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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Pioneer Tales: Pleasant Memories

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Arkansas Echo March 9, 1894 and March 16, 1894 “It is amazing,” an American recently said to me, “how times can change. Earlier, wh...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Thanks to the Umpire, the Little Rock Rosebuds Vanquished the Hot Springs Bathers in a Baseball Game on June 9, 1894

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The following are two front page stories printed in the Arkansas Gazette 119 years ago today, on June 10, 1894. They tell the story of two ...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Changing South Fayetteville (Arkansas)

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Most of my first twenty years of life, beginning in 1947, was spent in the South part of Fayetteville where I lived in rental houses on S. C...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Public Art Surprise at Vienna's Stadtpark: Stage Set, 1996 by Donald Judd

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Vienna is full of public art, mainly grand statutes and memorials commemorating famous musicians, writers, Hapsburgs, generals, and po...
Friday, May 3, 2013

Vacationing in Tulsa

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When an early teenager, I got to go to Tulsa every year or so. It was the big family vacation trip. Traveling to Tulsa was an exciting...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Pioneer Tales: My First Deer Hunt

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Arkansas Echo Pioneer Tales February 9, 1894 I want to also tell a small hunting adventure that did not happen to me here in Arkansas...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

The Vienna Airport is a Mess! (But Not for Long, I Expect)

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When I arrived at the Vienna International Airport (VIE) in April, I was surprised to see signs directing me to march through the old bagg...