Place Names of Glacier National Park by Jack Holterman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This reference book, in dictionary form, presents an exhaustive list of Glacier National Park’s place names. Included in the commentary for each name are references to where the name came from, alternative (or older) names for lakes and mountains, the Indian names, details about the personages involved, and a lot of other forgotten lore you won’t find on topographical or hiking maps.
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A new book A View Inside Glacier National Park: 100 Years, 100 Stories will be available for sale December 1 as part of 2010 park centennial celebration.
A special reception hosted at the Glacier Association and Glacier National Park Fund Office in Columbia Falls on December 12, 2009 from 11 am- 3 pm. will showcase the book produced by the Glacier Park Centennial.
According to the Glacier Centennial, “Less than a year ago the Centennial Program made a call for stories to help commemorat... Read Full Story
Mount Wilbur - Photo by Malcolm R. Campbell
“Give at least a month to this precious preserve. Time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal”
–John Muir
The mountains of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park look like an imposing, blue-grey wall from the eastern plains. But, after you pass monolithic Chief Mountain, summit of dreams and visions, the multifaceted gems of this great wilderness co... Read Full Story
Chapter One
Jock Stewart woke up this morning with an industrial strength hangover. An empty Scotch bottle lay on the floor next to an empty little black dress that wasn’t his. Last night, a fair amount of Monique Starnes wore it at the newspaper’s office party. Her cleavage, more out than in, was deep enough to kidnap a man’s dreams. Now, there would be hell to pay.
At first glance, he appeared to be alone in the bed. Maybe he stole the dress. Maybe he maxed out a credit card at an all-night... Read Full Story
Noah’s Wife by T.K. Thorne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Author T. K. Thorne brings us the mythic story of Na’amah in her beautifully written novel “Noah’s Wife.” Using research indicating that a flood about 5500 BCE nearly decimated the settlements along the southern shore of a fresh water lake known today as the Black Sea, Thorne has created a rich, multidimensional and richly imagined account of the Biblical flood from a feminine point of view.
Na’amah’... Read Full Story
from geekthelibrary.org…
Myth: I’m already funding my library by paying my late fees and purchasing items at book sales.
Fact: Late fees and book sale dollars provide a very modest contribution to libraries and support replacement of materials lost and items not returned. Fees and fines are not sufficient to support operating or program activities.
I worked my way through school as a student and graduate assistant at the libraries of Florida State University and Syracuse Universi... Read Full Story
I went up to the Maysville, Georgia, public library today for a Jackson County Authors Showcase. Along with me were authors Caine Campbell, Pamela Dodd, and Jackie White.
Including the assistant librarian who sat in on the whole event, there were four authors and four in the audience, two of whom had to leave before it was over. I sold one copy of “Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire.”
A waste of time? Not at all. The two people who came both had a lot of questions; one of th... Read Full Story
from the USS Ranger Museum Foundation
The US Navy announced that the USS Ranger Foundation’s Phase I application for donation of the super-carrier ex-USS Ranger has been approved and moved the group into Phase two of the four-phase process.
Phase two of the process has a 12 month timeline, during which the exact location of the museum complex will be finalized, environmental, marketing, business, neighborhood support and other studies will be completed and updated. Fund raising will increase... Read Full Story
After living in the Atlanta metro area for over 20 years, there are a lot of reasons why I was more than happy to move out of the sprawl into a small town some 60 miles away a few years ago. (As I saw the news stories yesterday for the giant cruise ship “Oasis of the Seas,” I thought, my goodness, my whole town will fit aboard that ship at one time.)
In contrast to the lines in Atlanta, there are seldom any election-day lines here. This morning I was in an out of the polling place... Read Full Story
from the Montana Historical Society:
The Montana Historical Society Museum’s new “Land of Many Stories: The People and History of Glacier National Park” is a real adventure.
The Society will have the grand opening of the new exhibit Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. with opening remarks and ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. Society Director Richard Sims, Glacier Park Deputy Superintendent Stephanie Dubois and other dignitaries will offer opening remarks.
The keynote talk for the event will be by... Read Full Story
