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m comments on Meeteetse, Wyoming - Amelia Earhart Slept - And Drank Here

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:13:22 +0000

If anything, Angelina Jolie is the Amelia Earhart of today...not the other way around.

John Tucker Neilson comments on Larger Than Life – Cyclone Davis

John Tucker Neilson — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:10:40 +0000

I'm Cy's first cousin (once removed I guess is the correct genealogical delineation) . I met him twice when I was a kid and he was an adult seeing my Dad. He was very impressive then to a boy and I've talked about my amazing cousin ever since. I still keep in touch now and then with his kids and am so honored to be a part of his family. Just so you know. One of his cousins, Lorenzo Neilson was on the first ship to land at Nagasaki after the bomb and brought home a Samurai sword we had in my house for years. Another Uncle, Jay Diediker,, was caught fighting on a Japanese island in WW2 for months before rescue. My Dad, Fred Neilson, was stationed in Berlin and another uncle. Flloyd Massey, worked manufacturing the warplanes. As a kid growing up I was steeped in WW2 stories and surrounded with the patriotism of not just CY (the greatest of them all) but a slew of heroes and great men that only my Dad and Cy are still alive today. This generation is almost gone and are so sadly needed now again. Will our current population be able to rise up to our countries need at this time? I wonder.

Tak comments on Hollywood Hats of Fame

Tak — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:53:39 +0000

That was one of the best western movie scenes ever

Jim Poulton comments on Bill Pickett Rodeos – The Greatest Show on Dirt

Jim Poulton — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:55:33 +0000

Hey Bob - that was a great old song. Anyone wanting to hear it can go here. This version is done by Adam Miller, whose website is www.folksinging.org. If anyone wants the full lyrics, they're here.

Bob Poulton comments on Bill Pickett Rodeos – The Greatest Show on Dirt

Bob Poulton — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:05:00 +0000

"Old Bill Pickett was a mighty fine man and he rode for the 101......"

Nicole Fuentes comments on Larger Than Life – Cyclone Davis

Nicole Fuentes — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:39:09 +0000

I've known & loved Cyclone all of my life. He's been like a grantfather to me in many ways. What a wonderful man! Thanks for sharing his story & the photos are fantastic! He truly has been God's instrument to bless countless lives...mine included. I love you all, Davis family!

Kjirstin Youngberg comments on Larger Than Life – Cyclone Davis

Kjirstin Youngberg — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:39:29 +0000

Having met Cyclone a couple of times, I can attest to his nickname fitting him. He is a hero in every sense of the word. Sometimes as I ponder the number of men whose lives he saved, I think of their children, grandchildren, and on through the ages who will owe their very existence to his bravery, instinct, and skills.

Cyclone is such a strong presence in the lives of his descendants, one of them, his grandson, Brandon Mull, wrote a New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy series featuring his larger-than-life grandfather in many of his hero characters. Cyclone was there in the audience to wish his grandson well for each books release.

Good men grow good children, who in turn produce more good children, building a nation of strength. In the end, it is not in our weaponry where our nations strength lies, but in the exemplary lives of its citizens. Emmet Smith "Cyclone" Davis is one of the best. May he continue to inspire his generations, and mine.

Donna Poulton comments on Montgomery Ward – The Wish Book

Donna Poulton — Sun, 01 May 2011 06:33:39 +0000

Still the boy remained staring through the screen top of the cage, face rapt and body completely lost. And after a few minutes he went into the sleeping porch, stretched out on the bed, opened the Sears Roebuck catalogue, and dived so deeply into its fascinating pictures and legends that his mother had to shake him to make him hear her call to lunch.
[From Bugle Song, Wallace Stegner, 1938]

I wonder if I am here, or if I am just going to bed at the ranch. Perhaps looking in Montgomery Ward's catalogue for something for Christmas, and drinking moonshine and hot water, since it is cold. Go out and look if the chickens are shut up warm: if the horses are in sight: if Susan, the black cow, has gone to her nest among the trees, for the night.
[From Mornings in Mexico, D.H. Lawrence]