Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 02, 2022 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Government, PSA’s, Religion, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Studies, Reports, White Papers, Investigations
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 19, 2022 -
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Category: Government, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century, Twenty-first Century, Obesity
It was Noah Kellogg's donkey that alerted the prospector to a mountain outcropping of galena, a lead ore often containing silver. This miraculous moment would attract a rough-and-tumble-type crowd to dig up and refine the resources below. What this visually stunning Silver Valley town is today — through mining ups and downs, population decline and industry changes — is just as the town motto cheekily states: "Founded by a jackass and inhabited by his descendants."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 15, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Government, Humor, Regionalism, Mining
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 08, 2022 -
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Category: Government, Money, Parades and Festivals, 1930s
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Category: Government, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Regionalism, 1900s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 11, 2021 -
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Category: Explosives, Government, Hobbies and DIY, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 30, 2021 -
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Category: Government, Officials, Hair and Hairstyling
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 27, 2021 -
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Category: Government, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters
Los Angeles Times - Jan 30, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 24, 2021 -
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Category: Government, Money
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 28, 2021 -
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Category: Games, Government, Regionalism, 1980s
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