By Grover Brinkman  We have lost civilizations, lost children and lost (underground) rivers, but a lost President? Bizarre thought! Yet it seems that some unusual statistic at executive level surfaces in the headlines for a limited time, then is unceremoniously shoved under the rug. Perhaps senior citizens, jogging their memories, will remember, but only a minority. Let’s cite a few […]

BELIEVE IT OR DON’T THREE FULL DAYS OF FUN! MAY 13, 14 & 15   Two favorite events back-to-back. Main Street filled with antique and vintage “treasures” for two days. Then Main Street filled with vintage vehicles. Who could ask for more? You say how ‘bout food trucks and live music? Yep! Got that! Plus local merchants with great deals and our […]

Photo by Charles W. Boynton This Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. sprinkler wagon was a familiar sight in Longmont, Colorado. It was probably used to wet down the streets to control dust. Postcard provided by Sue Hackett of Longmont, Colorado

By Carol Mobley  I enjoy a cup of coffee every morning along with approximately 150 million Americans.  Coffee wasn’t always an easy drink to prepare.  It wasn’t until the mid-1800’s that coffee was easily accessible to households as well as miners and cowboys out in the wild.  Two companies, both still in business today, revolutionized coffee. James Folger was the […]

May 8 V-E Day; Victory in Europe (1945) Mother’s Day May 10 225th Anniversary of the first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, being commissioned (1797) May 19 Nineteenth Amendment, to give women the right to vote, proposed (1919) May 20 Abraham Lincoln signs Homestead Act (1862) May 21 Armed Forces Day May 30 100th […]