Grenville Mellen Dodge
Born: April 12, 1831 – Putnamville, Essex County, Massachusetts Died: January 3, 1916 (age 84) – Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA – Plot Section 5, Lot 2 Civil War Union Army Major General, US Congressman, Civil Railroad Engineer. During the Civil War he served […]
The ‘Top Gun’ house
My first (and only) beachfront apartment was in Oceanside, CA. As it turns out, “Charlie’s” house from Top Gun was just a few blocks away from my place, at 102 S Pacific St., Oceanside, CA 92054. I walked and drove by the house many times, sometimes just to think about the movie and the history of […]
Another treatment for the Disneyland Railroad…
A few years ago I imagined Disneyland converting one of the Disneyland Railroad locomotives into a “Holiday” train. I also have pictured Engine #1 C. K. Holliday, which is portrayed as a wood-burner, as having wood and logs on the tender to complete the “show” for that locomotive. The C. K. Holliday was one of […]