County Fair time in July is sweltering hot on the Mississippi River in Iowa. My best buddy and I were set adrift at the Des Moines County Fair in Burlington with $2 apiece in our pockets to cram as much fun into two hours as we could. This was our goal, and we were up for [...]
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Lincoln Beachey shows off his daredevil flying skills at Niagara Falls on June 27, 1911. A century ago Beachey won a $1,500 prize in Orlando when he made the first powered airplane flight in Florida in a contest sponsored by the organizers of the Sub-Tropical Mid-Winter Exposition, now the Central Florida Fair. (Library of Congress) Smell the [...] |
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