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	<title>Life in the Old West &#187; Pioneers and Settlers</title>
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		<title>Great American Desert label shaped expansion for decades</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The label "Great American Desert" was given to what we now call the Plains or Great Plains in 1820 and shaped westward expansion for decades after that. Even today, some tourists from outside the United States are surprised that the midsection of the country is not geologically or geographically an empty desert region. While the ]]></description>
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		<title>Irish entrepreneur brought education to early Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irish educator O.J. Goldrick opened first formal schools in Colorado Territory.]]></description>
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		<title>Was Jedediah Smith greatest of the Mountain Men?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jedediah Smith: Greatest Mountain Man made his mark with Bible, rifle, little else.]]></description>
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		<title>Log cabins for sale: Get your own piece of the Old West</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 19:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find log cabins, log cabin homes, rustic log cabin decor at eBay.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown&#8217;s steam wagon sought to conquer 1860s Plains freight routes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Old Hoppy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steam powered freight wagon failed to conquer Plains.]]></description>
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		<title>Harsh winter brings memories of Grandma&#8217;s kerosene lamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Old Hoppy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good old reliable kerosene lamps, lanterns lighted much of the Old West -- not bad options for today.]]></description>
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		<title>Hard times of 1830s launched first wagon trains westward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Old Hoppy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic hardships drove many 19th Century pioneers westward.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in the Old West brought joy, comfort amid hardships</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Old Hoppy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home-made gifts brought cheer to even bleakest Old West Christmas festivities.]]></description>
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		<title>Kerosene lamp: Old West technology remains reliable today</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Old Hoppy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find bargains on kerosene lamps, lanterns available right now on eBay!]]></description>
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		<title>Power outages remind us of pioneer &#8216;lighting&#8217; in the Old West</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Old Hoppy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, literally MILLIONS of folks throughout the Great Plains, Midwest, and Eastern states have spent a lot of nights in the dark (and cold, in many cases) because of storms that caused massive power outages. Not many miles from where I live, a couple of hundred thousand folks in southern Missouri and northern ]]></description>
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