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Stars and Uniforms
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Having to stop your journey, whether long or short, to buy gas, wasn’t always the chore it is today. High prices aside. Sixty years ago, you went to the man who wears the star.
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Hey, Corrigan: You’re Going the Wrong Way!
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History enthusiasts enjoy early aviation stories. Here’s one a lot of people know “about” but all they know is that he the flew wrong way. Here are a few details.
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Holiday Inn
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If your family traveled by car after 1952, it may be that you slept in a Holiday Inn. Those motels were new, clean, and dependable. Most important to the kids in the family was that each motel had a swimming pool. What more could you ask for?
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Lumbering the Giant Trees of America’s Northwest
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A look back at early logging in the American northwest begs the question, how much has changed – the answer is everything but the wood. Cross-cut handsaws have been replaced by gasoline powered chainsaws. Helicopters drag the logs from the forest, and a Global Positioning System is employed to find the trees deep in hardwood…
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