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Baseball Cards of the 1950s: A Kid’s View Looking Back

Baseball Cards of the 1950s: A Kid’s View Looking Back

By Tom Cotter  While I am not sure what got us started, about 1955 we began collecting baseball cards (my brother was eight, I was five).  I suspect it was reasonably inexpensive and we were certainly in love with baseball.  We lived in Wichita, Kansas, which in the 1950s had minor league teams (Milwaukee Braves AAA affiliate 1956-1958), although I […]

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History of Florence, Park 1

 Editor’s Note: Since Florence has such a rich history, we thought we would devide this article into two parts. You can look forward to Part 2 in the May issue.  Incorporated in 1887, Florence is a statutory city of 3,800 people located in Fremont County, Colorado. We are situated in Colorado’s “banana belt” at the base of the Rocky Mountains, […]

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American History April Anniversaries

April 7 75th Anniversary of the World Health Organization being established by the United Nations (1948) April 13 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (1743) 101 Anniversary of the State of Massachusetts opening all public offices to women (1922) April 15 Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain (1783) April 17 51st Anniversary of the first Boston Marathon in which women are  officially allowed […]

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American Traditions: Quilts And Coverlets: 1760-1900

American Traditions: Quilts And Coverlets: 1760-1900

By Beatrice Levin  On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Texas twenty some years ago was a remarkable exhibit of fascinating old quilts and coverlets mostly from Bayou Bend, the home of Ima Hogg’s famous American antique collections. From our earliest history, weaving and quilting bedcovers has been a medium for creative artistry. Since quilting became elevated from a […]

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This Is Why Arbor Day Is a Thing

This Is Why Arbor Day Is a Thing

 Nebraska was a largely treeless prairie region when, on April 10, 1872, it became the first state to celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees.  The celebration came a few months after J. Sterling Morton, a vice-president of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, first proposed to the Board that the day be set aside for tree planting and that they […]

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