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One of Midland Christian School's (Midland, TX) activity buses; a 1996 Van Hool T835. Picture taken on I-20W near Monahans, TX.
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In 2021 I intend to use a different film format each month, staring with the smallest and working my way up the sizes. January's film is the Minox format, which I used in my Minox B spy camera. The film is Agfa Isopan ISS which expired in 1975, developed in Rodinal 1:100 for 60mins at 20 degrees. I was pleased to get anything on the negatives, though the quality is poor as expected.
I went to Rock Creek Station, State Historical Park on 6/2/18 for their annual historical reenactment. The reenactment involved people dressed in historically accurate costumes doing some of the activities common in the 1850's and 1860's when the station was active on the Oregon and California trails and also when it was one of the stations in the short lived Pony Express system. One of the main attractions was a reenactment of the "McCanles - Hickok Fracas". This 'fracas' was the start to Wild Bill Hickok's legendary status as a lawman, soldier, gunfighter, and gambler. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok). McCanles was the first person Hickok killed in the establishment of his reputation.
"Established in 1857 along the Oregon and California Trails, Rock Creek Station, near what is now Fairbury, Nebraska, is today preserved as a Nebraska State Park.
The history here is rich in its tales of emigrating pioneers as well as legends of the Old West. Located along the west bank of Rock Creek, the station served as a supply center and resting spot for the many travelers headed westward in the 19th century.
When it was originally built by S.C. Glenn, the "station" consisted of little more than a cabin, a barn, and a make-shift store, where Glenn sold limited supplies, hay, and grain.
In the Spring of 1859 along came a man named David C. McCanles, and his brother, James, who were on their way to the Colorado gold fields.
David became discouraged as he continually met miners returning from Colorado with nothing in their pockets but disappointment. Changing tactics, David McCanles bought the Rock Creek Station from Glenn in March, deciding to take up "road ranching" rather than gold prospecting.
McCanles continued to operate the small store and built a toll bridge across the creek. Prior to the bridge, pioneers were required to hoist and lower their wagons down into the creek, before pulling it up on the other side - quite a tedious process that could take hours for each wagon. When the toll bridge opened, each wagon paid from 10¢ to 50¢ to cross the bridge depending on the size of their load and their ability to pay. McCanles also built a cabin and dug a well on the east side of Rock Creek which became known as the East Ranch.
The following year, McCanles leased the East Ranch to the Russell, Waddell, and Majors Company, which owned the Overland Stage Company and founded the Pony Express. They installed Horace G. Wellman as their company agent and station keeper and hired James W. "Doc" Brink as a stock tender. Later, the company made arrangements with McCanles to buy the station with a cash down payment and the remainder in installments.
The East Ranch was then used as a stage and Pony Express relay station, while the West Ranch continued to be used as an emigrant rest stop, a freight station, and the home of the McCanles family.
In April 1861, McCanles sold the West Ranch to freighters Hagenstein and Wolfe and moved his family to another location about three miles south of Rock Creek Station. Always trying to make money, McCanles sold the toll bridge several times with a number of specific requirements in the contract. When the new owner failed to meet the stipulations, he would take it back and sell it again.
In April or early May of 1861, the station hired on then-24-year-old stock tender James Butler "Bill" Hickok and he became immediately at odds with David McCanles, who had earned a reputation as the local bully. Allegedly, McCanles teased Hickok unmercifully about his girlish build and feminine features, as well as nicknaming him "Duck Bill" referring to his long nose and protruding lips.
Perhaps in retaliation, Hickok began courting a woman by the name of Kate Shell, who, even though McCanles was married, apparently had his eye on.
In the meantime, the Overland Stage Company had fallen behind on their installment payments and on July 12, 1861, McCanles, along with his 12-year-old son, Monroe, and two friends by the names of James Woods and James Gordon came to the station to inquire upon the status of the installments.
Not long after their arrival, an argument ensued and profanities were exchanged, soon leading to gunfire. In the melee, Hickok shot David McCanles, and both James Woods and James Gordon, who was seriously wounded, later died of their wounds. Twelve-year-old Monroe escaped to his home some three miles south of Rock Creek.
Though the details of what actually happened on that fateful day continue to be debated, the versions vary widely. Monroe McCanles, who witnessed the entire event, told a version something like this: When David McCanles had not received full payment from the Overland Stage Company, he planned to take it up with the station manager, Horace Wellman. That very day, the station manager had allegedly gone to the company office in Brownville in order to obtain the money, he returned empty-handed.
Upon hearing this, an angry McCanles soon arrived with two options in mind - either collect the money owed or repossess the ranch. Showing up with his son, and two employees - James Woods and James Gordon, McCanles called for Wellman to come out. Instead, Jane Wellman, the station managerâs wife, appeared at the door, closely followed by James (Bill) Hickok. Horace Wellman's specific whereabouts are unknown, but he was obviously close by.
