Pony Express Rider Boy of Civil War Era
A fourteen year old boy recounts his perilous life as a Pony Express courier during the 1860s. He details peril, pay, and proof of danger from Indian attacks and outlaws, plus a dramatic rescue of a child from a charging buffalo and a famed 321 mile double route run by Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Pony Express
Pacific
Panama
Cape Horn
Washington
Congress
Messrs
Russell
Majors. Waddell & Co
New York
San Francisco
St. Joe
Sacramento
Cal
Golden Gate
Missouri River
Johnny Fry
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Red Buttes
Cody
Rocky Ridge
Tiny Clubhouse Reflects Lost Era of Vasadena Youth
A one room wooden clubhouse once served a select Vasadena group of boys now grown, moved to private grounds by Dr Al A. Wright and gifted to his grandson Irving Benton. The tiny, electric lit space imitates a grown up room with gym gear, books, shells and stamps, serving as the Junior Athletic club meeting spot.
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Vasadena
Congress Street
al A. Wright
Irving Benton
Valley Hunt Club
Los Angeles Times
Free pamphlet on poisonous plants from the U S Department
The notice urges requesting a Department of Agriculture pamphlet titled Thirty Poisonous Plants. It notes many common field plants are dangerous only if eaten, lists poison ivy sumac lily of the valley and mountain laurel as poisonous, and warns sheep deaths from poison laurel.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Like Grandmamma and Grandpapa Say
A child recalling family wisdom from a verse in St. Nicholas. Agnes M. Watson notes how the speaker grows tall and resembles a grandmother when wearing her bonnet and shawl, with grandpapa praising sweetness and likeness.
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Grandpapa
Agnes M. Watson
St. Nicholas
The Sky Coughs and a Child’s Teeth Fear
Three year old Esther picks flowers in the meadow when thunder rolls. She runs home crying and tells her mother the sky began to cough and her teeth stepped on her tongue, a frightened child’s quirky explanation.
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Esther
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BOY Pony Express
Boyfalo Bill
Sible
Union Pacific Railroad
Red
Alexander Majors
the Citizens Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Dr. D. Arthaud
Osteopath
Kirksville
Ifloe
Dr. W. M. Terry
West Washington Street
Ashington
Iowa
Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman's
Washington, Oiowa
Austin Sutherland
Golden State
Sun
Mal and Express
Mal and Saat
Dal
Washington Branch
Sun. O
Grandmamma
Gbs
Neo
Chicago
Milwaukee
East Bound Pass
Southwest Limited
Lowe Central
Brighton
St.Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Mason City Mail
Twin Cities Limited
Peoria Express
Peoria Limited
A.J. Morris
A.b.cutts
Neapolis
Minn
Lanenetion
Everpous
Sprague
Clifford Thorne
House
J. J. Kellogg
Attorney-At-Law
Squta Side Square
W. NM. Butterfield
Eicher & Livingston
LAW
Charles A. Dewey
Temple Building
J. Wilson
Wilson
Lewyers
W. M. Keeley
E. D. Morrison
P. J. Hanley
J. B. Crall
Dry Goody
Farmers & Merchants
State Bank
Capital
A. Ware
Saam'l Thompson
R. L. Coulter
A. Waire
D. F. Macon
Tor
E. C. Rupp
Casey’s
Colens
Chichester's
Chichester
Bates Brand
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