Men Who Helped Make Christmas by Elmo Scott Watson
Remembered figures behind Christmas customs. Washington Irving James K Paulding and Clement C Moore helped shape Santa Claus while Franz Gruber Jo sef Mohr and others gave us Silent Night. Sir Henry Cole Louis Prang and Einar Holboell advanced Christmas cards seals. Joel Poinsett popularized the poinsettia, linking colonial to modern Christmas decorations.
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Clement Clark Moora
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Moore
Irving
Paul
Chelsea
New York City
America
John Reese
Washington Irving
James K. Paulding
Clement C. Moore
Reese
Josef Mohr
Ittle
Oberndorf
Salzburg
Austria
Franz Gruber
Arnsdorf
Karl Mannacher
Mugen
Zillertal
Rolbsell
Henry Cole
J. C. Horsley
Royal Academy
London
Cole
Hogland
Louis Prang
Boston
Sir Henry Cole
Lst
Jacob Riis
Denmark
Mall
Hig
Holboell
Emily Bissell
American Red Cross
American National Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Einar Holbcell
Fifty Famous Frontiersmen: The Bad Man From Bitter Creek
ELMO SCOTT WATSON recounts Joseph A Slade known as Alf Slade and The Little Terror of the Plains. Born 1823 in Carlisle Mississippi River crossing to Missouri, he joins the Overland Stage company then becomes a feared killer. His duel with Jules Renor Bene at Julesburg ends in Slade’s death by rope after a volatile career. The tale blends legend with fact and notes Langlade’s 18th century exploits at Pickawillany and Braddock’s defeat shaping early North American conflict.
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Bitter Creek
Julesburg
Cole
Joseph A. Slade
Alf Slade
Slade
Plains
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Hatta
Carlisle
Mississippi
Missouri
Overland Stage Company
Jules Renor Bene
Platte River
Hat
Colo
Jules
Corral
Stage
Montana
Langlade
Concord
Mass
Loramie Creek
Miami River
Shelby County
Ohile
Charles de Langlade
Pickant
Lang
Old Britain
Bere
Europe
America
France
North America
Mackinee
Nissowaquet
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Pickawillany
Brit
Godfrey de Linctot
George Rogers Clark
Western Newspaper Union
Conservatism and critique in a scattered 19th century tract
A writer contemplates criticism of modern poetry and politics, noting how safe conduct and conservatism shape public discourse. He recounts anecdotes on vigilante justice and law enforcement, reflects on aging authors and the value of factual material, and sketches tension between radical wit and restrained governance.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Jesus Christ
Sinterklass
Saint Nicholas
Washington Irv- Hing
Knickerbocker
New York
New Amsterdam
James Kirke Paulding
Einar Holboell
Copenhagen
Christian IX
Hothoell
Toulse
William Eustis
Madison
Joel Roberts Poinsett
Joal Roberts Poinsett
South Carolina
Helipburgh University
Woolwich Academy
Asia
Eustis
Poinsett
South America
Spain
Mexico
United States
Robert Butet
Philadelphia
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Poinsett Lnter
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Statesburg
Joel R. Poinsell
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