Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith- the last decendant of POTUS #16 Abraham Lincoln-was born on this day in 1904. He was the great grandson of Abraham. His grandfather was Robert Todd […]
John Glenn one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts-91 years old today. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth on Friendship 7 on February 20th, 1962. In […]
In the late 1940’s they got a Hopi Indian artist named Fred Kabotie to paint murals on the walls at the inn. The murals depicted aspects of Hopi live. Here […]
Old Route 66 ran by the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest. There the Painted Desert Inn was located. The old inn was rehabilitated within the past decade and is now open to […]
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, the father of “Gonzo” journalism was born on this day in 1937. Hunter Thompson is my favorite writer. His first book was “Hell’s Angels” in 1966 […]
On this day in 1976 at the Montreal Olympic games Nadia Comaneci, a 14-year-old Romanian gymnast became the first to ever score a 10.0 for a performance. She did it […]
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