April 26, 2024
Tag: Tragedy on the Chippewa RIver
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Tragedy on the Chippewa River
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There is no debate: Logging in early 20th century America was a dangerous job. At hundreds of logging sites, thousands of men worked during hot summers and cold winters. Those men were in perpetual peril. This is one story; there are many.
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November 8, 2022 3 Comments
Today it would be unthinkable, but in 1923 having a rodeo in Yankee Stadium, the first ballpark to be named as a stadium, seemed to be a good idea. The first, last, and only all at the same time. The award-winning, rodeo photographer Ralph P. Doubleday was there to preserve the action on film. A few souvenir books, some newspaper clippings, and postcards are all that’s left.