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COLUMNSFriday, May 09th, 2008The seaway, the goalie, and a party of cannibals April 25th, 2008 Today was a busy day for a lot of people... On April 25, 1847, the last survivors of the doomed Donner Party made it out of the wilderness. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound settlers, about 33 people in all, that became snowbound crossing...  Read MoreThe outlaw, the poet and the house Ruth built Chris Clark April 18th, 2008 Today was a busy day for a lot of people... On April 18, 1881, Billy the Kid escaped from jail in New Mexico, killing jailers James Bell and Bob Ollinger before stealing a horse and riding clean out of town. Billy the Kid was a well known frontier outlaw... Read MoreA national hero, a war criminal and a windy day Chris Clark April 11th, 2008 Today was a busy day for a lot of people... On April 11, 1856, Juan Santamaria burned down a hostel in Rivas, Nicaragua, where William Walker's filibusters were holed up. Walker’s filibusters were U.S. soldiers who acted apart from their government... Read MoreThe explorer, the civil rights leader and the new Joker By Chris Clark April 4th, 2008 Today was a busy day for a lot of people... On Apr. 4, 1581, Francis Drake completed a circumnavigation of the world and was knighted by Elizabeth I. Drake, a navigator, slave trader, privateer, pirate and politician, rose to second in command of the... Read MoreThe Viking raider, the funny writer and the meltdown By Chris Clark March 28th, 2008 Today was a busy day for a lot of people... On March 28, 845, Paris was sacked by Viking raiders likely under the command of Ragnar Lodbrok, who collected a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. Ragnar Lodbrok was a legendary Norse hero of the Viking... Read More |
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