Huntington Historical Society

Things must be pretty boring around here, as we seem to be wasting time looking at some old U.S. Patents.  Which brings us to a Mr. Harry M. Bigelow, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the City of Milwaukee, County of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.
 At first glance over the patent, I thought […]

Back in my younger days when I was starting in the antique business, I made a spectacular deal on a trailer load of Shoe “Last’s”.  The things were ancient and I only paid a nickel a piece for them.  I really thought the big money would come rolling in.  They were all hand-carved out of […]

I was surfing this internet today, and stumbled across an announcement that a commemorative DVD of “The Fighting Sullivans” is scheduled to be released in June. Now, this is a great movie from the 1940’s starring Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell and Ward Bond, among others.
This movie was made at a time when Hollywood notables were […]

I’ve never had much use for Astronomy. Most likely, it’s because I’ve never taken the time to sort it all out. I’ve got a cousin who points out giraffe’s and all kind of other exotic stuff in space, but damned if I can see them. I can find the Big Dipper, but the rest of […]