Some New News About Old Stuff.
1. WAR HORSES-- Bloomberg USA reports the opening in England of a popular show starring a puppet horse operated by three people. During World War I, more than one million British horses served and only 62,000 returned. Easy targets for those German machine guns.
2. TRAIL OF TEARS-- President Obama has signed into law a bill expanding the Trail of Tears 2,845 more miles, more than doubling the size of it. The Omnibus Public Lands Act bill was signed March 30th. The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of southeastern Indians to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in the 1800s.
The Trail was established by Congress in 1987 and is now in the states of NC, Ga, Tn, Al, Ky, Il, Mo, Ark, and Oklahoma. New trail mileage was added in every state but Illinois.
3. HOME PLAQUED-- The Northwest News reports that the Edward H. Cooke home in Huntley, Illinois, was plaqued at 10813 Woodstock Street in that northwest suburban town.
It was built during Illinois' "Guilded Age" in 1898, by Edward H. Cooke who was born in 1863 in Franklinville, Illinois. He was known around Huntley as Uncle Ed and was postmaster, druggist, farm auctioneer, banker, race horse owner, undertaker and county coroner. he and his brother opened a bank and drugstore downtown. A man of many talents.
It is owned by Todd and Claire Rutkowski and is in excellent shape.
Now, You Know. --Cooter
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