It should have occurred to me more clearly a long time ago, but you can begin to discern an economic era in a town based on its significant buildings.
That's certainly the case in this town. I've long known that the building I work in, the Con Roy building, was built in 1917 as part of a building boom associated with World War One oil production. But up until very recently I hadn't noticed how far that building trend must have carried. In putting up some photos for my blog on churches, it really became apparent to me. Most of the downtown churches here, fine old structures, were built right after World War One. I know that all those congregations had existing smaller churches, so they were replacing old ones with new much larger ones. Probably the size of the congregations had dramatically increased as well.
Same thing with some large old buildings here, except their earlier. Say 1900 to 1914. All associated with sheepmen, who must have been doing very well in a way that no rancher could today.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Surgarmill
Couvi posted this item on his grandfather's sugarmill on his site. Fits in with the theme here, and very interesting.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
When horses were a major economic factor.
When horse were a major economic factor.
Not all that long ago, really. Wyoming had a horse boom as late as 1914-1918. We had a remount station up until World War Two, and the Remount program was operating in the state as late as the Second World War.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday, January 24, 1911. Boundary dispute.
The United States and Mexico, the latter of which was in a state of civil war, echanged ratifications of the Convention Between the United States and Mexico for the Arbitration of the Chamizal Case, which stated:
Convention Between the United States and Mexico for the Arbitration of the Chamizal Case
The United States of America and the United States of Mexico, desiring to terminate, in accordance with the various treaties and conventions now existing between the two countries, and in accordance with the principles of international law, the differences which have arisen between the two governments as to the international title to the Chamizal tract, upon which the members of the International Boundary Commission have failed to agree, and having determined to refer these differences to the said commission, established by the convention of 1889, which for this case only shall be enlarged as hereinafter provided, have resolved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and The President of the United States of Mexico, Don Francisco Leon de la Barra, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico at Washington; Who, after having exhibited their respective full powers, and having found the same to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:
Article I
The Chamizal tract in dispute is located at El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, and is bounded westerly and southerly by the middle of the present channel of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, easterly by the middle of the abandoned channel of 1901, and northerly by the middle of the channel of the river as surveyed by Emory and Salazar in 1852, and is substantially as shown on a map on a scale of 1-5,000, signed by General Anson Mills, commissioner on the part of the United States, and Senior Don F. Javier Osorno, commissioner on the part of Mexico, which accompanies the report of the International Boundary Commission, in Case No. 13, entitled "Alleged Obstruction in the Mexican End of the El Paso Street Railway Bridge and Backwaters Caused by the Great Bend in the River Below," and on file in the archives of the two governments.
Article II
The difference as to the international title of the Chamizal tract shall be again referred to the International Boundary Commission, which shall be enlarged by the addition, for the purposes of the consideration and decision of the aforesaid difference only, of a third commissioner, who shalt preside over the deliberations of the commission. This commissioner shall be a Canadian jurist and shall be selected by the two governments by common accord, or, failing such agreement, by the Government of Canada, which shall be requested to designate him. No decision of the commission shall be perfectly valid unless the commission shall have been fully constituted by the three members who compose it.
Article III
The commission shall decide solely and exclusively as to whether the international title to the Chamizal tract is in the United States of America or Mexico. The decision of the commission, whether rendered unanimously or by majority vote of the commissioners, shall be final and conclusive upon both governments, and without appeal. The decision shall be in writing and shall state the reasons upon which it is based. It shall be rendered within thirty days after the close of the hearings.
Article IV
Each government shall be entitled to be represented before the commission by an agent and such counsel as it may deem necessary to designate; the agent and counsel shall be entitled to make oral argument and to examine and cross-examine witnesses and, provided that the commission so decides, to introduce further documentary evidence.
Article V
On or before December 1, 1910, each government shall present to the agent of the other party two or more printed copies of its case, together with the documentary evidence upon which it relies. It shall be sufficient for this purpose if each government delivers the copies and documents aforesaid at the Mexican Embassy at Washington or at the American Embassy at the City of Mexico, as the case may be, for transmission. As soon thereafter as possible, and within ten days, each party shall deliver two printed copies of its case and accompanying documentary evidence to each member of the commission. Delivery to the American and Mexican commissioners may be made at their offices in El Paso,Texas; the copies intended for the Canadian commissioner may be delivered at the British Embassy at Washington or at the British Legation at the City of Mexico.
On or before February 1, 1911, each government may present to the agent of the other a counter case, with documentary evidence, in answer to the case and documentary evidence of the other party. The countercase shall be delivered in the manner provided in the foregoing paragraph.
