Space age hermit of Posseum Key lives off grid in Everglades
Arthur Darwin, 96, has inhabited a 14 by 16 foot concrete shack on Possewa Key since 1945. He survives on canned goods and a monthly $72 Social Security check, with two rusty rifles and no electricity or running water. Darwin left Texas in 1934 after the Panic, raised 10 children, and now endures hurricanes and isolation in the Everglades National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton L. Douthat
Associated Press
Everglades
City
Fla
Arthur Darwin
Rockies
Darwin
Possewa Key
Everglades National Park
Island Landing
Everglades City
Civilization
Evadale
Tex
Florida
Texas
Glades
Luke
Posseum Key
New Mexico Wins Jobs From 3.01 Billion UN Agency Grant
The U S Labor Department allocates 3.01 million for New Mexico to fund 414 jobs under a federal program. Distribution covers 49 cities 28 counties and 4 school districts with Albuquerque receiving 431 600. Priority to veterans the disabled the young and elderly and those with English difficulties. Total state share 445 000 for about 112 jobs. Job allocations listed by county city and district with numerous small towns and numbers.
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Santa FE
US Labor Department
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Bruce King
U.S. Department of Labor
State Employment Security Commission
Bernalillo
Catron
Chaves
Colfax
Curry
Dona Ana
Eddy
Grant
Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Lincoln
Los Alamos
Lamna
McKinley
Mora
Otero
Rio Arriba
Roosevelt
Sandoval
San Juan
San Miguel
Sierra
Socorro
Taos
Torrance
Union
Valencia
Roswell
Raton
Clovis
Fort Sumner
Las Cruces
Artesia
Carlsbad
Silver
Santa Rosa
Vaughn
Roy
Hobbs
Lovington
Capitan
Demny
Gallup
Wagon Mound
Alamogordo
Cloudcroft
Tular
Lunas
Milan
Central
Encino
Clayton
Hatch Valley
Loving
Silver City
Deming
Tularosa
Dulce
China Valley
Ojo Caliente
Aspanola
Jemez Mountains
Jmez Springs
Cuba
Farmington
Aztec
Bloomfield
West Las Vegas
Past Las Vegas
Pecos
Homers set free are lost at Bruneau dunes
Brian Rowder superintendent of Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park faced no communications with headquarters eight miles from the nearest phone. Idaho Parks Department could not afford 3000 to string lines or a radio system so he used a teacher’s flock of homing pigeons for emergencies. The pigeons never returned after being released.
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Bruneau
Idaho
Brian Rowder
Bruneau Sand Dunes
Rowder
Idaho Parks Department
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Ten Thousand Islands
Lower Gulf Coast
Miami
Naples
Bill Roller
New Mexico Retail Association
Herb Brunell
Ruidoso
Ben Keith
C. M. Anderson
Melvin Klein
Clay Ross
Hatch
Lake Okeechobee
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Benxfranklin
Ray PeaRey i
Lois Atul Aid
Bayer Aspirin
Mim RE Emo
Meerhitleg
Ale ‘Se
Segi
Sete
Pat Scomer
ACORN
SUN
Econo
Reg 169
Yello Greer
Franklin
Farmer's Market
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