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"Snoeshoe" Thompson article?
My mother, on vacation (holiday), called me today from the grave of
"Snowshoe" Thompson, a famous character in U.S. postal history. I was trying to recall for her a recent(ish) article in a philatelic publication -- maybe on the 150th anniversary of his beginning the mail route, which would have been in 2006 -- but couldn't recall when or where the article was published. Anyone remember? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_Thompson -- if you don't know the story of this fantastic character, check that link. Taking a treacherous pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains, he sped mail in as little as two days, traveling on 3m Scandinavian cross-country skis -- the first recorded cross-country skier in California. One fascinating story: "A rescue attributed to him was that of a man trapped in his cabin by unusually deep snow. Thompson reached him, realized the damage to the man's legs from frostbite was sufficient to kill him, skied out to get chloroform, skied back in with it, and saved his patient by performing the required amputation himself." I think that is a little beyond the skill-set of most modern-day California letter carriers. :^) -- Joshua H. McGee San Marino, Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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"Snoeshoe" Thompson article?
Pictormark FYI http://cjoint.com/data/isfYrhYEUJ.htm "Joshua McGee" wrote in message ... My mother, on vacation (holiday), called me today from the grave of "Snowshoe" Thompson, a famous character in U.S. postal history. I was trying to recall for her a recent(ish) article in a philatelic publication -- maybe on the 150th anniversary of his beginning the mail route, which would have been in 2006 -- but couldn't recall when or where the article was published. Anyone remember? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_Thompson -- if you don't know the story of this fantastic character, check that link. Taking a treacherous pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains, he sped mail in as little as two days, traveling on 3m Scandinavian cross-country skis -- the first recorded cross-country skier in California. One fascinating story: "A rescue attributed to him was that of a man trapped in his cabin by unusually deep snow. Thompson reached him, realized the damage to the man's legs from frostbite was sufficient to kill him, skied out to get chloroform, skied back in with it, and saved his patient by performing the required amputation himself." I think that is a little beyond the skill-set of most modern-day California letter carriers. :^) -- Joshua H. McGee San Marino, Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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"Snoeshoe" Thompson article?
Hi Joshua,
I seem to remember reading the same article. I think it was in Linn's stamp news. I did a search on Linn's but the results were not promising. By the way, how did you do with the APRL and the Australia info? Jerry B |
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"Snoeshoe" Thompson article?
http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/snow...son.htm#hughey HTH "Joshua McGee" wrote in message ... My mother, on vacation (holiday), called me today from the grave of "Snowshoe" Thompson, a famous character in U.S. postal history. I was trying to recall for her a recent(ish) article in a philatelic publication -- maybe on the 150th anniversary of his beginning the mail route, which would have been in 2006 -- but couldn't recall when or where the article was published. Anyone remember? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_Thompson -- if you don't know the story of this fantastic character, check that link. Taking a treacherous pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains, he sped mail in as little as two days, traveling on 3m Scandinavian cross-country skis -- the first recorded cross-country skier in California. One fascinating story: "A rescue attributed to him was that of a man trapped in his cabin by unusually deep snow. Thompson reached him, realized the damage to the man's legs from frostbite was sufficient to kill him, skied out to get chloroform, skied back in with it, and saved his patient by performing the required amputation himself." I think that is a little beyond the skill-set of most modern-day California letter carriers. :^) -- Joshua H. McGee San Marino, Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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