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Harmon’s Histories: Remember Tom Murphy and the politics that caused his drowning
Harmon’s Histories: Remember Tom Murphy and the politics that caused his drowning
Harmon’s Histories: Remember Tom Murphy and the politics that caused his drowning
As you cross over the Kootenai River bridge at Libby, northbound to Eureka or Canada, you should remember a young man named Tom Murphy and “The Kootenai Prayer: “How Long, O, Lord! How Long?” The prayer was a banner headline in the Libby Herald newspaper on May 30, 1912 – an editorial fusillade at those who had been trying to delay construction of the bridge at Libby. Tom Murphy, a 34-year-old man, had just become the latest to drown in the Kootenai.
Harmon’s Histories: Bonner’s Community Gardens were a marvel during WWI
Harmon’s Histories: Bonner’s Community Gardens were a marvel during WWI
Harmon’s Histories: Bonner’s Community Gardens were a marvel during WWI
It’s gardening time, at least hopefully, now that we’re past our last gasp of wintry weather! This time of year also brings back memories of the war gardens and victory gardens of the past. During World War I, with commercial farm produce needed for the military, American households were urged to create their own backyard gardens.
Harmon’s Histories: Plug tobacco was all the rage in 1880s Montana
Harmon’s Histories: Plug tobacco was all the rage in 1880s Montana
Harmon’s Histories: Plug tobacco was all the rage in 1880s Montana
Even before the official pronouncement by the nation’s surgeon general in the early 1960s, most all of us knew smoking and other forms of tobacco use were a poor choice. Despite that, many of us (including myself) continued the bad habit  for decades. I quit in the 1990s. My confession and modern-day facts aside, I do have to marvel at the creative advertising for tobacco (particularly plug tobacco) in the 19th century.

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