Quotes
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ~ Dan Gable
Presidential Quiz (In honor of Presidents' Day)
1. Who was the tallest President? Who was the shortest?
2. Which Presidents were assassinated while in office?
3. Which was the oldest President at his inauguration ?
4. Who was the first president inaugurated in Washington, D. C.
(Answers below)
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Mikaela Shifferin won the Womans' Slalom at Beaver Creek, Colorado, and she is only 19 years old. She won in front of her hometown crowd of family and friends.
A Gold Medal was won by Todd Ligety of Park City, Utah in the Men's Giant Slalom. It was the first Gold Medal for the U.S. in this World Championships and set off thunderous applause from the crowd.
Lindsey Vonn won a bronze medal in the Super G, finished fifth in the downhill, her specialty, and finished fourteenth in the slalom. Vonn lives in Vail-Beaver Creek, but did not feel any hometown pressure. She said, "Even though I didn't get as many medals as everyone expected me to, I am still happy with my performance."
We have no word on Bode Miller's condition after his accident in the downhill.
Colorado History
If Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shifferin are among the best of Colorado woman, perhaps one of the worst was Mattie Silks. She was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1846. She became one of the most famous Madams in the west, having brothel's in Dodge City, Kansas and Denver, Colorado, where demand for women was high due to the Colorado gold rushes.
Silks moved from Kansas to Georgetown, Colorado. From there she opened a brothel in Denver which she expanded to about half a dozen brothels at the same time. Nobody is exactly sure which brothels were hers, but she was a smart business woman and owned multiple "houses."
In 1877 to 1897 her brothel was the most successful in Denver. In 1898, Madam Jennie Rogers opened the House of Mirrors in Denver, and quickly became more successful than any of the competition. Jennie Rogers died in 1909, after which Silks purchased the House of Mirrors for $14,000. She continued to work as a madam, traveled, and invested in real estate, making her a very wealthy woman.
She died in 1929 from complications due to a fall. Very few people attended her funeral. She was buried, under the name Martha Ready, beside Cortez Thomson, her longtime lover, in block 12-lot 31, of Fairmount Cemetery.
Answers
1. The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4"; Madison at 5'4" was the shortest.
2. Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.
3. At 69, Reagan was the oldest at his inauguration.
4. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ~ Dan Gable
Presidential Quiz (In honor of Presidents' Day)
1. Who was the tallest President? Who was the shortest?
2. Which Presidents were assassinated while in office?
3. Which was the oldest President at his inauguration ?
4. Who was the first president inaugurated in Washington, D. C.
(Answers below)
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Mikaela Shifferin won the Womans' Slalom at Beaver Creek, Colorado, and she is only 19 years old. She won in front of her hometown crowd of family and friends.
A Gold Medal was won by Todd Ligety of Park City, Utah in the Men's Giant Slalom. It was the first Gold Medal for the U.S. in this World Championships and set off thunderous applause from the crowd.
Lindsey Vonn won a bronze medal in the Super G, finished fifth in the downhill, her specialty, and finished fourteenth in the slalom. Vonn lives in Vail-Beaver Creek, but did not feel any hometown pressure. She said, "Even though I didn't get as many medals as everyone expected me to, I am still happy with my performance."
We have no word on Bode Miller's condition after his accident in the downhill.
Colorado History
If Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shifferin are among the best of Colorado woman, perhaps one of the worst was Mattie Silks. She was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1846. She became one of the most famous Madams in the west, having brothel's in Dodge City, Kansas and Denver, Colorado, where demand for women was high due to the Colorado gold rushes.
Silks moved from Kansas to Georgetown, Colorado. From there she opened a brothel in Denver which she expanded to about half a dozen brothels at the same time. Nobody is exactly sure which brothels were hers, but she was a smart business woman and owned multiple "houses."
In 1877 to 1897 her brothel was the most successful in Denver. In 1898, Madam Jennie Rogers opened the House of Mirrors in Denver, and quickly became more successful than any of the competition. Jennie Rogers died in 1909, after which Silks purchased the House of Mirrors for $14,000. She continued to work as a madam, traveled, and invested in real estate, making her a very wealthy woman.
She died in 1929 from complications due to a fall. Very few people attended her funeral. She was buried, under the name Martha Ready, beside Cortez Thomson, her longtime lover, in block 12-lot 31, of Fairmount Cemetery.
Answers
1. The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4"; Madison at 5'4" was the shortest.
2. Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.
3. At 69, Reagan was the oldest at his inauguration.
4. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.