The commission shall hold its first session in the city of El Paso, State of Texas, where the offices of the International Boundary Commission are situated, on March 1, 1911, and shall proceed to the trial of the case with all convenient speed, sitting either at El Paso, Texas, or Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, as convenience may require. The commission shall act in accordance with the procedure established in the boundary convention of 1889. It shall, however, be empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem convenient in the course of the case.
At the first meeting of the three commissioners each party shall deliver to each of the commissioners and to the agent of the other party, in duplicate, with such additional copies as may be required, a printed argument showing the points relied upon in the case and counter-case, and referring to the documentary evidence upon which it is based. Each party shall have the right to file such supplemental printed brief as it may deem requisite. Such briefs shall be filed within ten days after the close of the hearings, unless further time be granted by the commission.
Article VI
Each government shall pay the expenses of the presentation and conduct of its case before the commission; all other expenses which by their nature are a charge on both governments, including the honorarium for the Canadian commissioner, shall be borne by the two governments in equal moieties.
Article VII
In case of the temporary or permanent unavoidable absence of any one of the commissioners, his place will be filled by the government concerned, except in the case of the Canadian jurist. The latter under any like circumstances shall be replaced in accordance with the provisions of this convention.
Article VIII
If the arbitral award provided for by this convention shall be favorable to Mexico, it shall be executed within the term of two years, which can not be extended, and which shall be counted from the date on which the award is rendered. During that time the status quo shall be maintained in the Chamizal tract on the terms agreed upon by both governments.
Article IX
By this convention the contracting parties declare to be null and void all previous propositions that have reciprocally been made for the diplomatic settlement of the Chamizal case; but each party shall be entitled to put in evidence by way of information such of this official correspondence as it deems advisable.
Article X
The present convention shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional forms of the contracting parties and shall take effect from the date of the exchange of its ratifications.
The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, both in the English and Spanish languages, and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate at the City of Washington, this 24th day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten.
PHILANDER C. KNOX
F. L. DE LA BARRA
It was a small boundary dispute.
On the same day, the Army deployed cavalry to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande because of the Mexican Revolution.
Ten people were hung for being in a conspiracy to assassinate Hirohito, the Crown Prince of Japan. Included amongst them was Kanno Sugako (管野 須賀子), also known as Kanno Suga (管野 スガ), a Japanese anarcha-feminist journalist.
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Saturday, January 21, 1911. The National Progressive Republican League organized.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Saturday, January 21, 1911. The National Progressive Republican League organized.
The symbol of what ultimately became the Progressive Party.
Back when the Republican Party wasn't mostly run by castratis, the National Progressive Republican League was organized by a group of Republican Party members who were dissatisfied with the U.S. President William Howard Taft, who was liberal centrist, as opposed to the current GOP, which is fascist (even right down to state capitalism and ultra nationalism).
The Territory of New Mexico adopted a proposed state constitution.
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Thursday, January 19, 1911. Park County organized.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Thursday, January 19, 1911. Park County organized.
Today In Wyoming's History: January 19: 1911 Park County organized. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
It had previously been part of Big Horn County.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 18, 1911. First landing on a ship.
Eugene Burton Ely landed a Curtiss biplane on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania.
It was the first such landing in history.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Saturday, January 14, 1911. Bay of Whales.
In keeping with the photograph above, sort of, the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen, arrived at the Bay of Whales.
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Wednesday, January 11, 1911 Mrs. Geo. R. Peabody and "Mauchi".
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Wednesday, January 11, 1911 Mrs. Geo. R. Peabody and "Mauchi".
Mrs. Geo. R. Peabody and "Mauchi"
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Saturday, January 7, 1911. The first downhill skiing race took place at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
The first downhill skiing race took place at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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Monday, January 2, 1911. "Ahí te van las hojas, mándame más tamales"
Labels: 1910s, 1911, Joseph M. Carey, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Pascual Orozco, Porfirio Díaz, Wyoming
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Monday, January 2, 1911. "Ahí te van las hojas, mándame más tamales"
Troops under the command of Maderoista Pascual Orozco, Jr. ambushed Federal troops at Cañon de Mal Paso. After the battle, Orozco ordered his men to gather up all the caps and clothing of the dead Federals and sent them to Porfirio Díaz with the taunt, "Ahí te van las hojas, mándame más tamales" ("Here are the wrappers, send me more tamales.")
Joseph M. Carey took office as Governor of Wyoming.
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Sunday, January 1, 1911
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Saturday, December 31, 1910. New Years Eve.
The first year of the decade of the 10s came to an end.
New Years is big with sporting events, and was even in 1910.
December 31, 1910: Georges Vezina made his debut with the Montreal Canadiens.
