Folklore of the Old West Tour to Virginia City
The author recalls a Reno trip with fellow newspaper wives to Virginia City Nevada exploring its mining history and legends. They tour the castle built by Robert N Graves view the Delta Saloon Mark Twain era tales visit the International Hotel and learn why red light districts earned their name before returning to the hotel after a cautious day.
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Reno
Mid West
Virginia City
Thayer Reese
Ventura
Piper’s Opera House
C Street
International
Mississippi
Red Light
D St
Julia C. Bulette
Virginia City Territorial Enterprise
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Delta
Carson City
McCluskey
Joe
Joe’s
Thayer
Cleo Primmer
Riverside
Cleo
Yosemite
Normandy
Robert N. Graves
Empire Mine
LARC Breakfast Draws 26 Hams with New Faces
Twenty six radio amateurs attended the Sambo's Lompoc Amateur Radio Club breakfast on October 15. New members included Glen Rose and Leigh Irvine, with extra class licensee Roger Ogden earning his U S call. Upgrades and new licenses were announced for Frank Schnittker Al Koepfle and others.
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Sambo’s
Lompoc
Dear Abby era of marriage and divorce letters
A 1977 Dear Abby page presents readers asking about a wife facing possible divorce after a husband’s infidelity, a father who won’t tie his shoe laces, and a teenage bride-to-be note about marriage and education. The column includes guidance and humorous responses, with personal anecdotes from readers.
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Abby
Jack
Marrage
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Old West
Hazel Neu
Nevada
United Nations
Charlotte Benton
Toney Leary
American Association of University Women
Lompoc-Vandenberg
Unicef
Barbara Alexander
LARC
Bob Livingston
Gene Wahlers
Lompoc Valley
Republican Women’s Club
Helen Hobbs
Nicholas Scott
Ron Jansen
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pete Valla
Buellton Road
Derk Jansen
North P St
Carolyn Shultz
Santa Barbara
Federation of Republican Women
Atlanta
California
Ronald Reagan
William E. Simon
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Robert Dole
Bill Brock
Republican National Committee
Robert Packwood
John G. Rhodes
U.S. House of Representatives
OES
Betty Anderson
Miguelito
Order of the Eastern Star
Bill Hansen
June
Hugh Hoover
Ethel Felde
Eleanor Ward
Phyllis Smart
Georgia
Edward Gillespie
St. Joseph
Bette
Edwin Betts
Bonnie Champion
Anne Baker
Rosemarie and
Harvey
Colonial Dames
John Pike
Santa Maria
Purvis Glines
Alamo Canyon
Willie Harris
Glines
John Henry Glines
Mmes
Arthur Becker
Phillip Bacziewicz
James Draper
Harley E. Guest
Diane Harris
Sex
Jennifer Taplin
Santa Maria- Lompoc Valley
National Association of Women In Construction
Royal Coach
Ms. Taplin
Western Roof Council
Amber Smith
Alisal
Bill Powell
North C St
Bruce Thomas
San Jose
Amy Christine
Bruce
Heidi Thomas
U.S. Marine Corps
Cherry Point
Havelock
N.C
Roy
Lompoc High
Houston Astros
Heidi
Wallace Iverson
Selma
Miguelito Circle
June Hoover
Goldie Chivington
Bernice Lunden
Temple
Richard Ward
Dale
Alice Bryant
Grant
Jenna
Marty Jennings
Dear Abby
Daily Reader
Dexter, MO
Statesman
L.A
Calif
Lompoc, Calif
Fabing-McKay- Spanne
Lompoc Valley Historical Society
Kathryn Parson
Spinners and Weavers
Ann Calvert
The
Historical Society
Richard Lazier
Lompoc Valley Bank
Sant Conne
Ken Calvert
Mobil Service
Security Pacific National Bank
Lompoc Record
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