous matte...
Monday, March 9, 2015
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Lex Anteinternet: The Mexican Revolution
Lex Anteinternet: The Mexican Revolution: This is one of those posts that start off and then sit around as a draft for a very long time. Looking at this, I started the post, or jus...
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Joel Hurt – Sheepman - Mayor- Senator – Murderer
Joel Hurt – Sheepman - Mayor- Senator – Murderer
Note that the amount of the initial investment in the sheep ranch, $200,000, was truly a huge sum, if the effects of inflation are considered. Well into the millions in today's money.
Note that the amount of the initial investment in the sheep ranch, $200,000, was truly a huge sum, if the effects of inflation are considered. Well into the millions in today's money.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Lex Anteinternet: Lex Anteinternet: The best-laid schemes o' mice an...
Lex Anteinternet: Lex Anteinternet: The best-laid schemes o' mice an...: Lex Anteinternet: The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men: Lex Antein... : I've been bumping up this thread from time to time: ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Today In Wyoming's History: January 13 Updated
Lex Anteinternet: Today In Wyoming's History: January 13 Updated: Today In Wyoming's History: January 13 : 2015 Legislature commences general session.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
The anniversary of the completion of this blog on a daily basis.
Just a year ago, today, we quit publishing this blog with daily entries
At that time, it had run for several years, and we'd cataloged a very large number of items, a selection of which went into our book, which was published that following spring. The book evolved from this blog, but it isn't identical. There's text in it that isn't here, and there's a vast number of entries here that aren't in the book. Were we to list every item here in the book, it'd be something like 2000 pages long.
In some ways, I wish I'd done a better job of cataloging my research here as I went along, but as this was originally a sort of daily diary of the history of the state that I was cataloging for a novel that I'm theoretically writing, I didn't always do a very good job of that, particularly at first. If I were to do it again, I would.
I've received a lot of compliments for the book, but it isn't exactly a run away best seller. If you picked up a copy, thanks for doing so. I'm supposed to be working on another, but this past year has been so busy work wise, I haven't gotten very far. One thing I've learned about being an author is that its extremely time consuming, from beginning to end, and if you are going to seriously write, rather than what I do here at these blogs, you pretty much have to be able to devote the lion's share of your working time to it, or at least that seems to be the case for me. It's frustrating for all involved.
Anyway, over the past year this blog, now that its not daily, has also evolved. I started doing entries of contemporary news stories that I deemed to be of historical value, and I still do. I've shifted how I do those, however, as I now update the actual date with them, which is what I should have done in the first place. For those who still stop in here, thanks, and feel free to comment on anything.
At that time, it had run for several years, and we'd cataloged a very large number of items, a selection of which went into our book, which was published that following spring. The book evolved from this blog, but it isn't identical. There's text in it that isn't here, and there's a vast number of entries here that aren't in the book. Were we to list every item here in the book, it'd be something like 2000 pages long.
In some ways, I wish I'd done a better job of cataloging my research here as I went along, but as this was originally a sort of daily diary of the history of the state that I was cataloging for a novel that I'm theoretically writing, I didn't always do a very good job of that, particularly at first. If I were to do it again, I would.
I've received a lot of compliments for the book, but it isn't exactly a run away best seller. If you picked up a copy, thanks for doing so. I'm supposed to be working on another, but this past year has been so busy work wise, I haven't gotten very far. One thing I've learned about being an author is that its extremely time consuming, from beginning to end, and if you are going to seriously write, rather than what I do here at these blogs, you pretty much have to be able to devote the lion's share of your working time to it, or at least that seems to be the case for me. It's frustrating for all involved.
Anyway, over the past year this blog, now that its not daily, has also evolved. I started doing entries of contemporary news stories that I deemed to be of historical value, and I still do. I've shifted how I do those, however, as I now update the actual date with them, which is what I should have done in the first place. For those who still stop in here, thanks, and feel free to comment on anything.
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