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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

22 Jan 1979

Page 11

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Winchester Evening Star

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Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1979

Page

11

Black cowboys and pioneers in early American history

Star Staff Writer highlights overlooked Black figures from the West and beyond. Bill Pickett and Boise Skard are noted for bulldogging and trail pioneering, York of Lewis and Clark, Hiram Young wagon maker, Jean and Pierre Bonga, and the Bongas who shaped early Michigan relations and trade.

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Star Winchester Public Handley George Craig Jr U.S Cowboy Hall of Fame Oklahoma City Okla Bill Pickett Pickett 101 Boise Skard Texas Denver New Mexico Ikard Louisiana Purchase York Independence Hiram Young Young America Macinac Island Jean Bonga Pierre Bonga Bongas State of Michigan
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Finch Finds Unwanted Home in Mrs Bennett’s Rest Home

Nora Bennett of Blue Ridge Avenue shelters a purple finch that wandered indoors on January 5 and again the next evening. The bird appears tame, now named Pretty, feeding on wild and pet seed, while radio notices yield no owner. The piece also notes notable black inventors and a Langston Hughes quote on black history.

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Star Front Royal Nora Bennett Finch America Langston Hughes Woolworth
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Officials File Disclosures In Winchester And County

Four officials filed disclosures as of 9 a.m. including Winchester City Councilman William Mote listing a half interest in three homes with his wife and a third in an office building, Elmer M. Venskoske of the county planning commission reporting a 203 acre Gainesboro farm, and Robert Hockman of the county board of zoning appeals listing 111 and 46 acre tracts in Back Creek District.

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William Mote Susan North North Ave N. Cameron St E. Boscawen St Elmer M. Venskoske County Planning Commission Gainesboro Robert Hockman County Board of Zoning Appeals Back Creek
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