Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Wednesday, October 27, 1909. First American woman to fly in an airplane.

The First Woman to Fly in an Aeroplane in the United States, October 27, 1909

Sir Oliver Lodge published an article in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association theorizing that if there had been intelligent life on Mars, it had been destroyed by a catastrophe two months earlier when, he theorized, the Martian polar ice caps had fractured.

Born on this day. He passed away in 2006.

Last edition:

Tuesday, October 26, 1909. Korean assassins, US pilot, Hookworms, and the passing of O. O. Howard.

Labels: 1900s, 1909, Aircraft, Army, Civil War, Disease, Education, Ethnicities, Indian Wars, Japan, Korea, Native Americans, Nez Perce, Nez Perce War, Personalities

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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