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Denver Blizzard of 1913

It snowed in Denver last night and into this morning. Probably our biggest one of the year, in the metro area at least. It reminded me of how snarled the city becomes when even just a few inches touches down and sticks to the street. People drive either too slow and cautious or not enough and too fast. This snowstorm also reminded me of the Colorado blizzard of 2006 where the city recorded six inches … Read more…

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Tulip Mania

Tulips are pretty flowers. So pretty in fact it caused an outright hysteria in the 1630s.  A hysteria on such a grand scale, it is said to have created the first recorded speculative bubble and subsequent burst. Here is some detailed information from the Library of Congress, taken from a Harper’s Magazine article of 1876.  Click on the link tilted “View the page images (at Cornell University)”: Library of Congress – Tulip Mania Inside the … Read more…

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