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      • The Holladay Overland Stage: 1 – The Central Route
      • The Overland Stage – 2 Company Operations
      • The Overland Stage – 3 Exploring The Route – An Overview
      • The Overland Stage: 4 – South Platte/Julesburg/Ft Sedgwick
        • Jack Slade
      • The Overland Stage: 5 – Julesburg to Junction Station (aka Ft Morgan)
      • The Overland Stage: 6 – Junction Station to Latham
      • The Overland Stage: 7 – Latham Crossing to Fort Collins
      • The Overland Stage: 8 – LaPorte to Virginia Dale
      • The Overland Stage: 9 – Virginia Dale to Cooper Creek
      • The Overland Stage: 10 – Cooper Creek to Pass Creek
        • Fletcher Family
      • The Overland Stage: 11 – Pass Creek to Bridger Station
      • The Overland Stage: 12 – Bridger Pass to Duck Lake
      • The Overland Stage: 13 – Duck Lake to LaClede
      • The Overland Stage: 14 – LaClede to Almond
      • The Overland Stage: 15 – Almond to Rock Springs
      • The Overland Stage: 16 – Rock Springs to Fort Bridger
      • The Overland Stage: 17 – Fort Bridger to Weber Station

I find I don’t wish to explore new lands, but to explore again those I have already passed through, trying to see what I’d missed in the first hectic rush … Gerard Van der Leun

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Getting Around

The New American Digest Posted on January 3, 2025 by DTJanuary 3, 2025
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A Much More Pleasant Thought

The New American Digest Posted on January 2, 2025 by DTJanuary 2, 2025
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Here We Continue On

The New American Digest Posted on January 2, 2025 by DTJanuary 2, 2025

I was going to put up something cheery and uplifting today.

Then yesterday happened.

2025 to 2024: "Hold my beer!"

Sigh ...

Maybe later.

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Thoughts On New Year Day

The New American Digest Posted on January 1, 2025 by DTJanuary 1, 2025

A month from now, Gerard's work will be gone forever. Enjoy the Archives while you may.
And bless Neo for her work in keeping his spirit and works alive as long as she did.
I still miss Ol' Remus' works; soon American Digest goes on the list as well.

Damn! Can't get through a celebration without some crazy going crazy. Not going to be able to say anything even close to pleasant or family-friendly other than may God rest the souls of those wanting nothing more than to celebrate in NO.


We hadn't had any significant snow since last winter. A light dusting a month or so ago but that was gone shortly after falling. Set a new record for latest snowfall. But it started last night just past midnight and is still coming down as I write this. Weather site says it will continue until tomorrow morning.


May you all have a happy 2025 and may America rise once again from the flames of "them".

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A Happy Tune For a Happy New Year

The New American Digest Posted on January 1, 2025 by DTDecember 31, 2024
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New Year: A Dialogue

The New American Digest Posted on January 1, 2025 by DTDecember 31, 2024

Something different than Auld Lang Syne
Found in what must have been my great-grandmother's belongings.


by Ella Wheeler Wilcox circa 1909

Mortal:
"The night is cold, the hour is late, the world is bleak and drear;
Who is it knocking at my door?
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The New Year:
"I am Good Cheer."

Mortal:
"Your voice is strange; I know you not; in shadows dark I grope.
What seek you here?
"

The New Year:
"Friend, let me in; my name is Hope."

Mortal:
"And mine is Failure; you but mock the life you seek to bless. Pass on."

The New Year:
"Nay, open wide the door; I am Success."

Mortal:
"But I am ill and spent with pain; too late has come your wealth. I cannot use it."

The New Year:
"Listen, friend; I am Good Health."

Mortal:
"Now, wide I fling my door. Come in, and your fair statements prove."

The New Year:
"But you must open, too, your heart, for I am Love."

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Rules

Gerard Van der Leun
12/26/45 - 1/27/23


Gerard's Last Post
(posthumous): Feb 4, 2023
"So Long. See You All a Little Further Down the Road"

When my body won’t hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Where will I go?
Will the trade winds take me south through Georgia grain?
Or tropical rain?
Or snow from the heavens?
Will I join with the ocean blue?
Or run into a savior true?
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night, straight to the light
Holding the love I’ve known in my life
And no hard feelings

Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

The following was posted along with the announcement of Gerard's passing.
Leonard Cohen - Going Home

For a 2005 interview with Gerard


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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man,
play a song for me
I'm not sleepy
and there ain't no place I'm goin' to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man,
play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning,
I'll come followin' you

Take me for a trip upon
your magic swirling ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can't feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'

I'm ready to go anywhere,
I'm ready for to fade
Unto my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it


Men who saw night coming down about them could somehow act as if they stood at the edge of dawn.


From Gerard's site. The picture always caught my eye.

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