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.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 28, 1910. The Wireless Ship Act
Congress passed the Wireless Ship Act (PL 262, 61st Congress) requiring ships carrying more than 60 people to be equipped with a radio and radio operator.
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Sunday, June 26, 1910. The ballots that would lead to bullets. Election in Mexico.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sunday, June 26, 1910. The ballots that would lead to bullets. Election in Mexico.
Liberal Mexican general and long time President Porfirio Diaz was re-elected President of Mexico for the eighth time, defeating the jailed liberal politician Francisco I. Madero.
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The election had been sparked by Diaz's interview in the journal Pearson's, as he'd had little opposition prior to that. In the article, he commented:
It is true there is no opposition party. I have so many friends in the republic that my enemies seem unwilling to identify themselves with so small a minority. I appreciate the kindness of my friends and the confidence of my country; but such absolute confidence imposes responsibilities and duties that tire me more and more. No matter what my friends and supporters say, I retire when my present term of office ends, and I shall not serve again. I shall be eighty years old then. My country has relied on me and it has been kind to me. My friends have praised my merits and overlooked my faults. But they may not be willing to deal so generously with my successor and he may need my advice and support; therefore I desire to be alive when he assumes office so that I may help him. I welcome an opposition party in the Mexican Republic. If it appears, I will regard it as a blessing, not as an evil. And if it can develop power, not to exploit but to govern, I will stand by it, support it, advise it and forget myself in the successful inauguration of complete democratic government in the country. It is enough for me that I have seen Mexico rise among the peaceful and useful nations. I have no desire to continue in the Presidency. This nation is ready for her ultimate life of freedom. At the age of seventy-seven years, I am satisfied with robust health. That is one thing which neither law nor force can create. I would not exchange it for all the millions of your American oil king.
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Saturday, June 25, 1910. The Mann Act.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, June 25, 1910. The Mann Act.
The Mann Act, sometimes called the White Slave Traffic Act, was passed banning the transportation of a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes".
The Pickett Act became law, giving the President authority to withdraw land from public use, as necessary, for government projects.
It was Saturday, so the weeklys were out.
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Monday, June 20, 1910. Enabling Act of 1910
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Monday, June 20, 1910. Enabling Act of 1910
President Taft signed the Enabling Act of 1910, granting the conditions for the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona to be admitted as states.
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Sunday, June 19, 1910. The first Father's Day.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Sunday, June 19, 1910. The first Father's Day.
Today In Wyoming's History: June 19: 1910 Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Wash.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Saturday, June 18, 1910. Welcoming home TR.
Theodore Roosevelt was given a tape parade as a welcome back from his post Presidential trip to Africa and Europe.
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Friday, June 17, 1910. Creation of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Friday, June 17, 1910. Creation of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.
The United States Lighthouse Service was created The office of the Commissioner was transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1935.
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Tuesday, June 7, 1910. Suppressing a rebellion, incorporating a town, birth of a famous photographer.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Tuesday, June 7, 1910. Suppressing a rebellion, incorporating a town, birth of a famous photographer.
Mexican troops were dispatched to suppress an uprising by the Maya Indians in Yucatán.
Byron Wyoming was incorporated.
Farm Security Administration Marion Post Wolcott was born in New Jersey.
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Sunday, June 5, 1910. Death of O. Henry.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Sunday, June 5, 1910. Death of O. Henry.
William Sidney Porter, known to the public as "O. Henry", one of the greatest American short story authors, died at the age of 47 from cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes.
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Saturday, June 4, 1910. An attack during the Caste War of Yucatán.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Saturday, June 4, 1910. An attack during the Caste War of Yucatán.
Mayan rebels attacked the town of Valladolid, Mexico. They killed 40 people, including local police resulting in the dispatch of the gunboat Morelos with 600 troops.
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Wednesday, June 1, 1910. The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Wednesday, June 1, 1910. The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod.
The British Antarctic Expedition departed from London with a goal of reaching the South Pole in December..
The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod were made when a steamer brought gold prospectors to within eight miles of a gold strike.
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Tuesday, May 31, 1910. Union of South Africa created.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Tuesday, May 31, 1910. Union of South Africa created.
The Union of South Africa was created from a merger of the British Cape Colony and Colony of Natal, and the conquered Boer republics.
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Wednesday, May 25, 1910. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright flew on the same plane for the only time, Wilbur made his last flight as a pilot.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tuesday, May 10, 1910. Powell incoporated.
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Labels: 1900s, 1909, 1910, 1910s, California, Costa Rica, Disaster, Geology, Kites, Mining, National Weather Service, Nobel Prize, Russo Japanese War, Theodore Roosevelt
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thursday, May 5, 1910. T.R. takes the prize.
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, for 1909. He pledged to donate the money "as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace".
Cartago, Costa Rica, was destroyed by an earthquake which killed more than 1,500 people.
Seventy coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Palos Coal and Coke Company at Walker County, Alabama.
The town of Hillsborough, California, was incorporated.
The U.S. Weather Bureau, predecessor to the National Weather Service, set a standing record for the highest altitude achieved by a kite 23,826 feet.
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Wednesday, May 4, 1910. The Royal Canadian Navy came into being.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 27, 1910. Elephants on the rampage.
A herd of nine escaped circus elephants rampaged through Danville, Illinois.
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Thursday, April 21, 1910. Samuel Clemens passes.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, April 21, 1910. Samuel Clemens passes.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, died at the age of 74 at his home in Redding, Connecticut.
His last word were written, being "Give me my glasses". He wrote them to his daughter.
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Wednesday, April 20, 1910. Halley's Comet was visible to the naked eye for the first time since its return to the Solar System.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tuesday, April 19, 1910. 606.
Paul Ehrlich announced his discovery of what was termed "606", the first medicine that could cure syphilis.
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The Philadelphia General Strike of 1910 came to an end.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, April 14, 1910. Taft throws out the first pitch.
William Howard Taft threw the first pitch of the 1910 Washington Senators game, the first "first pitch" to be thrown by a U.S. President.
The Senators played the Philadelphia Athletics and won 3 to 0.
The Sperry Gyroscope Company was founded.
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Saturday, April 9, 1910. Transfer of Lourdes.
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, April 9, 1910. Transfer of Lourdes.
Under the French confiscatory policy of disestablishment, the shrine at Lourdes was turned over to the local commune. The town council, in turn, turned it's ownership into a trust under the authority of the local Bishop.
Nouhak Phoumsavan, Pathed Lao revolutionary and President of Laos 1992 to 1998; in Ban Phalouka, Mukdahan province, Thailand.
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Saturday, March 26, 1910. The Immigration Act of 1910.
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