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Yosemite exhibit will feature early park visitor photos
OutpostsI find myself enthralled by photographs from bygone days, drawn to vintage images of people and their trappings who have traveled to places before me. So I hope to make it to Yosemite National Park to check out a new...... -
Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort offers travel “grants”
Postcards from FloridaMarco Island Marriott Beach Resort is courting potential guests with its new Unlimited Travel “Grants” just for showing up! The Grants, a play on Ulysses S. Grant (pictured on the $50 bill) are resort credits in the amount of $50 per night... -
Books for travelers
!["The Summer Cottage:](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-05/53752491-14135724-187105.jpg ""The Summer Cottage:")
"The Summer Cottage:
Retreats of the 1000 Islands"
Rizzoli, $45
The relatively unknown Thousand Islands is an archipelago of nearly 1,900 islands in the St. Lawrence River on the U.S.-Canadian border in northern New York and southern Ontario. Ever...Tags: George Pullman, Illnesses, Emergency Planning, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health
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Civil War Battleground Fights Against Walmart
FOX40 NewsOne hundred and forty-five years after Gen. Ulysses S. Grant first fought Gen. Robert E. Lee, another conflict is brewing on the Wilderness Battlefield: whether to let Wal-Mart build a superstore where 29,000 soldiers were wounded or killed. To stand...Tags: Ohio, Vermont, Gardens and Parks, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Travel
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Resourceful traveler
The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide Countryman Press, $19.95 In this mammoth guide to Civil War sites, author Michael Weeks visited more than 400 places and drove thousands of miles. Weeks' enthusiasm for his subject in this vast undertaking shows on...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Fishing, Arts and Culture, John F. Kennedy, Wars and Interventions
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Reagan $50 bill? Move over U.S. Grant
The Swampby Mark Silva Move over Ulysses S. Grant (though the South tried this before.) A North Carolina congressman has a new candidate for the face of the $50 bill: Ronald Reagan. It's a Republican -- Rep. Patrick McHenry -- who......Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Democratic Party, Ronald Reagan, Union (McHenry, Illinois), North Carolina
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Ronald Reagan vs. Ulysses Grant or what's-her-name
Top of the TicketA debate opens on the $50 bill -- and a revealing airplane decal.... -
Brand X Files: Sacha Baron Cohen bumped from Oscars. Sarah Palin gets grabby. Destroying planet may save it?
Brand X"Borat" star Sacha Baron Cohen is pulled from Oscars slot for fear he will upset "Avatar" director James Cameron: "Let's just say that Cameron isn't known to be, shall we say, 'self-deprecating,' " said an insider. "Creative differences" cited, natch.... -
Where can you find a $2 bill?
Steve ChapmanWhile reporting a recent column on the proposal to replace Ulysses S. Grant with Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill, I called the American Numismatic Association to educate myself on the history of American currency. During the course of our...... -
Reagan $50: Most say keep the change
The Swampby Mark Silva Now that the $100 bill is getting a facelift to make it more impervious to counterfeiters, the future of the $50 note comes around again. The bill bearing the visage of Ulysses S. Grant already has gotten......Tags: Democratic Party, Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, North Carolina
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Murphys rings in St. Patrick's Day with green wine
Forget green beer this year. In this grape-rich Calaveras County hamlet, they'll be celebrating with green wine. Not surprisingly, a town with a name like Murphys takes St. Patrick's celebrations pretty seriously. Tucked away in the rolling Sierra Nevada...Tags: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Metal and Mineral, Festive Events, Mark Twain
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Truth, and other overrated ideas
Special to The TimesWhen I was a kid, I lied a lot. Lying, for me, was easier than learning to tie my shoes. I could tell lies like my best friend, Dave, could eat French fries — by the fistful. When I was in junior high school, I used to cut class and take the bus...Tags: White House, Music, University of Iowa, Mark Twain, Rick Moranis
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