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
All American Stories
Rotation
History Makers
A Lincoln Family
Early Railroads
Frontier Arizona
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1. He painted the Masters in the Louvre, but failed to sell his painting in America,
thus having to turn to Plan B; his invention changed communication. .
2. The new railroad would put its future on the line when it accepted
an dare to race a horse.
3. Louise's father told George, an immigrant, he wasn't good enough for his
daughter. George set out to prove him wrong. His love also produced
a salad dressing
4. What was so valuable 1000 years ago that led cacao traders from Central America
to trade with Native Americans in the Four Corners (AZ, UT, CO, NM).
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5. The father’s assassination helped to create a company his son would become
some 30 years later at the age of 56 and would serve as CEO & Chairman
of the Board for 25 years before retiring at age 79.
#6. The question of the day regarding horses led to an invention we enjoy today.
#7. Virtually no one realized or predicted that this new invention could some day shrink
the nation.
#8.. Beautiful, sophisticated women leading cause of stress, among other conditions leads to 'Americanitis'.
#9. Her grandfather was fired for conspiring with the embezzler. She sent out to prove
her grandfather’s innocence
#10. This Montana town’s name is traced to a fight between an Englishman and
Frenchman over a woman.
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# 11 The Supreme Court Justice who became known as the
'Great Dissenter'. Today, many Justices have his picture in their office.
If you didn't know that this is a true story in the Gilded Age, you would
think this is a movie worthy of an Oscar
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#12 What Lincoln Son (probably) had the record for the most
miles traveled on a railroad?
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Building designed for Baghdad, Iraq ended up
on Arizona State University Campus in Tempe, Arizona
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#15 Robert Todd Lincoln's decision at age 18 changed the course of history.
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#16 The Three Huntingtons
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#17 These girls are given credit (by many) for civilizing the American Frontier!
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​#18 Poetry/Head on my Shoulder
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#19 Queen Palmer
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#20 Huntington Museum
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 Frontier Arizona ​ #44 This Arizona politican actually returned a bribe (well, most of it). ​ no#  Hughes married 12 year old girl;​   Manning's circus prank led him to AZ           Their stories ​         Weekend Get-A-Way ​ ​   Las Vegas (no, not that one)