Archive for January, 2009
Civil War currency from both sides was distrusted in the Old West
Civil War Currency, all Civil War currency not just Confederate currency, was treated with suspicion in the West from the time of the War right through the post-War era. Why? Probably because so many banks, Eastern and Western, went more than a little crazy with issuance of paper money, regardless of what federal Treasury and monetary policy was.
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Remembering four winters on the Rosebud Reservation — Brrrrrrrrrr!!
I live where winter just “kisses” the city most years, but I remember spending four winters on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota back when we were MUCH younger — and the one word that comes to mind is: “Brrrrrrrrrr”!!
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