Ghosts of DC took a little trip to the Bay Area this weekend and we wanted to sprinkle a little San Francisco flavor into this next post. We can think of no better subject than Alcatraz (aka, The Rock). A brief history of the island … it started out as the site for a lighthouse until President Millard Fillmore ordered ... Read More »
The title of this article caught my eye: “Josh Gibson Held in D.C. for Mental Observation.” If you’re a baseball fan, you know that Josh Gibson was probably one of the greatest and most feared hitters who ever lived. Unfortunately for Gibson, he was a tragic figure with personal problems that plagued him through his short life. He died in ... Read More »
I guess D.C. has always had bad drivers. This one is from December 7th, 1930. A dizzy clockwise circle of an automobile around Dupont Circle, which caused several crashed last night, was climaxed when the driver, arrested and jailed at the Third Precinct Station, attempted to hang himself in his cell. Leon Woodrow Rice, 21 of Shepherdstown, W. Va., was ... Read More »
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