On this day in 1862, Union forces by a stroke of luck halted the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico, at that time including Arizona. The Confederates hoped to capture New Mexico and other parts of the West. There were other reasons, but the cash-strapped Confederacy wanted the western mines for the gold and silver. From San Antonio, the […]
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Using a Medical Endoscope to Peek at the Past
A not too well-known Union general did something unusual following the Civil War. General Montgomery C. Meigs fought in the war, but he is most known for his architect work later. What he did was create a massive time capsule with one of his structures. In the 18801’s, for the US Pension Building in Washington […]
Continue ReadingHistorical Fact, Historical Fiction -The Crimps, Not Talking About Hairstyles
[maxbutton id=”3″ url=”http://localhost:8888/curt ” text=”Watch Exciting Trailers for Novels” ] Did you know that criminal agents kidnapped Canadian men for service in the union army in the civil War? During the war, certain civilians, called “Crimps”, enticed unknowing Canadian men with too much drink or drugged them, then enrolled them in a regiment in the […]
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[maxbutton id=”6″ text=”Read My Blogs” ] I was reading recently in a recent poll of Millenial aged persons that half of them said they would rather live under socialism or Communism rather than capitalism. They don’t know about how the leader of the Communist party, Nikita Kruschev, in the 1960’s banged his shoe at the […]
Continue ReadingChristmas Almost Got Swept Away by Nazis
Nazis in the 1930’s and 1940’s tried very hard to convert Christmas to a pride in Germany holiday. They were so bound up in the anti-Jewish attitude, and Jesus was a Jew, they tried both underhandedly and blatantly to eliminate Christmas celebrations as we know them or as Germans knew them then. Historian Gerry Bowle […]
Continue ReadingMe, you and your bucket list
This is for you as well as me. I would love to hear from you (comment on this blog) about one or two things you would like to do or see before you die. YOUR TURN. What is on your bucket list? Or your questions. Or give me your whole list. Too much of everyone’s […]
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