Very Important Day In History

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Texas Lawdog

#960
January 06, 2009, 08:13:17 AM
Today in 1838, Samuel Morse demonstrated the telegraph for the first time and in 1912, New Mexico was admitted as the 47th State.
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Leo Tanner

#961
January 06, 2009, 12:51:24 PM
The raising of those telegraph lines across the country is one heck of an interesting story.  Quite a feat fer it's time.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Texas Lawdog

#962
January 06, 2009, 06:30:07 PM
The beginniing of WESTERN UNION.
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Leo Tanner

#963
January 06, 2009, 06:56:34 PM
I just always thought about those men as part of the tough history of the old west.  Most people know more about the gold rush or the settlement of the west then the guys who gave all to get those lines up (not to mention the poles they were on).  To me it is the epitome of all the poor men who said, "honey, I got a job, be gone awhile but the kids'll eat next year". 
     They changed the history of the country an never quit right along with Sam Morris.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Ozark Tracker

#964
January 06, 2009, 07:02:54 PM
I'd a hated to be the one diggin all them post holes.   :o  I bet they wanted em good and deep.
We done it for Dixie,  nothing else

"I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved."

Tensleep

#965
January 06, 2009, 07:05:06 PM
   


Sam Morris?  ::)


Who tha hell heck was he?
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Delmonico

#966
January 06, 2009, 07:06:07 PM
Quote from: Ozark Tracker on January 06, 2009, 07:02:54 PM
I'd a hated to be the one diggin all them post holes.   :o  I bet they wanted em good and deep.

Be better than the ones that cut the poles in Wyoming, the folks that owned them didn't like it and shot ya with real sharp sticks. ;)
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Delmonico

#967
January 06, 2009, 07:10:53 PM
Quote from: Tensleep on January 06, 2009, 07:05:06 PM
   


Sam Morris?  ::)


Who tha hell heck was he?

Englishman, invented the Morris Minor automobile. ;D
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Tensleep

#968
January 06, 2009, 07:14:05 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on January 06, 2009, 07:10:53 PM
Englishman, invented the Morris Minor automobile. ;D

sure he didn't cut tha poles fer tha underground railroad?  ::)
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Delmonico

#969
January 06, 2009, 07:39:36 PM
Well the only thing we can do is like I say at work all the time, "Durn Kids, they don't teach em nothin' in skool no more." ;D

(I'm sure it got a lot worse after you retired Sleep.)
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Tensleep

#970
January 06, 2009, 07:45:41 PM
Thanks Del..
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Just a poor dumb cowboy, tryin' to do my best.
"If I could roll back tha years, back when I was young and limber..."

Delmonico

#971
January 06, 2009, 07:46:45 PM
Quote from: Tensleep on January 06, 2009, 07:45:41 PM
Thanks Del..

Always figgered you were one of the good ones from some of yer posts, have fond memories of several like that.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Leo Tanner

#972
January 06, 2009, 07:57:12 PM
Con-fyoosin thin bout this place, sumtymes ya kin rite fonetical an fit in an sumtymes it gits ya in hawt woter.

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Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Russ T Chambers

#973
January 06, 2009, 09:10:21 PM

On this day we lost Theodore Roosevelt  in 1919 (this time I checked my century).
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Texas Lawdog

#974
January 07, 2009, 08:37:58 AM
In 1789, The electors voted to elect George Washington as our first President.
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Sod Buster

#975
January 13, 2009, 07:31:52 AM
In January 13, 1929

Wyatt Earp dies quietly in Los Angeles at the age of 80.
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Texas Lawdog

#976
January 13, 2009, 09:01:50 AM
Not bad for an old retired LawDog. I hope I live to be 80.
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Leo Tanner

#977
January 20, 2009, 06:23:06 PM
Oops, sorry, I was lookin fer the "very sad day in history" thread, had somethin ta say...
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Trinity

#978
January 20, 2009, 06:24:48 PM
No, the sad day was back in November.  Today's the day to move on and get over it.
"Finest partner I ever had.  Cleans his paws and buries his leavin's.  Lot more than some folks I know."

                   


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Texas Lawdog

#979
January 20, 2009, 06:53:07 PM
Just think, In 7 years and 364 days, this too, will be over.
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?
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