The first year of the 1910s showed the hints, as indeed had all of the 1900s, of what was soon to be a great bloodletting, but the world was not there yet. What was there, however, was the Mexican Revolution, which had broken out and in which fighting was now pitched, even though the war had just begun.
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Friday, December 30, 1910. "Race Suicide".
Labels: 1910, 1910s, children, Maderistas, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Outer space, Pronatalism, Science, Sex, Theodore Roosevelt
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Friday, December 30, 1910. "Race Suicide".
Cornell University Professor Walter F. Willcox delivered his address, "The Change in the Proportion of Children in the United States and the Birth-Rate in France During the Nineteenth Century", to a meeting of the American Statistical Association in St. Louis. In it, he posed as hyperbole that statistically if the trend continued, births would cease by 2015.
The paper variant:
This was taken for what it was, a statistical example, by listeners, but Theodore Roosevelt used the talk to boost his talking points on "race suicide", which essentially held that the WASP class was dooming itself to extinction due to its lower birth rate.. The concept, long held in repute, has revived during the Second Trump Administration, probably making this one of the very few points that MAGA and Theodore Roosevelt agree upon. It's the basis, to some degree of the Pronatalist movement, which likewise holds that European American women are not having enough children.
Anglican minister and astronomer T.H.E.C. Espin became the first human to see the birth of the new star.
Rancher Luis Moya declared for Madero and began to assemble an armed force.
The New York Times reported that Federal troops had defeated Maderistas in battle the day prior.
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Thursday, December 29, 1910. Oklahoma City became the capital of Oklahoma, replacing Guthrie.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, December 29, 1910. Oklahoma City became the capital of Oklahoma, replacing Guthrie.
Oklahoma City became the capital of Oklahoma, replacing Guthrie.
Sides were squaring off for a major battle in Mexico.
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Saturday, December 24, 1910. Chinese democratic aspirations.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Saturday, December 24, 1910. Chinese democratic aspirations.
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"Christmas Eve (1910) in the Pack" From Robert Scott's 1910 expedition.
The Chinese National Assembly adopted a resolution denying the right of the Emperor to reject their demands for a democratic constitution, but would retract it two days later after there were indications that the Emperor was going to do this anyhow.
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Friday, December 23, 1910. The Padlock Bill.
Labels: 1910, 1910s, Catholic, Christianity, Conscription, Fascism, France, French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Populism, religion, Socialism, Spain
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 23, 1910. The Padlock Bill.
Spain's Congress of Deputies banned the creation of any new Catholic religious orders for two years until a new concordat with the Vatican was to be reached.
The same bill brought in universal military conscription.
For the most part, most Americans play very little attention to Spanish politics in any one era, let alone in the early 20th Century. Historically minded people sort of pick up Spain with the Spanish Civil War and run through Franco, and that's about it. There was, however, a lot going on.
Something we don't note much now at all is that a wave of European anticlericalism commenced with the horrors of the failed French Revolution. While that revolution is still bizarrely celebrated, it descended into anarchy brought about by an urban French populist mob until that was effectively brought to an end by Napoleon. Napoleon carried on in the name of the spirit of the revolution, much like monder MAGA claim to honor the American Revolution, while at the same time suppressing it. France did bring the theoretical ideals of the revolution, however, to Europe at large, by force.
Every European revolution and populist movement after that for 150 years looked towards the French Revolution and brought, by and large, the worst of it with them, including anti clericalism, ignoring the example of the French themselves who continually worked to address the revolution while claiming not to betray it. As the Church stood in the way of the worst of the ideals of the French Revolution, left wing and populist movements continually sought to suppress it.
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Thursday, December 22, 1910. The Chicago Stockyards Fire.
Labels: 1910, 1910s, Aircraft, Blog Mirror, Disaster, France, Illinois (Chicago), September 11 Attacks, Women
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thursday, December 22, 1910. The Chicago Stockyards Fire.
The event stood as the greatest loss of firefighters until 9/11.
And from This Day In Aviation:
22 December 1910: Hélène Dutrieu won the first Coupe Fémina by flying her Farman airplane 60.8 kilometers (37.8 miles) in 1 hour, 9 minutes at Étampes, about 48 kilometers (29 miles) southwest of Paris, France.
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Friday, December 16, 1910. Battle at La Junta.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Friday, December 16, 1910. Battle at La Junta.
Maderistas defeated government troops at La Junta.
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Thursday, December 15, 1910. New parishes and missions.
Labels: 1902, 1910, 1910s, 1911, 1929, Catholic, Christianity, Personalities, religion, Smoking, The roles of men and women, Wyoming (Douglas)
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