O' Be Joyful
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eccentric miners
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Yes, indeedy, the gold was merely a pretense for mayhem and havoc! Don't forget the Shasta gold in the Castle Crags. We raided the pay train headed to Ft Keno but who needs gold when there's all those cozy wool coats to peel off the dead soldiers? Wherever they hid it, only the Lemurians know now. It was a raid that pretty much planned itself - the SP loop at Dunsmuir is a real hairpin and the train has to slow way, way down to make it and sometimes it doesn't...falls off into the river.I thought it was on Oak Island or the Superstition Mountains or on a Pacific Island once held by the Japanese or in an Austrian lake or was buried by a lost Dutchman in Arizona. I never cease to be amazed at how many Aztecs, conquistadors, pirates, Nazis, Confederates, Japanese generals and eccentric miners buried their fortunes instead of spending them. These are the themes of most recent History Channel programs.
...never have a "Casey Jones" on the throttle, or there is...to pay.down to make it and sometimes it doesn't...falls off into the river.
It's the infamous Cantara Loop - much improved since back in the day but still...they fall off!...never have a "Casey Jones" on the throttle, or there is...to pay.
It's the infamous Cantara Loop - much improved since back in the day but still...they fall off!
We are the Klingons when we need themYes, indeedy, the gold was merely a pretense for mayhem and havoc! Don't forget the Shasta gold in the Castle Crags. We raided the pay train headed to Ft Keno but who needs gold when there's all those cozy wool coats to peel off the dead soldiers? Wherever they hid it, only the Lemurians know now. It was a raid that pretty much planned itself - the SP loop at Dunsmuir is a real hairpin and the train has to slow way, way down to make it and sometimes it doesn't...falls off into the river.
That idea has sold lots of metal detectors too, long before the History Channel.I thought it was on Oak Island or the Superstition Mountains or on a Pacific Island once held by the Japanese or in an Austrian lake or was buried by a lost Dutchman in Arizona. I never cease to be amazed at how many Aztecs, conquistadors, pirates, Nazis, Confederates, Japanese generals and eccentric miners buried their fortunes instead of spending them. These are the themes of most recent History Channel programs.
Lee's postwar life only lasted 5 years and was mostly spent in one place serving as a university president. His response to defeat is important, but his postwar life is trivial compared to Grant's or even Sherman's.You're right about not enough attention being paid to Grant's post-war life. (Lee has the same problem!)
Yes, that's why it's so amazing that so many placed revered status on Lee (who, imho, was a war casualty) and kicked Grant to the curb - but not the generation that lived through his impressive life. Winning the war - Grant was just getting started. The friends who won the war did go on to lead exceptionally vital lives afterward - but history has decided their highest contribution was the war. Dismissing the national effects of their post-war lives is leaving out a big chunk of influential American history.Lee's postwar life only lasted 5 years and was mostly spent in one place serving as a university president. His response to defeat is important, but his postwar life is trivial compared to Grant's or even Sherman's.
welcome to the 21st century usI haven't been able to see it at all - one of the trade-offs in living in the boonies is maybe you have power, maybe not. My luck is I've always got it when the trash is on but never when the good stuff comes up!
nonsense - there's no space in austrian lakesI thought it was on Oak Island or the Superstition Mountains or on a Pacific Island once held by the Japanese or in an Austrian lake or was buried by a lost Dutchman in Arizona. I never cease to be amazed at how many Aztecs, conquistadors, pirates, Nazis, Confederates, Japanese generals and eccentric miners buried their fortunes instead of spending them. These are the themes of most recent History Channel programs.