In the late 1800’s everyone was eating fresh oysters, even in Colorado. And I’m not talking Rocky Mountain Oysters, which would be another blog entirely. These were actual oysters—from the ocean. In reading through historic newspapers of Colorado mining towns, I ran across advertisements for fresh oysters. Note the word fresh. Canning technology existed. But fresh oysters? These big ads in Lake City Colorado’s Silver World newspaper in 1878 piqued my curiosity. And it wasn’t

It’s been a while since I’ve posted fun tidbits from historic Colorado newspapers. My daughter/blog editor pointed this out. I’d almost forgotten how entertaining old news could be. It’s a reminder that, as a society, we haven’t come as far as we thought. Take, for example, the current trend of posting cute kitten videos. I found the following clip in a description of a church sociable. I want to call it a “social,” but the article uses “sociable.” Who am I to argue? I wasn’t