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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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 Posted - Apr 16 2022 : 2:34:31 PM
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April 16, 1947
A freighter's payload explodes and wipes out Texas City
Ammonium nitrate fertilizer catches fire on a vessel in Galveston Bay and explodes, flattening much of the town of Texas City, Texas. The disaster will kill nearly 600 and wound over 3,000, becoming the worst industrial accident in US history.
I was five years old when it happened and remember people talking about the disaster years after it happened. From time to time The History Channel runs a documentary on Texas City.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2022 : 3:55:29 PM
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Wow, Sara, this was an extraordinary disaster that happened! It does not surprise me that you still recall this moment in history .
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2022 : 4:39:54 PM
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Yikes! What a disaster!
~Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701
September 2014 Farmgirl of the Month
"The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment" - Yogi teabag
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2022 : 08:03:10 AM
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Winnie and Heather, it was a terrible event but some good did come out of it. Monsanto rebuild their chemical plant with safety measures, so did the oil refineries.
Texas City was taught in my 7th grade Texas History class.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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JeanP
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jean
Deary
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2022 : 10:30:21 AM
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"Twas the 18th of April in '75.
Hardly a man is now alive,
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere."
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7166 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2022 : 10:32:56 AM
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Jean, I love history - the good, bad, and ugly. Paul Revere's ride is one of my favorite stories.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Dreamer42
True Blue Farmgirl
2701 Posts
April
Central
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2022 : 12:52:28 PM
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Sara, what a terrible trajedy. At least something good came out of the accident.
Dreamer42
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7166 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 05 2022 : 07:34:19 AM
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May 5th Cinco de Mayo Day.
Cinco de Mayo isn’t the same as Mexico’s Independence Day. (That’s Sept. 16.) The holiday celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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margie38572
Farmgirl in Training
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Margaret
Crossville
TN
USA
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Posted - May 06 2022 : 08:58:31 AM
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Never heard of that tragedy but I sure will look it up and get educated. When I was a little girl living in Philadelphia, I remember hearing my parents talk about a train coming off the elevated track of the Market-Frankford Line. For years the memory of hearing them talk about it was more like a dream to me because my parents seemed to be the only ones who were talking about it. But it did happen where an elevated train derailed at a spot along Kensington Avenue and a couple cars were dangling off the track with the front one resting on the ground below. I finally came across a newspaper article on it that had a photo of it. Why the Texas City tragedy you wrote of led me to think of this? I've no idea. I suppose it's because these things happened in the "world" we lived in, the immediate surroundings. In my case the derailment was not far from our home. Just a couple blocks away. But that tragedy you recalled? So many people died! I'm glad, though, that some good did come out of it.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 06 2022 : 09:09:07 AM
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Margie, whether it's an elevated train dangling in mid-air or an explosion that destroyed a city, stories that we hear as children seem to come back to us from time to time.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 10 2022 : 06:46:16 AM
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First woman to run for president.
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for President of the United States in the 1872 election.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7317 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 11 2022 : 11:42:11 AM
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This is interesting Sara. I wonder why they never talked about her in school.
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - May 12 2022 : 4:48:21 PM
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Because she was a woman?
Judith
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
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Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 13 2022 : 12:51:35 PM
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Judith my exact same thought!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 15 2022 : 08:56:26 AM
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May 15, 1942
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps created
Proposed by Congresswoman Edith Rogers, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps is created so volunteers can perform non-combat jobs as mechanics, clerks, drivers, and more. Around 150,000 women will serve in the WAAC, later renamed the Women's Army Corps. The WAC will be disbanded in 1978 when all-female and all-male units are integrated.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
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Edited by - YellowRose on May 15 2022 08:57:01 AM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 16 2022 : 5:49:32 PM
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There's a museum of sorts in part of a tiny airport a little ways from here that is building a B-17 bomber. Part of the displays are about WASP's - I wonder if it's part of the group you're talking about Sara. I can't remember for sure but I think it stands for Women Air Service Pilots. While the men were at war the women took over jobs like flying the planes around from base to base or whatever was needed stateside. There's some funny stories from some of the ladies!
~Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701
September 2014 Farmgirl of the Month
"The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment" - Yogi teabag
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 17 2022 : 02:04:16 AM
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Heather, I'm not sure but I think the WASPS were with the Air Force and the WAAC with the Army. I love to hear the stories of the women who served in WWII. I was fortunate to know two women who trained to be VA nurses during the war. The stories they could tell. They served here at home, and both retired in the 1980's. A neighbor was in the WAAC and after the war she became a schoolteacher.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 18 2022 : 06:50:11 AM
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May 18, 1980
A mountain explodes in the Pacific Northwest
The biggest landslide in recorded history follows a magnitude 5.1 earthquake as the north face of Washington's Mount St. Helens falls away in a volcanic eruption. The sideways blast of lava and rock devastates a 230- square-mile area, and ash clouds that rise 16 miles will fall over 11 states.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2423 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - May 18 2022 : 12:04:03 PM
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My goodness -- was that really 42 years ago? I was working at a continuation school at the time and really wanted to drive up and see it (from a safe distance) but my supervisor wouldn't give me the time off.
Judith
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - May 18 2022 : 10:16:12 PM
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Wowzers! We have areas in Washington that still show the scars from Mt St Helens explosion... My 77year old neighbor who was born and raised in Washtucna, west of Spokane, said that the
ash fall out reached her.. as evident by the ash dust on cars and houses, but nothing like the west side of the state.
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Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7166 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 20 2022 : 10:45:22 AM
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May 20, 1873
Levi and Davis are granted a patent for pants
German immigrant Levi Strauss, a mercantile shop owner serving the booming Gold Rush trade in San Francisco, and a former customer, Russian immigrant Jacob Davis, receive a patent on Davis' invention, a new and improved work pant made from denim jean fabric and reinforced by copper rivets.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
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Posted - May 20 2022 : 7:47:42 PM
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I wounder what they would think if they knew 150 years later women would be wearing "Jeans" as daily wear... lol!
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Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - May 20 2022 : 8:37:48 PM
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Indigo blue with envy!
Judith
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 23 2022 : 07:27:02 AM
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May 23, 1934
Notorious outlaw couple gunned down in Louisiana.
A stolen Ford Deluxe is met with a hail of bullets as it passes an ambush of lawmen lying in wait on a rural highway in Louisiana's Bienville Parish. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's car is hit by 130 rounds, and the FBI's most wanted criminals are brought down after a 2-year manhunt.
I grew up hearing stories about Bonnie and Clyde. We lived on California Crossing Road and Hwy 119 crossed it in far west Dallas County. Bonnie and Clyde used Hwy 119 to drive between Dallas and Grapevine to escape the Dallas sheriff. History was all around me and as a child I didn't know it. Not all the history was bad. Going west on California Crossing Road it crossed Goodnight Lane, named after Charlie Goodnight, who was a rancher who drove his cattle to market on that road. California Crossing Road was named after the pioneers who crossed the Trinity River on their way to California.
I do get round-up when it comes to Texas history. 
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 23 2022 : 6:05:44 PM
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What great tid bits of history Sara. Thank you for sharing them with us. When I was in school history was not my favorite class but now that I can learn about what I want to it fascinates me!
~Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701
September 2014 Farmgirl of the Month
"The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment" - Yogi teabag
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