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Pick and Shovel: February 2007
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. The Most Photographed Building in Nevada. Is it some structure in Las Vegas, perhaps one of the spectacular resorts on the Strip, like Caesar's Palace, or the Bellagio with its dancing fountains, or "Paris" with its 500-foot Eiffel Tower? All that's left of Rhyolite's main street today. Another vie...
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Pick and Shovel: May 2007
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Come to Eastern Oregon University. I'm going to take a moment on both my research blogs to plug Eastern Oregon University and encourage those thinking about going to college or just taking a course or two to come here to do it! Here are some useful links to inspire you to join us. My niece sits in fro...
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Pick and Shovel: October 2006
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Tuesday, October 24, 2006. The Golden Spike, Part II: Replicating Authenticity. I'd like to say a bit more about the replica steam engines at. Golden Spike National Historic Site. And about some of the issues they raise pertaining to replicas and authenticity. National Park Service website. Then in the 1990s, a researcher cam...
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Pick and Shovel: March 2007
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Instant Ancestors: Faces From the Past. I scan these old portraits into my computer and sometimes make prints and frame them. One of my home decor magazines referred to them as "instant ancestors." I share a few of them here, all more than 100 years old. If any readers recognize these pe...Serious o...
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Pick and Shovel: December 2006
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Monday, December 18, 2006. Season's Greetings, Dear Readers. The great image above of a pick-and-shovel-totin' Santa was created for me as a Secret Santa e-gift by one of my cohorts at the Inland Northwest Bloggers' Association. We "drew names" of people for whom to write or design something to post on the recipient's blog.
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Pick and Shovel: September 2006
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Thursday, September 28, 2006. In Search of the Golden Spike, Part I. One of the most fun and interesting historical reenactments I've seen is the recreation of the 1869 joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines to establish the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Golden Spike National Historic Site. Below i...
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Pick and Shovel: April 2007
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Friday, April 27, 2007. Julia Bulette: Mystery and Murder on the Comstock. Julia Bulette was a prostitute in 1860s Virginia City, Nevada. She was well known and admired in life; she became positively legendary following her brutal murder in 1867 and the trial and hanging of her confessed killer a year later. But my favorite i...
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Pick and Shovel: January 2007
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Tuesday, January 23, 2007. On the Yankee Fork. The exquisite Yankee Fork of the Salmon River. The trail eventually became a toll road- still tortuous! The partially restored Empire Saloon in Custer now serves as visitor center. The ghost town includes a few other buildings and lots of old equipment scattered about. There are ...
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Pick and Shovel: November 2006
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Sunday, November 26, 2006. I have driven past Old Sacramento. The historic portion of California's capital city and now a refurbished historical park, many times, for Interstate 5 goes roaring by at rooftop level right next to it. The traveler gets a few tantalizing glimpses of grand old Victorian-era buildings from the C...
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Pick and Shovel: June 2007
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An anthropological exploration of public portrayals, performances, and interpretations of the Old West, including the fur trade, missionaries, mining era, railroads, and newspapers. Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Blind Obedience: "Indian Romances," Part II. There's something a little pathetic about fantasizing that they might. Below is the back cover of an Indian romance written to tempt the buyer into taking home this tale about the nun and the (literally) wounded Indian outlaw. In the historical romance n...