U.S. Mail Delivery via “Auto[matic]” Horse
One hundred years ago in Redlands, California, there were no mail trucks or mail cars…just a mail horse.
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Girl Scouts Turn 100: Profile of Founder Juliette Gordon Lowe (1860-1927)
Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
This week the Girl Scouts are celebrating their 100th year of scouting. The idea for the Girl Scouts started with Juliette Gordon Lowe.
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The Belmont Stakes: The Test of Champions
On Saturday, June 9, Americans will learn whether I’ll Have Another will be a Triple Crown winner when the horse participates in what is the granddaddy of the big three races for Thoroughbreds.
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Little-Known Facts about the Pony Express and the Mail
Though the Pony Express began in 1860 and only existed for eleven months, almost every American has heard about this early way of delivering the mail. However, here are some facts you probably don’t know:
- The official name of the Pony Express was The Central Overland, California and Pikes Peak Express Company.
- Young boys were generally hired because of the company rule that no rider should weigh more than 125 pounds.
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A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
This weekend I had the opportunity to go on a behind-the-scenes visit to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at an event sponsored by the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation (LAHTF). We were led from lobby to basement to backstage and on up into the inner sanctum of the special VIP seating. It was quite a thrill.
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Frontier Living: Cowhands
Yesterday I walked over to my branch library and applied for my Los Angeles library card. I couldn’t leave without perusing the bookshelves, and there in the “973” category of the Dewey decimal system I found an illustrated book for adults called Frontier Living.
Call me “easy to please,” but I thought this was terrific! (I also loved the fact that the 1961 copyright pre-dated zip codes; the book was published in “Cleveland 2, Ohio.”)
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