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Local Woman's Father Pardoned in Montana after 88 Years

Montana had one of the most vicious state sedition laws in the nation. Such laws were designed to punish people for speaking out in ways critical of the United States. In its story of the 78 pardons, the New York Times listed one example in which a traveling wine and brandy salesman was sentenced to 7 to 20 years in prison for calling wartime food regulations a "big joke."

History of Mother's Day

Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. Ms. Howe held organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.

Spring Harvest: Corn Snow

While purists may put spring skiing behind the adrenaline rush of deep snow, nothing captures the free fall thrills of snow sports as the exhilaration of corn. Simply speaking, corn snow makes ordinary skiers or snowboarders into gods.

In fact, even the gods agree.

April 1912: Unsinkable Titanic goes down

The ship was on its maiden voyage from England to New York City. It had 29 boilers, a swimming pool, gymnasium, Turkish bath, squash court, library, and a grand stair case that dazzled all (in First Class) who saw it.

Jury: “Brooks Guilty, 2nd Degree Murder.” 15 Years to Life

The courtroom was silent as the jury filed in at 11:15 a.m. to deliver its verdict. Five uniformed deputies spread out around the courtroom in anticipation of any negative reaction to the announcement. After reading the decision aloud, Judge McElhany polled each of the eight men and four women on the panel to verbally affirm their guilty verdict for second-degree murder.

We Have Our Faults, Too, Three of Them to be Precise

The Tahoe Basin wasn't scoured out by glaciers or extruded by volcanic eruption. Over the course of 10 million years, powerful mountain-building processes slowly uplifted the Sierra range from a shallow sea.

Lake Formation

April 18, 1906: Massive S.F. Earthquake

It ripped along 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault at speeds up to 13,000 mph. When the seismic energy hit San Francisco, it tore the city apart. The quake and subsequent firestorm killed an estimated 5,000 people and caused $524 million in property losses (1906 dollars).

Bummer Aprils: SF Earthquake, Titanic, Storms, Taxes

Here is a short list of April happenings that will be familiar to many readers: The San Francisco Earthquake--one hundred years ago on April 18, 1906; the Great Sierra Snow Storm that blocked Central Pacific passenger trains for days on Donner Summit--April 1, 1880; the Titanic sank--April 14-15, 1912; taxes are due--Monday, April 17; and the record-setting Truckee-Tahoe snows of Apri

Squaw Celebrates Mancuso '06 Gold; Awards Lifetime Season Pass

After weeks of waiting following the Olympics, while Mancuso continued her racing circuit in Europe and beyond, Palisades Tahoe threw a huge celebration Saturday at the Olympic Plaza in Palisades Tahoe to honor the skier who calls Palisades Tahoe home.

Skiing and Satori on Mount Tallac

Several skiers were already on top, loosely cluttered, some already clicked into their bindings, alert but casual as they viewed the surroundings and shared a reverential quiet.

The sun began to break out of the dreamy foliage of dawn, its canopy exploding into an enormous sunlit corona of mist, which trailed across the azure water like a cape.

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