Stories: Old West & Beyond 10.08.24
“The more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think that the same is true of human beings.” —Henry David Thoreau
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Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, October 8, 2024. On this day in 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began, burning for 24 hours and claiming several hundred lives.
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LAWMEN WITH A QUICK GUN . . .
. . . Milt Yarberry spent most of his life killing others and on the run from bounty hunters and the law. He even became a lawman but still couldn't avoid trouble or gunplay. “Man on the Run.”
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. . . Another quick gun in the Wild West was Bill Hickok. On the night of Sept. 27, 1869, Sheriff Hickok tried to restore order inside a Hays City, Kansas, saloon, but a drunken teamster laughed at him. “The Last Laugh”
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FROM HERE & THERE. . .
. . . A “slider” is an American term for a small sandwich, around 2 inches across, and made with a bun or dinner roll. Here’s how the term originated.
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. . . The Dodge Viper, Ford Mustang, Pontiac GTO, and Plymouth Superbird are American cars that rank among the 50 greatest sports cars ever.
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. . . If you enjoy basketball, you may like seeing satellite imagery of all 59,000 outdoor basketball courts in the US. Perhaps you can zoom in on a court where you played. I found a few that I once played on in my hometown.
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. . . For those of you considering a road trip in November, the travel publication Fifty Grande recommends these four places to visit.
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When you feel you’ve lost control and want to throw in the towel, remember: Mentally resilient people live longer.
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“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” —Oscar Wilde
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