Disconcerted by Hickok's interference, McCanles alleged asked, "Jim, haven't we been friends all the time?" After Hickok assured him that they were, McCanles, biding his time, asked for a drink of water and came inside. The other three stayed outside the cabin.
Suddenly, McCanles sensed danger, returned the dipper and moved toward the other door at about the same time Hickok moved behind a curtain partition. Unarmed, McCanles said, "Now, Jim, if you have anything against me, come out and fight me fair."
However, Hickok's answer was a blast from a rifle, killing McCanles and dropping him to the floor. Ironically, the story tells that it was McCanles' own rifle that he had left with Wellman to defend the station that he was killed with. Hearing the blast, Woods and Gordon rushed toward the cabin, but Woods was stopped with Hickok's Colt revolver. In the meantime, Wellman bludgeoned him with a hoe, until he died. Gordon, who was also wounded by gunfire, fled to the creek but was followed by Doc Brink, the station's stock tender, who killed him with a blast from his shotgun. Monroe dodged a blow from Wellman's hoe and escaped to his home some three miles south.
McCanles and Woods were originally buried in a single crude box on Soldier Hill. Gordon was buried in a blanket at the spot where he was killed near Rock Creek. In the early 1880's the construction of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad intersected Soldier Hill and the bodies of McCanles and Woods were re-interred at the Fairbury Cemetery.
In the meantime, James A. McCanles, David's brother, filed an arrest warrant for Hickok, Wellman, and Brink on July 15, 1861, and the trio were charged for the murders of McCanles, Woods, and Gordon. A trial was held in Beatrice and though Monroe McCanles adamantly claimed that his father and the other two men were unarmed, he was not allowed to testify because of his age. After the trio plead self-defense and defense of company property, all three were acquitted.
Later, when Hickok's fame began to spread, he told an entirely different version of the tale, making McCanles out to be a ruthless killer and an outlaw, who was the leader of a vicious gang who was terrorizing the region. This story, told by Colonel Ward Nichols and published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1867, tells a version that is embellished to the degree that Wild Bill had polished off ten of the West's most dangerous desperados and was left with eleven buck-shot and thirteen knife wounds.
Hickok's tale describes himself as scouting for the U.S. Cavalry detachment when he arrived at Rock Creek that fateful day, rather than working as a stock tender. Describing the McCanles' Gang as reckless, blood-thirsty devils, he said he came upon the station to hear a tale from Mrs. Wellman that McCanles was within minutes of the cabin, dragging a preacher by his neck with a rope.
His tale goes on to describe how he fought off the entire McCanles Gang with only a revolver and a bowie knife, killing all of them in the end and spending weeks recovering from his own injuries.
This event, called the McCanles Massacre, by writers, was the beginning of the Wild Bill Hickok legend. Though Hickok's "legend" was already well-known by the time the article appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1867, Nicholl's glamorized version of the fighting frontier hero, further perpetuated his fame.
No one really knows the specifics of this bloody and seemingly one-sided fight, with numerous versions having been provided, including tales of jealousy, theft, and the ongoing conflict between the north and south. Some tales even allege that it was not Bill Hickok who killed McCanles, rather, it was Horace Wellman.
Continuing to be scrutinized years after the incident and long after Bill Hickok's death, a man named F.G. Elliott was interviewed by a WPA writer in 1938. His tale, though not supporting the glorified story told by Nichols in Harper's Magazine, does support Hickok's rightful killing of David McCanles. It may or may not add more light on the actual events of that fateful day, depending upon your point of view.
By 1866, the railroad had reached Kearney, Nebraska and trail traffic dramatically diminished, leaving the road ranchers to find other occupations.
In 1980, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission began to develop the area as a state historical park. Today, the buildings of the original Rock Creek Station and Pony Express have been reconstructed in the park that now includes some 350 acres, a visitor's center, hiking trails, picnic areas, and a campground. The terrain includes prairie hilltops, timber-studded creek bottoms, and rugged ravines, along with the deep ruts of the Oregon and California Trails, carved more than a century ago by the many wagons that traveled westward along this path." (www.legendsofamerica.com/ne-rockcreek/2/)
Reservist from 38 Brigade Group’s Influence Activities Company conducts patrols and executes key leader engagements in the fictional village of Bayan during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 19 at 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Detachment Wainwright on May 11th, 2019.
Image By: Private Jordyn Anderson
Garrison Wainwright Imaging
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He was tried to catch the local white shell called "kunau'. One of the famous local seafood in Sabah.
Location : Sipitang, Sabah
2021 - One of the activities for tonight was to wrap a tissue box the best way you could in 5 minutes.
Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal 2 is the modern day answer to intermodal freight transfer. No huge gantries for lifting containers, just large purpose built grab trucks with adjustable lift arms as seen here.
