World’s Weirdest Cars
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World’s Weirdest Cars
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fads of the 50s
Posted in 1950s, Fads, tagged 3D movies, ant farm, blackjack chewing gum, boomerang, bubble gum cigars, car hops, coonskin caps, DA haircut, Fads, frisbee, hula hoop, letter sweaters, panty raids, Pez, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, sideburns, spud guns, telephone booth stuffing, virgin pins on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from Yuko.com
1950’s
Pez
The popular candy which was created decades before the 50’s, developed a new pocket size dispenser which became very popular in the 1950’s. This new dispenser is now a Pez trademark and is what Pez is known for.
Spud Guns
These were pistols that would shoot out potatoes. They were also known as [...]
Gold in the Clouds
Posted in History of the Old West, tagged Bob Womack, boomtowns, Chicken Bill Lovell, Colorado Gold Rush, Cripple Creek and Victor Mining District, gold, Gregory Gulch, Henri and Katrina Murat, Horace Tabor, John Gregory, Joseph "Buckskin Joe" Higganbottom, miners, mines, mining, Pikes Peak Gold Rush, Pikes Peak or Bust, placer gold, Spencer Penrose, Ute Bullet Pouch, William Green Russell, Winfield Scott Stratton on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Sean Brodrick
I was in Colorado recently, and all around me were reminders that I was in a state with a rich history of minerals — natural gas, silver, and especially gold.
The Colorado Gold Rush, better known as the “Pikes Peak Gold Rush,” is America’s most profitable afterthought. Miners who had rushed across the [...]
