In 2004, author Craig Johnson created Sheriff Walt Longmire as the protagonist in his series of Western-crime novels set in fictional Durant, Wyoming, county seat of the equally fictional Absaroka County. Longmire is a crime fighter, but first and foremost his is a gentleman and a cowboy. Johnson has to date gifted us 21 books […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—March 1, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, near Kershaw, South Carolina Morgan’s 2nd Division reported they were camped two miles east of Little Lynches Creek after passing over Hanging Rock Creek, which are in Lancaster County, SC. As I’ve mentioned before, South Carolina hosted more Revolutionary War battles than any other state. Unfortunately, my exposure to that is […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Jan 15, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Sunday–Jan. 15th I was one of the detail so I had to work on the fort all day today. The weather was quite cool this morning but it was quite warm through the day. There was two soldiers burried today right here in sight of our camp. And here […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Nov 13, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Atlanta, Georgia Sunday–Nov. 13th It was verry cold last night but I sleped warm on our straw bed. There was another building burned in the City this morning. We had preaaching in camp today the text was There are many that say, who will show us any good Psalms 4 Chapt. […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Nov 3, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Dalton, Georgia Thursday–Nov. 3rd It rained all night more or less and it is still raining this morning, we were called on to guard a train to Atlanta, packed up in the rain, drew two days rations in the rain and left camp in the rain got aboard the train, 17 […]
Trading our Future for Pottersvile
[v=IQoXV6oCzsQ] A future Pottersville? February 9, 2012 Marshall Independent To the editor: Many of us enjoy watching Frank Capra’s classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” at least once during the holiday season. Jimmy Stewart’s all-American community of Bedford Falls is starkly contrasted with a Pottersville of saloons, casinos and slums. It seems some Minnesota politicians think […]
Happy Birthday, Batman
Can Batman be 70? U.S. Census Bureau Profile America for May 7, 2009 You may Listen or download this story in .mp3 format. or as a .wav file Profile America — Thursday, May 7th. One of America’s favorite superheroes appeared for the first time this month 70 years ago — as “Detective Comics” introduced […]
