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Olympic Host Cities & Me

Humans arrive in Missouri (Saint Louis and Me supplement two)

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Paleoindian life – a brief summary. By now, regular readers of this blog should have some idea of the time and manner in which the earliest humans arrived on the American continents from a post such as this one so …

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Saint Louis (well, Missouri) in the time before humans (Saint Louis and Me supplement one)

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There’s no place like dome. It’s my hope that those of you who have read through much of this blog have become familiar with much of the terminology associated with understanding the geologic forces that have shaped our planet over …

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The marathon of the Saint Louis Olympics (Saint Louis and Me addendum two)

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When I began looking for the noteworthy stories from the III Olympiad, I had no idea what I’d find. Every Olympics has its particular set of anecdotes and narrative but I didn’t expect to see so many odd elements arise …

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Notes on the III Olympiad Saint Louis – 1904 (Saint Louis and Me addendum one)

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I’ve recently talked with a few people who had no idea that Saint Louis had once hosted the Olympics and I think it’s something of a shame. You see, I’ve had more head shaking moments reading about the III Olympiad …

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Saint Louis and Me

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First, I’ll confess my uncertainty that Saint Louis should chronologically precede Los Angeles. My stopovers in L A on our way to Japan and on our return certainly preceded visiting Saint Louis but stopovers shouldn’t count. I don’t remember whether …

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