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Volume 14 , Issue 53

2012

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Duchess of Weaselskin

This Monday, 31 December 2012, we are ringing in the New Year 2013 and ringing out the old year with fresh fallen snow here in Southwest Colorado, north end of Vallecito Reservoir. Here is hoping yours and everyones New Year 2013 is a great year ahead!

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100 Years Ago Today - 31 December 1912

One hundred years ago today, 31 December 1912, we travel back through time with The Times Dispatch out of Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday, December 31, 1912. President-elect Woodrow Wilson was in city of his birth. There was a belief that progressives would unite with Democrats for sake of patronage.

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NW Okie's Corner

On this last day of 2012 December 31st, here in Southwest Colorado, we are experiencing a fresh coat of snow that seems to be getting heavier and heavier as the day progresses. You can barely see the mountain tops across the way here at the north end of the Vallecito Reservoir, North of Bayfield, Colorado. When we have our UStream - Okielegacy up and broadcasting, you can view a piece of Southwest Colorado weather.

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History of Rockbridge County, Virginia - Calfpasture

This week our journey through the History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, by Oren F. Morton,written, published back in the early 1900's, brings us to Chapter X, "The Calfpasture" with the early settlement around the pastures, pioneer history, emigration and the Patton and Lewis Survey.

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1913 - Garment Workers of New York On Strike

This little tidbit of news from December 31, 1912, comes by way of New York through the Medfore Mail Tribune, out of Medford, Oregon, with the headlines "Garment Workers of New York On Strike."

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Wireless Flashes Nearly 3000 Miles

It was one hundred years ago that Arlington tower in Virginia was reported to send seasons greetings to the Eiffel tower in Paris, to Key West, Colon Point Loma, Cal., and to ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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The Year was 1913

It was over a hundred years ago that this video was portrayed as many looked back at the year 1913 in England.

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The Year Was 1912

What life was like hundred year ago. Songs heard: Bethena, Turn off your light Mr. Moon man, Everybody's doing it, The art of rag, Castle house rag, meet me thought in dreamland.

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Woodrow Wilson - A History

An intellectual with unwavering moral principles, Wilson led America onto the world stage at a time when war and chaos threatened everything he cherished. It s said that Woodrow Wilson explored the transformation of a history professor into one of America's greatest presidents. While campaigning for his far-sighted League of Nations, he suffered a paralyzing stroke from which he never fully recovered. Wilson carried out his duties from bed with the help of his wife Edith who became the de facto chief executive.

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The Year of 2012

What brought us together in 2012. it was a year of breakthroughs, adversity, accomplishments. And it was shared on the web. We had the highest sky-dive to the fastest running man, a first vote or last mission, joys and tragedies, grumpy cats and flash mobs, from silly to serious. Remember the Olympics in London? This video is by Jean-Louis Nguyen on YouTube.

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