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nd james reasoner for being the awards chair posted by james reasoner at 9 58 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 16th annual peacemaker awards thursday may 7 2026 on this day in the old west may 8 on this date in 1886 what is probably the most well known soft drink in the world was invented and served dr john stith pemberton an atlanta georgia pharmacist created the syrup for a new drink which his partner and bookkeeper frank m robinson named coca cola and a new age for soft drinks was begun at the time the beverage was advertised as a tonic good for sick headaches neuralgia hysteria melancholy and even morphine addiction considering the original formula was said to contain both coca leaves and kola nuts it may well have cured headache and melancholy though i can t attest to any of the other ailments dr pemberton carried a jug of his new syrup down the street to jacobs pharmacy where it was sampled pronounced excellent and sold for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink mixed with carbonated water robinson s elegant handwriting was also responsible for the iconic trademark for the drink the first newspaper ad for coca cola soon appeared in the atlanta journal inviting readers to try the new and popular soda fountain drink hand painted oilcloth signs bearing the trademark were hung from store awnings with the word drink added so passersby knew the new word referred to a soda fountain beverage during the first year sales averaged only nine drinks a day dr pemberton never realized the full potential of his tonic he gradually sold portions of the business to various partners just before his death in 1888 he sold his remaining interest in the beverage to asa g candler an atlanta businessman and fellow pharmacist candler then proceeded to buy up additional rights an dsoon acquired complete control for a total investment of 2 300 under candler s management the coca cola label soon dominated the global soft drink market throughout the 20th and 21st centuries the background of coca cola is as interesting as its current popularity in 1885 at dr pemberton s columbus georgia drugstore eagle drug and chemical house the pharmacist registered a nerve tonic called pemberton s french wine coca this might have been inspired by the success of vin mariani a french corsican coca wine but pemberton s recipe also included the african kola nut containing caffeine in the same year a spanish drink called kola coca was presented in philadelphia for a contest in 1953 the rights for this drink were purchased by coca cola in 1886 when atlanta and fulton county passed prohibition legislation pemberton s response was to develop a non alcoholic version of his french wine coca marketed as you guessed it coca cola the temperance drink appealed to many people as the temperance movement became more popular drugstore soda fountains were also popular in america at the time due to the belief that carbonated water was healthier than still and coca cola was marketed and sold as a patent medicine your characters may have enjoyed a glass of coca cola at a soda fountain or sought the drink out to cure whatever ailed them at least it didn t have some of the crazy ingredients some patent medicines did like opium or chloroform j e s hays www jeshays com www facebook com jeshaysbooks posted by jes hays at 11 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 21 2026 questions post c doris mccraw aka angela raines image c doris mccraw i will resume colorado s journey to statehood in the next post this post is about a question it seems the blog is narrowing to just one or two people posting except for big events is this still a viable option yes people are visiting the site but there is little or no interaction for me the research i share is something that is important to me my thoughts are that history is important if it is decided that this blog is worth continuing would anyone be interested especially new members in being interviewed for this site until next time stay safe doris angela raines amazon doris a mccraw amazon posted by renaissance women at 5 30 am 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels dorismccraw angela raines blog post relevance interviews questions tuesday march 24 2026 territory or state of jefferson journey to colorado statehood post by doris mccraw aka angela raines image c doris mccraw one thing that fascinates me is how people react to setbacks and frustrations that can apply to colorado s path to statehood now you may wonder how such an idea would even have gotten started well according to an article from june of 2024 a group of men in april of 1859 met in a saloon and gambling house owned by uncle dick wooten they were trying to gather support for creating a territory known as jefferson there had been some talk of actually making it the state of jefferson but had that been the case they would have had to fund their own government in october of 1859 the territory of jefferson was created it operated from october 1859 to february 1861 and included most of what is colorado as well as parts of kansas nebraska and wyoming it was created out of frustration with the federal government s failure to oversee the gold rush the governor of the territory was a man by the name of robert w steele the capital of this territory was golden city it took its name from one of the early prospectors by the name of thomas l golden founded in 1859 it not only served as the capital of the jefferson territory but was also the official capital of the colorado territory for a time the name was shortened to golden when the town was incorporated in 1871 congress didn t agree to the name jefferson but in 1861 the colorado territory using most of the verbiage from the laws passed when it was jefferson territory it was formed from part of the kansas territory for more complete information on jefferson territory you can follow this link jefferson territory until next time stay safe doris angela raines amazon doris a mccraw amazon posted by renaissance women at 6 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels angela raines colorado statehood doris mccraw jefferson territory thursday march 12 2026 on this day in the old west march 13 chester greenwood supposedly had larger than normal ears he enjoyed ice skating at his home in farmington maine but didn t enjoy the cold ears that went along with the sport he found hats to be ineffective in protecting his ears and he didn t like scarves there were other ear warming devices available at the time but chester didn t care for the way they were attached so at age 15 he came up with his own design for an improvement in ear mufflers which consisted of two cloth circles connected by a metal strip that ran over the top of the head chester applied for and received a patent for his invention number 188292 he was only 18 at the time on march 13 1877 after receiving the patent chester then threw himself into producing his invention starting out by hand but later creating nineteen different machines to mass produce the ear mufflers from 1880 to 1884 production increased from 1 700 pairs to over 50 000 units on january 19 1884 the lewiston evening journal published an interview with the young inventor necessity is the mother of invention and that is how i came to study out this little ear protector