On this date in 1889- The Johnstown Flood
On this date in 1889-the South Fork Dam located 14 miles upstream from Johnstown, Pennsylvania failed. Made worse by a few days of heavy rains-over 4.8 billion gallons of water […]
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It was 90 years ago today-Lincoln Memorial dedicated
On this date in 1922- the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the statue was Daniel Chester French. At the dedication […]
Today In History- 1806 -Future President Andrew Jackson kills a man in a duel.
On this date in 1806 future U.S. president Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson, a lawyer regarded as one of the best pistol shots in the area in a duel in […]
Hatfield’s and McCoy’s set cable-record for viewers
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/history-channel-hatfields-amp-mccoys-notches-cable-record-13-9-million-viewers-article-1.1086280 The shame about this is- I watched last nights episode and there is so much fiction in this account of the feud. You had a great story why not […]
Future ideas from the past – how did this one do?
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/big-things-ahead-but-keep-your-shirt-on/
Interesting article that I found. Some things are not far off, others not so close.
The Ocean Liner is missing a few decks but is just about what we have now. The future dump trucks look a lot like the Caterpillar 787 mining vehicles that are used now.
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy-born 95 years ago today
Today is the 95th birthday of President John F. Kennedy. How does he rank? Probably somewhere in the lower-middle. No doubt you ask someone on the street to name 5ive […]
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