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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
Every so often I thumb through one of my boxes of old photographs. This time
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I grew up listening to Broadway show tunes on my father’s stereo system. Actually, not
As I reported to readers of my newsletter last week, I completed the rough draft
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I wrote a previous post about an unfortunate situation involving orange juice. There is an