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TODAY’S WORD is snollygoster. Example: The snollygoster managed to convince much of the audience that his political rivals were responsible for his own errors in judgment.
<A HREF="http://www.unmpress.com/Book.php?id=11582749398273" ><img src="http://www.unmpress.com/covers_jpegs/9780826346100.jpg" align="left" width="133" height="195" class="floatleft" ></a> It has never been easier to view hypocrisy in government than when dealing with the delicate and shameful subject of prostitution. The long and short of it is this: men migrating to America came here mostly sans their women. Soiled doves coming from Europe, and later eastern America as the Wild West w
What It Was Really Like Gambling In The Wild West By Jan MacKell Collins/Jan. 26, 2021 3:34 pm EDT/Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 3:36 pm EDT With casinos sprinkled all across America today, most people think they have a grasp on the fine art of gambling. During the 1800s, however, gambling in the Wild West was quite different. Especially in the Wild West, the California Gold Rush of 1849 brought thousands of prospectors who enjoyed trying their luck at games of chance in places like San Francisco. Soon, primitive gaming houses were popping up everywhere, from large cities to small mining camps. L...
Things You Get Wrong About Gilligan's Island By Jan MacKell Collins/Jan. 19, 2021 1:39 am EDT "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship." Oh come on. You knew you were going to hum the theme song from Gilligan's Island the minute you started reading this. Whether or not we want to admit it, we've been fans of this show forever—even those who weren't yet alive when it premiered in 1964, or was unexpectedly canceled in 1967. But Gilligan's Island remains an iconic piece of modern Americana even in reru...
What It Was Really Like Being A Mountain Man In The 1800s Buyenlarge/Getty Images By Jan MacKell Collins/Dec. 28, 2020 1:12 am EDT/Updated: Jan. 18, 2021 11:49 pm EDT Tough. Resilient. Determined. Adventurous. These are just some of the words used to describe the mountain men (also commonly referred to as fur trappers) who rambled all over the Rocky Mountains — but also eastern parts of early America — as far back as the 1500's. By the early 1800's, says Legends of America, Joseph Dickson became one of the "first known mountain men" when he traveled alongside explorers...