Thursday, September 20, 2012

An Interesting Trunk Project for Columbia SHP

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     Followers of my blog know that I've had a long association with Columbia State Historic Park, here in Northern California. Earlier ...
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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Eureka Moments Revisited, Part 6, "A Pocket Full of Rocks."

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     During the California Gold Rush, some hopeful argonauts would brag about returning home with a "pocket full of rocks". This s...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Eureka Moments Revisited Part 5, A Gold Rush Shopping Spree

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     Sometime around 2000 (the exact date escapes me) Columbia State Historic Park was contacted by an out-of-state bookdealer who had a tre...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Eureka Moments Revisited Part 4, Levis in the Gold Rush, Myth or Fact ?

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    The California Gold Rush produced enough wealth to finance countless business ventures but very few survived to the present day. One of ...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Historic Costume Recreations Revisited or A Suspended Project Revived

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     I think it's safe to say that people involved in historical crafts, normally have a backlog of projects. It's also a fact that ...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Eureka Moments Revisited Part 3, A Divine Project or "The Lord's Cradle"

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     Not that Lord !, I'm talking about Israel Shipman Pelton Lord. Way back in 1999, I purchased a copy of the book, "At the Extre...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Further Digging Into Our Colonial Past, Uncovers a Truly "American" Clay Pipe

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      While I was researching 17th Century clay pipes for an earlier post, I came across a style of pipe that I had never seen before. It wa...
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