08913 in colourful Malcolm livery is on hand on a drab Saturday morning to shift the conflats around. 7.7.12
Police have joined forces with Tameside Council’s trading standards and licensing teams, Tameside Patrollers, Age UK and housing providers to combat doorstep crime.
In recent weeks a range of activities have taken place across the borough to raise awareness of the dangers of opening the door to cold callers, as there have been a number of incidents recently where offenders have tricked their way into homes and stolen property.
Thousands of residents have received crime prevention advice, and a mobile police station was located at Tesco in Hattersley and Ashton town centre where people could talk to representatives from all agencies involved.
Officers visited second hand outlets, scrap metal dealers and gold shops to check paper work and property being held, resulting in the recovery of mobile phones and bags of DVDs.
Some stolen metal was also recovered, which is now being investigated by British Transport Police.
In addition, checks were carried out on traders who did not have land lines or addresses displayed on their vehicles, and blue badges used by disabled people were also examined to ensure they were valid. One person was fined for using a badge belonging to a deceased person.
To help combat rogue traders, residents are advised not to sign up for products or services at the door, but to use a directory of approved local traders which can be found at www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk
One resident recently paid up front for work that was never carried out, and police and trading standards are now investigating the matter.
If people do decide to buy at the door, there are various steps they can take to protect themselves and their consumer rights.
These have been designed to help consumers stay in control when dealing with traders at the door, and to allow them breathing space to make informed and sensible decisions without feeling pressured.
Judith Hackney, crime reduction specialist for Tameside, said: “Sadly we continue to see cases of vulnerable and trusting people being targeted by conmen, and we are committed to tackling this crime by bringing offenders to justice and making people aware of how they can avoid becoming victims.
"Even groups of people who are generally trusted, like council and charity workers, should always be asked for proof of identity. Our advice is simple – if in doubt, keep them out."
Tameside Council Executive Member for Trading Standards, Cllr Catherine Piddington, said: “We would urge people not to deal with tradesmen who simply turn up at their home unannounced looking for work and always seek several quotes and references before allowing any work to start. Residents should also never hand money over for work before it has been checked to a standard the customer is happy with.”
Residents are urged to call police on 101 or the Citizen’s Advice Consumer Helpline on 0845 404 0506 if they are concerned about the behaviour of a particular trader or traders.
Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Use 999 only in emergencies where there is a threat to life or property or a crime in progress.
ADVICE TO RESIDENTS
•Keep all external doors locked and stop and think before you open the door. If possible, look out of the window or use a door viewer (spy-hole) to check whether you know the caller.
•If you have a door bar or chain, put it on before opening the door.
•Ask to see an identification card and check it carefully, but ensure you close the door on the caller while doing this.
•If you haven’t got a door bar or chain, ask the caller to push their identity card through the letterbox, then check the photograph corresponds to the caller.
•Call the company to verify the caller’s identity, but don’t rely on the number given to you as it may be fake. Look it up in the phone book or call directory enquiries.
•Do not open the door until you are happy with the caller's identity.
•If you still have any doubts, ask them to call back when either a family member, friend or neighbour can be present. Genuine callers would never wish to cause distress and would be happy to call again.
•If you believe someone may be a bogus caller, try to note down a description of their appearance or the registration number of the vehicle they are using before contacting police.
•Do not deal with tradesmen you don't know on your doorstep. If you need work doing on your home, get several quotes and check out references. Never hand money over for work before it has been checked. If you are unable to check it yourself, ask a family member, friend or neighbour to do so.
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You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
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"What Can I Do Now, Mother? from the Quarrie Corporation of Chicago 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1941. Appears to to a collection of mothers' favorites from "Childcraft" magazine. Indoor playtime suggestions for young children.
Week 6 Week beginning August 8, 2011 and Week ending August 14, 20111 was an awesome week!
The 6th week of camp was filled with more of our campers favorite summer activities! To round out our week we had another popular event our All Camp Cookout! This event is always a hit with the campers! We hope everyone enjoyed their week!
Congratulations to all for a great Color War. Final score Blue WaWa 733, White Dunkin Donuts 702.
Many of our campers celebrated their birthdays this week! We just want to give them on last shout out and hope they enjoyed their special day! We wish you many more! Chase Felgoise, Anna Tucker Simeon Lehmann, Emily Pauson, Jenna Steinbrink, Julia Schwartz, Madeline Epstein, Benjamin Gause, Mikun Fasan, and Nickolas Giardetti
Willow Grove Day Camp provides summer fun for kids who live in Willow Grove, Abington, Blue Bell, Hatboro, Horsham, Huntingdon Valley, Lafayette Hill, Philadelphia, Plymouth Meeting, Southampton and the surrounding areas. For more information on Willow Grove Day Camp and the services they provide please visit: www.willowgrovedaycamp.com