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- The First Great Hub of the Northern Plains
- Two Towns and Two Death Tales of Billy the Kid
- Cities/Towns Named for Native American Indian Chiefs
- Hell’s Worth of Wickedness in One Cowtown
- A Town that was Born Through a Scam!
- Best and Worst Live Concerts Seen
- The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
- Ominous Sounding Frontier Town Names
- The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
- Pendulum Urban Planning – The Wild Ride Between Pro and Anti-development
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Category Archives: civics
Two Towns and Two Death Tales of Billy the Kid
Frontier Towns, Chapter 5: Fort Sumner, New Mexico and Hico, Texas Normally, I am skeptical of conspiracy theories. But, I also realize that history tends to be written by the victors. With that, the victors can and will tend to … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, business, cities, civics, culture, geography, historic preservation, history, literature, Maps, pictures, politics
Tagged Billy the Kid, Brushy Bill Roberts, Fort Sumner, Hico, Lincoln County War, New Mexico, Texas
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Cities/Towns Named for Native American Indian Chiefs
The following list of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and unincorporated communities that were named for Native American Indian Chiefs. Several ghost towns are also included. This list includes translation-corrupted names, Anglicized names, as well as native names for chiefs. In … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, civics, culture, geography, history, humanity, inclusiveness, Language, Maps, Native Americans, place names, Statistics, Travel
Tagged American Indians, chiefs, etymology, First Nations, Native Americans, tribes
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A Town that was Born Through a Scam!
Frontier Towns, Chapter 3: Boise City, Oklahoma We’ve all probably heard the urban legends of people buying swamp land in Florida from a con artist, but it’s a rare occurrence to learn of an entire town being founded on a … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, marketing, place names, planning, politics, spatial design
Tagged Boise City, con artist, land swindles, Oklahoma, scams
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The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
Frontier Towns, Chapter 2: Pecos, Texas Few names portray a better image of the Old West than “Pecos.” The Pecos River is the natural dividing line between central and western Texas, as to the west of this iconic river the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, books, branding, cartoons, cities, civics, commerce, culture, deserts, downtown, economic development, environment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Pecos, Pecos Bill, Pecos River, rodeo, Texas, Trans-Pecos, West of the Pecos
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The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
The first of our new “Frontier Towns” series is about the historic Great Plains town of Julesburg, Colorado. At the crossroads of multiple important and historic transcontinental routes lies the quaint Great Plains town of Julesburg, Colorado. This classic western … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, film, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, movies, nature, Passenger rail, place names, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, recreation, rivers/watersheds, signs, Small business, sustainability, theaters, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Welcome
Tagged Colorado, Julesburg, pioneers, pony express, railroads, stagecoaches, trails, travel
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Pendulum Urban Planning – The Wild Ride Between Pro and Anti-development
As with nearly every other topic these days, there are strongly held viewpoints in planning circles over development. It seems like either you must be pro-development in all cases, or anti-development in all cases, with no room for middle ground. … Continue reading
The Flint You Don’t Hear About
Flint, Michigan has had a tough couple of decades. If the auto plant closings and shutdowns weren’t enough, terrible decisions by the state legislature and officials under the Snyder administration put its residents in jeopardy. Those same residents will be … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, geography, health, Health care, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, pollution, poverty, racism, revitalization, Statistics, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Flint, Michigan, turbo-capitalism
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The Descriptive Detail of Inuit Town Names
As Inuit town names are being reestablished in the Arctic regions of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, this author has found them to often be much more interesting and descriptive than the former English or Danish (in Greenland) names. Too often, … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, cities, civics, culture, diversity, environment, Europe, geography, land use, Language, North America, place names, placemaking, planning, topography, Travel
Tagged Alaska, Arctic, Greenland, Inuit, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec
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Canada’s Fastest Growing Province/Territory is…
No, it is not Pacific sunset British Columbia or energy-rich Alberta. Nor is it Toronto-infused Ontario. As a percentage, the fastest growing province/territory in Canada is the far-north Inuit territory of Nunavut which lodged an impressive a 12.7% increase in … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, civics, demographics, geography, health, Health care, history, Housing, Language, Maps, planning, Statistics, tourism, Travel
Tagged Inuit, Nunavut, population data, provinces/territories
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Top Eleven Planning Lessons from Lisbon, Portugal
Below are my top eleven (11) planning lessons from a delightful week-long trip to Lisboa (Lisbon), Portugal in late September. Many more could be added this list, but for brevity’s sake we’ll stay with these eleven (11) for now. They … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, civility, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Europe, Food, fun, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, music, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, Portugal, revitalization, spatial design, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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