Archive for August, 2025

Let a Butterfly Be Your Guide

Let a Butterfly Be Your Guide

It was a coolish, late July morning.  I wanted to get my walk in before it warmed up so I picked up my “Dog Whisperer” as my friend Rudl calls his walking stick, and headed out.  (I’ve never needed to use my “Dog Whisperer” because the dogs I meet on my walks are always dutifully trotting along at the end […]

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August’s  Quote of Month

August’s Quote of Month

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Notes from the Editor: What’s New at The Mountain States Collector

As many of you may have noticed we have been evolving. Due to a stroke I had in late March of this year, I have been more and more dependent on my son Sam to deliver our monthly issue of The Mountain States Collector. I always hoped one of my children might want to continue producing our monthly newspaper. Sam […]

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American History August Anniversaries

August 3 Washington Assumes Com-mand of the Continental Army (1775)   August 5 Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax (1861)   August 7 George Washington creates the Purple Heart (1782)   August 10 75th Anniversary of the Department of War, renamed the Department of Defense (1949)   August 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the U.S., signs […]

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