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might have precipitated the Civil War at ○ ○
an earlier date. When the war did break ○ ○ Quiz
out, Fremont was appointed a major gen- ○ ○ Cowboy Boots and Hats by Chuck Kleber
eral and sent to Missouri with Abraham ○ ○
Lincolns parting words ringing a wel- ○ ell, you cant be a cowpoke without
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come tone in his ears: I have given you ○ them, or even look good at a Nevada
carte blanche. You must use your own ○ ○ W cookout. And how embarrassing if some
judgement and do the best you can. For ○ ○ eastern dude asks you a fundamental question
the ambitious John C. Fremont and, in- ○ ○ and you cant answer. You could shout, Smoke
signals! and dive into the nearest wash. Better
deed, his equally ambitious wife, Jessie, ○ ○ yet, have some really informative answers and
it must have seemed an order to travel the ○ ○ theyll think youre a regular Doc Holliday or
glory road. He had great plans, but from ○ ○ Calamity Jane. Can you answer these?
the beginning he stumbled against the ○ ○
Confederacy. Fremont was one of the ○ ○ 1. Cowboy boots have pointed toes
Union generals to suffer humiliation at ○ ○ mainly to (A) Better nudge the horse
the hands of Stonewall Jackson during the ○ ○ (B) Favor Spanish Vaquero tradition 6. The real cowboy hat was
latters brilliant campaign in Virginias ○ ○ (C) Make it easier to slip into the stirrup designed in the 1860's by
Shenandoah Valley. Still, his popularity ○ 2. Those slanted, high heels, a good 2" (A) Benjamin Gallon (B) John Stetson
(C) Juan Sombrero
was great enough to be considered as a ○ ○ to 4" (A) Keep your boots from slipping
presidential candidate in the 1864 elec- ○ ○ too far into the stirrup (B) Help in slipping 7. The cowboy hat is normally made
tion. He withdrew, however, to avoid ○ ○ your jeans over the boot (C) Both of (A) Felt (B) Cotton (C) Linen-wool
splitting the party. ○ ○ (A) & (B) blend
After the war, Fremont retired from ○ ○ 3. The classic boot, as we know it today, 8. The first wide-brimmed cowboy hat
public life in favor of western railroad en- ○ ○ was developed, by (A) Hollywood for was marketed as (A) The Frontier (B)
terprises. They did not go well; he lost ○ ○ the first western films (B) Texans shortly The Boss of the Plains (C) The Cayuse
his fortune. But always the popular fig- ○ ○ after the Civil War (C) Clay Bootman, a
Texas Ranger, in the 1850s.
ure, Fremont was appointed Governor of ○ ○ 9. Always handle your hat by the brim,
never the crown as that breaks the
the Arizona Territory. ○ 4. Cowboys prefer boots with thin fiber (A) True (B) False
John C. Fremont was a charismatic, soles (A) True (B) False
intelligent and brave man who found dif- 10. Cowboys feel it is lucky to leave
ficulty in matching his talents with 5. That extra stitching on the toe of the your hat on the bunk (A) True (B) False
boot is known as (A) Patterning
ambition in a many-sided personality. He ○ (B) Sewing -up (C) Wrinkles Answers on page 5
remains a great name in the history of the ○ ○
West, and it is fair to say that he mapped ○ ○
out northern Nevadas east-west routes ○ ○
that we use today. ; ○ ○ through the Desert Demonstration Gar- ○ trails system, the overlook on Rte. 159,
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dens and guiding seniors through the ○ trail eradication projects, the tortoise habi-
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establishment of a community garden, are ○ tat at Red Rock Canyon and, most
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Master Gardeners by Clara Hatz ○ ○ some of the many projects we handle each ○ ○ important of all, to the re-vegetation of
month. ○ the Visitor Center and the fee station.
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o discover, develop, disseminate, ○ ○ With the assistance of Master Garden- ○ ○ On work days when the phone rings
preserve and use knowledge to ○ ○ ers, a few Las Vegas schools with ○ ○ at the Master Gardener desk, theres a
Tstrengthen the social, economic ○ ○ progressive and environmentally con- ○ ○ Master Gardener or two to look up horti-
and environmental well-being of people. ○ ○ scious principals and teachers are chang- ○ ○ culture answers and assist with yard
This is the mission of the Nevada Coop- ○ ing areas of thirsty turf to water conserv- ○ ○ problems. Call us anytime at 257-5555.
erative Extension. The Master Gardeners ○ ○ ing xeriscapes. ○ ○
are horticulturally inclined volunteers that ○ ○ Interest in the environment and a de- ○ ○
work within the extension service. ○ ○ sire to prevent destruction of native plants ○ ○ Congratulations - to hike
Our Master Gardeners can be found ○ ○ led to Red Rock and a working relation- ○ ○ leader Vera Vann who took
(with their Nevada-shaped pins) planting, ○ ○ ship with the James Hardie mine. Plants ○
○ ○ first place in her division in a
pruning and teaching on the University of ○ in the wrong place at the wrong time ○ 26.2 mile marathon in Hawaii!
Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Teaching el- ○ blasting timeare relocated to school ○ ○
ementary children the joys of vegetable yards, road sides, street sides, the fair- ○
gardening, guiding busloads of children grounds in Logandale, the Logandale
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