Rick EpsteinMay 25, 20204 minFrenchtown's Boys 'Over There'WORLD WAR I – As the Great War was heating up in Europe, the American armed forces were not prepared. Neither were our poets, as...
Rick EpsteinMay 24, 20202 minThe Barn TheatreBARN THEATRE – opened in 1939, air conditioned, with a knotty-pine lobby and 477 comfortable seats within. Its 4-acre site between Upper...
Rick EpsteinMay 23, 20201 minAnnie Oakley Shot HereOAKLEY, Annie – (1860-1926) was the sharpshooting star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a Western-themed circus that entertained...
Rick EpsteinMay 22, 20202 minOur First Garbage ManTRASH DISPOSAL – There was a big dump south of town on the old river road, but there were also lesser dumps. Marguerite Sipes said that...