Nepalese woman wearing purple headscarf and nose ring, holding baby, Sikkim.

During visits between 1965 and 1979 (primarily 1965-1971), Dr. Alice Kandell received special permission to photograph Buddhist monks and lamas, ceremonial dances, and monasteries; people working on farms, in canning factories, and at special crafts; and the royal palace and chapel at Gangtok, including the last king, Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, his American wife Queen Hope Cooke (Dr. Kandell’s college friend), and their family.  (Library of Congress)

From the Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress).

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Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass., December 1940.

This photo is by Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano.

Part of Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs .

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Camping in the United States has, at times, been by necessity rather than recreational choice.

This tent is in a blueberry picker camp near Little Fork, Minnesota, August 1937.  It was photographed  by Russell Lee, staff photographer in a U.S. agency called the Resettlement Administration (in operation 1935 – 1937).

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This photo was taken by National Child Labor Committee photographer Lewis Wickes Hines in December 1910.

Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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General Merchandise, Coffins, & Caskets – Maynardville, Tennessee

This picture was taken in Maynardville, Tennessee by Ben Shahn in October 1935.

Part of Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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Leaving Moab, Utah, we had a few days before our next reserved camp site – on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  While we didn’t have reservations, we decided to head down to Natural Bridges National Monument, still in Utah.

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to camp at the monument for two reasons.  All of the sites were filled and there is a 26 ft. length limit, which includes the RV and the tow, or towed, vehicle.  Our little motorhome is just under that, but we were towing a little car, so were over length, even if there would have been a site available.

However,  a ranger at the desk in the visitor center was able to direct us to an overflow camping area a few miles from the park on BLM land.  We were able to find a nice little spot there with a bit of privacy from the few other camps utilizing the area.

I’m going to try to work through the remainder of photos from the trip a bit faster, without working up a video for now.  I do plan to put together videos and pages with links to references, but that will be down the road a ways, figuratively speaking.

Nine Arkansas images from Flickr.

suntreehaze Some rights reserved by baronsquirrel	Marco! blind paddling in the morning on The White River near Buffalo City, Arkansas. Some rights reserved by FreeWine	Arkansas State Police Dodge Charger  Some rights reserved by cliff1066™
In the Land of Giant Mushrooms On a cool damp morning at Greers Ferry Lake in Arkansas.  Some rights reserved by biggertree	Central High Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock in Sept. 1957 (National Archives image)	Bull Elk Bugling, Arkansas  Some rights reserved by Walmart Stores
Elkhorn Tavern, Pea Ridge National Battlefield  Some rights reserved by Rob Shenk	Eureka Springs, AR.  Some rights reserved by doug_wertman	CH-47 during exercise at Ft. Chafee  Some rights reserved by The U.S. Army

“Reach” for our facebook fan page has gone over 10,000.

Reach?

What the heck is that?

According to facebook, it’s the number of people who have seen any content associated with our page during a seven day period.

Another way of saying it is that something related to our American Civil War on facebook has been seen by 10,588 during the seven day period from April 2nd through April 8th.  That’s up 282% from the previous week.

There must be something to it.  The number of likes has been rising and the rate seems to have increased.  Today we went over 4500 and it currently stands at 4505.

Four blogs contribute material to The American Civil War on facebook:

• The American Civil War; http://civilwar-online.com/;  Jerel C. Wilmore
• Seven Score and Ten; http://gathkinsons.net/sesqui/; Allen Gathman
• Daily Observations from the Civil War; http://dotcw.com/; Mike Goad
• The Civil War Daily Gazette; http://civilwardailygazette.com/; Eric Swanger

Seems like I only just recently left.

I retired a little over 5 years ago in early 2007.  Since then, I’ve worked  three multi-month contracts, doing portions of my old job.

I’ll be starting on another contract, doing the same as before, on Wednesday.  It should last through the end of the year, possibly a little past, with 3 or 4 weeks off in the fall.

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho.