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March ○ Trivial Pursuits ○ ○ ○ Bus Company issued a poster, claiming
(8) ln the 1930s, the Greyhound
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by Chuck Kleber
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ur West has many fascinating ○ them in the enormous diversity of
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Fri/1 P. Olson P. Olson ○ ○ bits and pieces as well as great ○ Americas Western landscape.
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Oevents to interest us as Neva- ○ (9) Virginia City was known as the
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Sat/2 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○ dans. Here are some Did you knows ○ Queen of the Comstock when it had
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Sun/3 B. Wolin S. Valladao ○ ○ to put in your storehouse of knowledge. ○ 30,000 people and silver seemed, to be
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(1) Until the mid-1800s, the Rio ○ everywhere, the richest strike of mod-
Mon/4 H. Berkowitz R./W. Hetzler Grande was commonly known as Del ○ ern times. It was said the city never
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Tues/5 N. Turner E. Rothfuss ○ Norte, from the Spanish Rio Grande ○ lacked for . . . street fights, murders,
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○ del Norte. ○ jails, breweries and other sorts of ex-
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Wed/6 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ ○ citement.
(2) Arbuckles was so popular as ○ ○
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Thur/7 G. Sayles C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ a brand of coffee in the West, the name ○ ○ (10) A barbecue is as Western as
○ became generic. Navajos used it as their ○ a mustang, but where did the word come
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Fri/8 H. Perlman D./V. Wray ○ ○ ○ from? No one is sure, but some say its
word for coffee until World War II and ○
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Sat/9 D./V. Wray D./V. Wray ○ it was strong. Cowboys liked it that way. ○ ○ from the French barbs a queue,
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meaningbeard-to-
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Sun/10 P. VanDoorenmaal S. Valladao ○ ○ ○ ○ tail (whatever that
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means).
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Mon/11 H. Berkowitz C. Gilmore ○ ○
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(1 1)Brigham
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Tues/12 N. Turner E. Rothfuss ○ ○ ○ ○ Young tried to foster
better relations with
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Wed/13 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ the U.S. Government
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Thur/14 G. Sayles D. Powers ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ by recruiting 500 sol-
diers for the war with
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Fri/15 I. Grieco C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ Mexico.
Sat/16 J. Kisosondi E. Schliepp ○ ○ (12) When Texans
drove their cattle to
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Sun/17 B. Wolin C. Williams ○ ○ ○ ○ Abilene, the $5 cost
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per steer in Texas be-
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Mon/18 H. Berkowitz M. Rosow ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ came $50 or more in
Tues/19 N. Turner E. Rothfuss ○ ○ (3) You rolled your own in the Old ○ ○ the North. No wonder it was Head em
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○ West, and the cowboys book of ciga- ○ out on the cattle trails.
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Wed/20 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ rette papers was called a Prayer Book. ○ (13) Cowboys were fond of substi-
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Thur/21 G. Sayles D./V. Wray ○ ○ ○ (4) The old Spanish peso was a sil- ○ ○ tuting their own lingo for the accepted
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ver coin worth about one dollar (equal ○ word. This was particularly true of food,
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Fri/22 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ to eight reales). It was frequently cut into ○
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Sat/23 M. Augulis J. Barrett ○ ○ were hen fruit and beans became
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Sun/24 L. Klasse M./L. Utah ○ ○ (5) Moenkopi is not only a trail ○ ○ Mexican strawberries. Pie without
in Red Rock Canyon, it is a Hopi In- ○ ○ any crust was boggy top and coffee
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Mon/25 H. Berkowitz D. Powers ○ ○ was, of course, Arbuckles.
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dian village next to Tuba City, Arizona.
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Tues/26 N. Turner E. Rothfuss The Hopi say they lived in the beautiful ○ ○ (14) The Havasupi tribe (People of
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canyon for 300 years before the Nava- ○ the Blue-Green Water) live in the most
Wed/27 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ isolated Indian reservation in the nation
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jos came.
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Thur/28 N. Turner E. Rothfuss (6) When gold was discovered in ○ at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
1848, California had about 20,000 ○ ○ (15) The saguaro (pronounced sah-
Fri/29 D./V. Wray D./V. Wray ○
people. ○ ○ WAR-ro) is truly the king of cactus,
Sat/30 M. Augulis J. Barrett (7) Shoshones and Arapahos were ○ ○ sometimes reaching 50 ft. in height,
such bitter enemies that as late as 1874, with roots spreading over 60 ft. in all
Sun/31 C. Williams M./L. Utah
the former joined U.S. soldiers to attack directions. It is 98% water and can
Changes? Call Harley Decker (791-0713) Arapahos at Bates Creek. weigh up to 15 tons. ;
