DG 'Rusty' Alderson,
TOAST President
Mostly 1830 -1930
Rusty's
All American
Stories
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Not an official Metra Site
Gilded Age & Train Historian
Train Railfan
Historical Characters, Lincoln Family,
Frontier Arizona, Early Railroads
TOAST email: GAstorybook@gmail.com
Slices of History
by Themes
Titles posted on May 15, 2023 unless indicated otherwise
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Table of Contents
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Rusty's Favorites
History Makers
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DGA - organize this as if you were re enacting these history makers
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE
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THE STANFORDS
Leland & Central Pacific
Leland Stanford Jr.
Jane Stanford Mysterious Death
THE HUNTINGTONS
Collis Makes it to CA
Shovel Time
Shark Time
Arabella Marries 2 Huntington
WALK DISNEY
Walt Disney’s Real Passion
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
T Roosevelt VP to Presidency
WILLIAM A CLARK
THE FRED HARVEY FAMILY
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN
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THE TUCSON CHARACTERS
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Women Who Loved the Rich
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Queen Palmer
Arabella Huntington
Mary Lincoln Victoria Woodhull Edith Roosevelt
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Those Who Started Something Special
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Milton Hershey
Frank Mars
Marshall Field
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Labeled Crazy:
They Impacted History
John C. Fremont
Gunnison
Theodore Judah
A.B. Rogers,
Uncle Dick Wootten
Sweringens Brothers
Accomplished Women
Under the Radar
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Nellie Bush
Clara Foltz
Hettie Green
Nelly Bly
Ida Tarbell
1st Lawyer
Madams
Fox (Spiritualist)
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Powerful Men’s Love Life
Huntington
Clark
Palmer
Vanderbilt
Fisk
J.P. Morgan
Stanford)
Events That Arizona Wished
Didn't Happen
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Mission Stolen
Arizona Orphan Abduction
Million $$ RR to No Where
Statehood Delayed
Women Crawled to Safety
Boy Scout Trip Ends Badly
Fort Grant Massacre
Bisbee Deportation
Professor Kills Husband
University Kidnaps Players
Lawyer Kills Doctor
Famous Painting Stolen
Gamblers Donate Land for school
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Arizona Characters
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Women Who Loved the Rich
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Queen Palmer
Arabella Huntington
Mary Lincoln
Victoria Woodhull
Edith Roosevelt
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Accomplished Sons of
Powerful Men
(sons of Legends)
Robert Lincoln
Ford Harvey
John Spreckels
James Douglas,
Archer Huntington
Ford Harvey
Rawhide Jimmy
(Son of Cochise)
T Roosevelt Sons
Lowell Manning
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Disgraced Powerful Men
Fremont,
Durant,
D. Evans,
Sykes,
Colton
Disgraced Powerful Men
Fremont,
Durant,
D. Evans,
Sykes,
Colton