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Category Archives: THE LADIES
The Vascones
Mithridátēs is the name given to the kings of several kingdoms in the ancient world. It does get confusing when you run across people named Mithridátēs I of Pontus, who was also Mithridátēs III of Cius, whose descendants included both … Continue reading
Posted in ANTIQUITY, EUROPE, HISTORY, LINEAGE, MIDDLE AGES, MILITARY, RELIGION, THE LADIES
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DOWRIES & KNOTS
Five hundred years ago, most people died within twenty-five miles of their birthplace. In those days, men and women awakened with the dawn and retired with the dusk. At night they slept and made babies. In the daytime, they pursued … Continue reading
Posted in BRITAIN, EUROPE, HISTORY, MEDIEVAL PERIOD, MIDDLE AGES, RELIGION, SCOTLAND, THE LADIES
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Indentured Servitude
Introduction Warfare is brutish – the longer war rages, the more objectionable it becomes. One example of this was the Thirty Years’ War. It was fought primarily in the area of central Europe in the 17th century and remains one … Continue reading
Posted in COLONIAL PERIOD, FRONTIER, HISTORY, INDENTURE & SLAVERY, THE LADIES
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Hell’s Fury
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. —William Congreve, The Mourning Bride (1697)[1] Between 1960-63, the ABC Television Network hosted an entertaining crime drama called The Naked City. The star … Continue reading
Posted in CIVIL WAR, FRONTIER, HISTORY, THE LADIES
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Olive Oatman Fairchild
Background Joseph Smith Jr. (1805 – 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saints movement. Smith was born in Vermont, but by 1817, he had moved with his family to Western New York, which was … Continue reading
Posted in FRONTIER, HISTORY, INDENTURE & SLAVERY, LONE STAR, NATIVES, RELIGION, THE LADIES
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Three of a Kind
The story of Josie and Ann Bassett, and Etta Place ____________ “A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes, she’s a tramp.” — Joan Rivers Introduction Years ago, Arthur and Fanny … Continue reading
Posted in FRONTIER, HISTORY, OUTLAWS, THE LADIES
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Let the games begin …
Many of the things we attribute to the old southwest tradition were handed down from other times, places, and cultures. I want to discuss American rodeo, but I must first acknowledge the origin of modern rodeo events. Men have been … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORY, THE LADIES
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Miss Catherine’s Boys
Some Background Between 1620 and 1775, nearly two-thirds of all European immigrants to the American colonies arrived under indentures. An indenture is a legal contract between two parties for either labor or an apprenticeship. An individual interested in indenturing themselves … Continue reading
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Little Known Legends
In 1850, Allan Pinkerton met a Chicago attorney by the name of Edward Rucker. Together, they formed the North-Western Police Agency, later known as Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency. Around 1855, Pinkerton noted an increased demand for private detectives. Businessmen, large … Continue reading
Posted in CIVIL WAR, HISTORY, THE LADIES
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