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Posted on September 9, 2019 by Chris Enss

1956 – Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st time

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Posted on September 6, 2019 by Chris Enss

1901 – President William McKinley is shot while attending a reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, by 28-year-old anarchist Leon Czolgosz. McKinley dies eight days later, the third American president assassinated.

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Posted on September 3, 2019 by Chris Enss

1921 – American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) marries 1st wife Hadley Richardson (29)

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Posted on August 26, 2019 by Chris Enss

1895 – Electric generator at Niagara Falls produces first power

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Posted on August 23, 2019 by Chris Enss

1872 – 1st Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco, carrying tea

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Posted on August 21, 2019 by Chris Enss

1863 – Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill

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1942 – World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Chris Enss

1861 – Martial Law is declared at St Louis, Missouri, due to pro-secession sentiment which surged throughout Missouri after the Battle of Wilson’s Creek

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Posted on August 12, 2019 by Chris Enss

1877 – Thomas Edison completes 1st model for the phonograph, a device that recorded sound onto tinfoil cylinders.

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Posted on August 5, 2019 by Chris Enss

1914 1st electric traffic light installed in the USA on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio

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The presentation at the Blackhawk was well receive

The presentation at the Blackhawk was well received. It was the 10th anniversary of the American West exhibition at the museum and I was there to speak about women of the wild frontier. It was encouraging to see how many continued to filter in to pay tribute to those brave ladies who helped build the West. I was invited to be a part of the speaker's series again in 2026.

Had a wonderful time at Big Nose Kate’s Saloon i

Had a wonderful time at Big Nose Kate’s Saloon in Tombstone talking to the patrons about Kate Elder and the book According to Kate. Everyone who bought a book received a shot of Big Nose Kate Whiskey. According to Kate and Big Nose Kate Whiskey, an irresistible combination.

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