said mr chester greenwood it was truly a necessity with me to protect my ears when obliged to be out in severe weather this naturally led me to the thought of devising some protection for the ears which would be at once handy and not cumbersome and still efficient jack frost is no respecter of persons continues the article but mr greenwood s invention pretty thoroughly circumvents the designs of j frost as far as ears are concerned of course there were more than just chester s designs floating around in 1858 an ear chin and cheek muff was patented that fit beneath the chin and fastened over the ears an 1875 version also fastened beneath the chin this time with elastic bands in 1877 an ear slipper was devised it also had bands below the chin as did an 1881 version of the ear muff greenwood didn t stop inventing with the ear muff he invented four other contraptions before his death at the age of 78 he invented an improved advertising matchbox in 1882 and a wood boring machine in 1914 in 1928 greenwood patented an improved teakettle and his last invention in 1936 was for a metal rake whose tines could be removed and replaced if broken your characters probably never heard of chester greenwood but they might have worn his improved ear muffs the over the head construction was far more convenient and easier to don and doff than previous versions of the protectors j e s hays www jeshays com www facebook com jeshaysbooks posted by jes hays at 11 00 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday february 24 2026 colorado 150 first attempt post c doris mccraw aka angela raines image c doris mccraw this year is colorado s 150th anniversary of statehood this is a first in the yearlong series of the journey it begins in 1858 in november of 1858 a j smith was elected as the delegate to the kansas territorial legislature to be the advocate for the region that would later become colorado from there the following things happened a group gathered together to create the government of the county of arapahoe which had been formed by the kansas territory in 1855 you may recognize the names of the people involved in this early endeavor william larimer jr considered the founder of denver colorado biography from history colorado edward w wynkoop appointed by the kansas govenor to help establish official order colorado magazine 1979 john larimer sent by the same kansas governor as treasurer and to assist wynkoop william mcgaa a mountain man of dubious character enjoy the wikipedia version more on the first constitutional convention and the territory of jefferson in the next post happy reading until next time stay safe doris angela raines amazon doris a mccraw amazon posted by renaissance women at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels angela raines colorado 150 colorado statehood denver 1858 doris mccraw friday february 13 2026 on this day in the old west february 13 today is friday the 13 th but we re not going to talk about luck good or bad instead today marks the first daytime peacetime bank robbery in the united states on february 13 1866 this was thought to be the work of ex bushwhackers and it encouraged the careers of many a criminal in fact the infamous james brothers may even have been among the robbers of that bank in the small town of liberty missouri the timing is right and so is the location eluding law enforcement for nearly fifteen years jesse james could well be considered one of america s most successful bank robbers his first publicly recognized bank robbery wasn t until december of 1869 shortly after noon on the 7 th jesse and his brother frank walked into the daviess county savings association in gallatin missouri there were only two men inside the bank at the time the cashier and a lawyer one william mcdowell one of the brothers possibly jesse asked the cashier to change a 100 banknote as the cashier wrote a receipt the robber drew his revolver and fired into the cashier s chest then his forehead killing him almost instantly mcdowell bolted for the door and was hit in the arm by further gunfire jesse snatched up a portfolio of bank paper and he and frank rode out of town they eluded the posse that attempted to follow and this robbery set the pattern for others to come their robberies were daring they demanded attention and they often had motives beyond simple robbery in this case jesse believed he was killing a man who had hunted down jesse s fellow bushwhacker bloody bill anderson during the civil war unfortunately jesse s plan didn t work out quite the way he d intended the bank paper was worthless and the cashier wasn t the right man however these failures didn t stop jesse many of his future robberies bore some of the same hallmarks as the one in gallatin daring to the point of foolhardiness and often deadly to the bank employees when the brothers added railroads to the banks they robbed they even started leaving press releases bragging about their crimes in 1871 jesse and his gang showed up in croydon iowa during a speech by noted orator henry clay dean most of the town had collected in the local church to hear dean s speech and when the robbers escaped with 6 000 they stopped at the church and shook the stolen money at the crowd another part of their pattern showed up in april of 1872 when the gang robbed a bank in kentucky the lead bandit walked into the bank said good evening to the unarmed cashier and then shot him down the mortally wounded man refused to open the vault so jesse left with little money but each robbery seemed to give the robber a taste for more in 1876 jesse and his gang selected another bank for more than just monetary reasons northfield minnesota was the new home of mississippi s former republican governor and former union general adelbert ames and he was a major depositor at the first national bank after two weeks of planning and reconnaissance eight gang members rode into northfield on the afternoon of september 7 they split up with three men waiting at a nearby bridge two guarding the town square and jesse with two more men walked into the bank once inside the robbers climbed over the counter ordering the three employees to their knees they pistol whipped the bookkeeper who insisted the vault was on a time lock and could not be opened but the town s citizens had begun to notice the gang and armed men began arriving at the bank as the shooting began jesse and his men had to retreat several gang members were cut down and others were captured in the end only jesse and frank would make it back to missouri alive but before they left the bank one of the two did the one thing that more than any other defined their life of crime he shot the unarmed bookkeeper dead one biography of jesse james stated that he never really stopped fighting the civil war seeing himself as a modern day robin hood robbing from radical republicans and giving to the poor but the reality was he was a repeat murderer with a need for attention the killer was himself killed on april 3 1882 by one of his own gang members turned traitor for the reward in later years jesse s myth overpowered the truth portraying him as the noble character he believed himself to be your characters would have known of jesse and frank james and their gangs and would have read and heard of their daring robberies and murders perhaps one of your characters might even have known jesse or rid...