February 26, 1919 - The Grand Canyon Becomes A National Park First afforded Federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and later as a National Monument in 1908, Grand Canyon did not achieve National Park status until 1919, three years after the creation of the National Park Service in 1916,
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[DFO] History Corner Presents: A Prohibition Centenary Post
The positive reaction to my World War One Centenary posts has encouraged me to expound upon other topics. But rather than tie all of them in with the Open Threads - because the length of some made scrolling a chore for others - I will make them their own stand-alone
Your “[DFO] Hate Week” Wednesday Evening Open Thread
Hi everyone, Welcome to the third day of [DFO]'s annual Super Bowl tradition - Hate Week. This is the annual airing of grievances we have about life, football, society... really, anything is in-bounds outside of the usual hot buttons. Consider the comments section a safe space to let your feelings on a
Your “[DFO] Hate Week” Monday Evening Open Thread
Hi everyone, Welcome to [DFO]'s annual Super Bowl tradition - Hate Week. This is the annual airing of grievances we have about life, football, society... really, anything is in-bounds outside of the usual hot buttons. Consider the comments section a safe space to let your feelings on a topic be known. Now, for
[DFO] Book Club presents: A Tale Of Two Cities
Part 8: The Game Made April 26, 2023 - Englewood, CO As George Paton surveyed the Broncos draft landscape, he couldn't help but feel a perverse sense of relief at what to most would seem an untenable situation. It all started back in February, when a sense of desperation led Paton to mortgage
[DFO] Book Club presents: A Tale Of Two Cities
Part 7: A Knock At The Door Englewood, CO - December 27, 2022 The housekeeping was of a very frugal kind, but 5 & 12 will do that to an organization. A franchise that had been swift to remove all traces of the prior previous regime had worked double time to delete
[DFO] Book Club presents: A Tale Of Two Cities
Part 6: The Fellows of Delicacy and No Delicacy October 31, 2022 - Heathrow Airport, London, UK At least it was going to be a pleasant plane ride home, and he was able to get Mother those duty-free chocolates she loved so much. That was what Nathaniel Hackett was thinking as he settled
[DFO] Book Club presents: A Tale Of Two Cities
Part 1: The End (of the season) January 9, 2022 - Glendale, Arizona It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the
Brackets and Madness and Watching TV While Working – The DFO NCAA Basketball Tourney Preview
We've reached The Ides of March, which can only mean one thing: Time to stab your local emperor! If you don't have an emperor, then I guess you can fill out an NCAA Basketball bracket instead. Every March, the top 64 or 68 or whatever teams meet in a single-elimination
Your “[DFO] Super Bowl Hate Week” Thursday Evening Open Thread
Like most of you, I got caught in the travel nightmare that was "CHRISTMAS SNOWSTORM 2022!". Vancouver got a foot of snow over three days, which absolutely buggered our airport, which is barely used to thick frost. My three-hour flight turned into a 24-hour ordeal when my original WestJet ticket
Your “[DFO] Super Bowl Hate Week” Tuesday Evening Open Thread
Welcome to Night Two of the festival of loathing we like to call "[DFO] Hate Week". Oh, I'm sorry. That's clearly not enough hate. Let's see what I can find... Oh yeah. That's the stuff. Anyways - I'm your host, Beerguyrob, and I'm touched so many people came by yesterday to give me
Crossing Streams – DFO’s Donks (Woo?) Homers Discuss Sean Payton
Good Saturday evening, all y'all. Just because we are in the sportsball desert does not mean there ain't no sportsball NOOZ! Facing a two strike (Ryans, Harbaugh) count, the Wal-Mart + Condi braintrust decided to go "all in" with the former Saints coach. A discussion on our homer-ish feelings follows. KH: First