Editor’s Note On a recent trip to Wichita, Kansas, resident Pam Loyle (my co-grandmother to some pretty terrific kids) made a point of telling me how much she enjoyed my tribute to my mother in the article titled The Canary Is Singing. We started talking about local birds that we both love and for Pam the red-headed Downy woodpecker and […]
We had one correct guess. Terry Cook of Fort Morgan, Colorado tells us May’s What Is It is Mattel’s Barbie 50th Anniversary of NASCAR Collector edition. Nib Hot Wheels doll added another profession to Barbie’s ever-growing list of titles: NASCAR driver. The box features NASCAR 50th Anniversary artwork. Barbie’s lipstick is carefully picked for this set; Mattel dubbed the color […]
The 72nd Rocky Mountain Stamp Show will take place May 26-28, 2023, at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Exhibition Halls A & B, 25690 E Quincy Ave., Aurora, CO 80016. Hours are Fri. & Sat. 10am-6pm and Sun. 10am-3pm. The event is free and open to the public. This year the event is expected to fill the 400 available frames with […]
Jack H.T. Chang, M.D. Godey’s Lady’s Book fashion plates are commonly found in antique stores. Their origin began in July, 1830 when Louis Antoine Godey and Charles Alexander of Philadelphia published the inaugural issue under the title, Lady’s Book containing one fashion plate. It was not the first American magazine with women as its target audience as the Ladies Magazine […]
The Florence Oil Fields are the second oldest in the United States and home to the first oil well west of the Mississippi River. Discovered in 1862, this oil well is still pumping today. Florence is located on a bluff-protected bend of the Arkansas River as it breaks out of the Rocky Mountains of Central Colorado on its way to […]
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