The Inside Straight Outlaw Beat Hangman's Noose
A Santa Fe grave reveals the long debated hanging of outlaw William Longley in 1877 Galveston Texas. The tale recounts a double ruse by Sheriff Brown to fake a death then Longley reemerges as Billy Long in Santa Fe years later.
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New Mexico
William P. Longley
Bill Longley
Galveston
Texas
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Longley
Giddings
Alton Brown
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Langley
McLennon
Sheriff Brown
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Billy Long
Shoes Permit Water Walks in Delaware Invention
Wilmington AP reports a Delaware high school teacher has created waterproof finned shoes using Isopex adhesive that let a person walk on water. The polystyrene shoes support about 35 pounds per foot and enable a walker to cover two miles per hour across lakes or streams.
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Delaware
New Bedford Tops World as Scallop Port
A U S Bureau of Commercial Fisheries report notes scallops rose commercially in 1883 with beds off the New England coast. From 1889 to 1924 Maine and New England led production, early 1920s beds off Long Island shifted leadership to Middle Atlantic ports, yet New Bedford Massachusetts remains the top sea scallop port globally.
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New England
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Maine
Long Island
Middle Atlantic
New Bedford
Mass
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