State-designed quarters are a hit - Lincoln Journal Star

January 3rd, 2009

Two bits. One fourth of a dollar. Not even enough for a cup of cheap coffee anymore. In April 2006, Nebraska’s quarters finally jingled into our pockets. The image of a pioneer family rolling past Chimney Rock beat out other finalist designs …

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Using Your Fabric - Every Bit Of It! - PWO

January 3rd, 2009
Using Your Fabric - Every Bit Of It!
PWO, France - 1 hour ago
The log cabin pattern is a favorite. Try using the off-white fabric on one side of the log cabin quilt block. Then use shades of greens in medium,

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$50000 needed to repair Kennel Club’s dog training facility - Grand Island Independent

January 3rd, 2009
$50000 needed to repair Kennel Club’s dog training facility
Grand Island Independent, NE - 1 hour ago
The Grand Island Kennel Club needs to raise about $50000 to fix its log-cabin training facility. The cabin’s north wall is rotting and must be replaced.

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Business Is Booming for Industry Catering to Survivalists - AlterNet

January 3rd, 2009
Business Is Booming for Industry Catering to Survivalists
AlterNet, CA - 30 minutes ago
The market for survival goods like agricultural tools, seeds, and emergency food, moreover, blends with growing consumer demand for homesteading products.

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Identities and land inextricably bound - Billings Gazette

January 3rd, 2009

“We’re a people of a place.” To understand Indians, you must understand land, says Iris Pretty Paint. For 30 years, she has been instructing teachers throughout Montana on how to grasp that idea. The effort has taken her from elementary school …

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Places to go: HeirLoomed rug gallery opening; Colleyville Garden … - Fort Worth Star Telegram

January 3rd, 2009
Places to go: HeirLoomed rug gallery opening; Colleyville Garden
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 2 minutes ago
10 and head over to Log Cabin Village. The Village welcomes the Prairie Dog Chapter of the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society, which will demonstrate how to make

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Kenai Backcountry Lodge is escape to Alaska’s wilderness - Contra Costa Times

January 2nd, 2009
Kenai Backcountry Lodge is escape to Alaska’s wilderness
Contra Costa Times, CA - 38 minutes ago
By Ann Tatko-Peterson The tent-cabins at Kenai Backcountry Lodge in Alaska are roomy with two beds and propane lights and heaters. (Tom Uhlenbrock/St. Louis

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‘Meyers on Movies’ for Jan. 4 - Connecticut Post

January 2nd, 2009
‘Meyers on Movies’ for Jan. 4
Connecticut Post, CT - 25 minutes ago
The 2007 film isn’t about the beauty of the American heartland, the rugged individuality of the homesteading pioneers or how callow youths learn the violent

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COUNT HIM IN - Canada.com

January 2nd, 2009

Canada.com
COUNT HIM IN
Canada.com, Canada - 1 hour ago
Brother Alec was working at a mine in Sierra Leone; Nick was homesteading in Alberta. His grandfather Paul turned up in Canada four years later,

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Mountain State past gets a closer look in new state museum - Times-West Virginian

January 2nd, 2009
Mountain State past gets a closer look in new state museum
Times-West Virginian, WV - 13 minutes ago
Proctor says the “ultimate artifact” is a log cabin that was moved from Logan County and reinstalled in the museum. The cabin is said to date from the 1830s

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