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TIDBITS® SNUGGLES IN TO

HOME SWEET HOME

by Kathy Wolfe
Call it what you will – habitat, abode,

quarters, castle, digs, estate, haven, nest,
residence, villa, shelter, bungalow, casa,
hut, lodge, shack, dwelling – there’s no
place like home!
• The first log cabins built in America were
constructed by Swedish and Finnish
immigrants. The nation’s oldest log cabin,
the Nothnagle Log House, was built in 1638
by Finnish settlers near Gibbstown, New
Jersey. It’s assumed that the family was
fairly well-off because of the cabin’s size,
16 x 22 feet, compared to the average size
of that period of 12 x 12 feet. The cabin has
endured because it was constructed from
oak, a hardwood. The original dirt floor was
replaced with a wood floor in 1730.
• Log cabins were a popular choice in the 17th
century because materials were abundant,
and they required only two tools to build. A
single man could build a small cabin in just
a week or two, while a team of three could
wrap it up in a few days.
• The spaces between the logs in a cabin
were filled with stones, small slats of wood,
and moss, then packed tightly with mud, a
process known as chinking. Wood floors
were fashioned from puncheons, which
were halved timbers with one face finished
flat. Windows were covered with greased
paper or animal skins to keep the drafts out.

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of the High Desert HOME SWEET HOME (continued):

Diane Flores • Five U.S. presidents were born in a log
cabin – Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James
Owner/Publisher Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and James
Garfield. Although we think of Illinois as the
608 Barstow Rd. Land of Lincoln, Abe was actually born near
Barstow, CA 92311 Hodgenville, Kentucky. Tourists who visit
bus: (760) 953-8959 the site of Lincoln’s birthplace will see a
[email protected] cabin “representative of the type of cabin that
w w w. h i g h d e s e r t t i d b i t s . c o m Lincoln’s family would have lived in when he
was born in 1809.” The original cabin is long
gone. A Greek-style temple constructed in
1909 houses the replica cabin that is built from
logs from the period.

• About ten days and one acre of sod were
needed to build a 12 x 14 foot sod house on the
Great Plains. Rectangles of sod measuring 1 x
2 feet were stacked to form the walls. Colorful
wildflowers were often seen sprouting from the
roof. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided 160
acres of free land, as long as the homesteader
was 21 years old, paid an $18 filing fee, built
a home, farmed the land, made improvements,
and had continuous residence for five years.
There were 4 million homestead claims, with
just 1.6 million deeds actually obtained.

• An Indiana doctor named Brewster Higley
acquired land in Smith County, Kansas in 1871
under the HomesteadAct and built a cabin along
West Beaver Creek. He loved his surroundings
so much, he penned a poem entitled “My
Western Home,” which was published by the
local newspaper in 1874. His friend, Daniel
Kelley, a Rhode Island musician and Civil War
veteran, set the words to music. “Oh, give me a
home where the buffalo roam” was the opening
line of the well-known cowboy serenade we
know as “Home on the Range.” It’s the official
state song of Kansas.

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Charred Shrimp and HOME SWEET HOME (continued): WAIT! Don’t call a Real Estate
Avocado Salad
• John Howard Payne and Sir Henry Rowley company from out of town before
Turn up the tropical vibes with pineapple, Bishop teamed up to write the song “Home, speaking to us. Give us a chance
avocado and shrimp. Sweet Home” in 1823 for the Opera “Clari,” here locally to show you how we
which premiered at London’s Covent Garden. can benefit you during the very
2 1/2 pounds large peeled and deveined Its poignant lyrics read, “Mid pleasures and stressful time of selling or buying a
shrimp palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so home. We have built long-standing
5 tablespoons olive oil humble, there’s no place like home.” The relationships with the nearby escrow
Kosher salt song was an immediate success. The phrase and title companies that can help
Pepper “There’s no place like home” was further you save money and time. We
1/2 small pineapple, peeled, trimmed and popularized by the 1939 film “The Wizard of don’t charge the buyers or sellers
sliced 1/2-inch thick Oz,” something Dorothy recites to transport any fees for paperwork such as
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice her back to Kansas. Administration fees or Transactions
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced fees. Don’t pay those fees; therefore,
1/2 English cucumber, sliced into half- • Pliny the Elder was a first-century Roman you may want to use us. Paperwork
moons author, philosopher, and naval commander who is something we do for free. The
1/2 bunch Upland watercress perished during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. transactions coordinating cost and
1 avocado, quartered Some of his greatest literary works include the the Administration or Document
37-volume “Naturalis Historia,” considered preperation fees are free as part of
1. Toss shrimp with 2 tablespoons oil and to be the world’s first encyclopedia, and the our service! Call anytime to discuss
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Heat 20-volume “The History of the German Wars.” the process and why we can be of
grill pan, grill or broiler. Brush pineapple Yet perhaps his most well-known writing was service to you, our Local Community.
with 1 tablespoon oil. Grill or broil (in the simple phrase “Home is where the heart Please give us a chance to be here
batches on rimmed baking sheets) until is.” for you! We live here, work here, and
pineapple is slightly charred and shrimp want to serve you.
are opaque throughout, about 3 minutes • The phrase “Taxation without representation is
per side on the grill or 6 to 8 minutes in tyranny” is familiar as the slogan of American OUR COMMUNITY
broiler (rotating pan and turning food over colonists during the 1760s, a protest against RESIDENTS MEAN THE
halfway through). . the policies of the British Parliament. It was
2. Meanwhile, in large bowl, whisk together promoted as the Patriots’ position by James WORLD TO US!
lemon juice, remaining 2 tablespoons oil Otis, a Boston lawyer and legislator who was
and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. a leader in political activism. He was also
Toss with onion. responsible for another well-known phrase,
3. Cut grilled pineapple into smaller “A man’s house is his castle.” This quote
pieces. Add to bowl with onion along with was preceded by “One of the most essential
cucumber and shrimp and toss to combine. branches of English liberty is the freedom of
Fold in watercress and avocado. Makes 4 one’s house.”
servings.
• There are about 128.5 million households in
* Each serving: About 65 calories, 4g the United States. California has the most,
total fat (2g saturated), 1g protein, 6g with about 13.2 million, followed by Texas
carbohydrate, 0g fiber, 13mg cholesterol, with about 10 million, and Florida with 7.9
40 mg sodium. million. The state with the lowest number of
households is Wyoming, with just 233,000.

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HOME SWEET HOME (continued): 1. MOVIES: Which 2000 animated movie’s tagline is
• The largest private residence in the United “Escape or Die Frying”?
2. HISTORY: When was the Peace Corps established?
States is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, 3. LANGUAGE: What does it mean in British English to
North Caroline, a 178,926-sq. ft (16,622.8 m2)  be “knackered”?
mansion built by the railroad magnate 4. AD SLOGANS: Which company featured this 1985 ad
Cornelius Vanderbilt and completed in 1895. campaign: “It’s everywhere you want to be”?
With 250 rooms, including 35 bedrooms, 43 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Which animal has the longest
bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, three kitchens, a tongue in relation to its body size?
bowling alley, a library of 23,000 books, and 6. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel begins
a huge indoor swimming pool, the estate was with the line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and
originally 125,000 acres (195 sq. miles; 510 the clocks were striking thirteen”?
sq. km). Today, it’s about 8,000 acres (13 sq. 7. MUSIC: Which country music songwriter, singer and
mi; 32 sq. km). activist once sold Bibles for a living?
• The world’s largest home has 2.15 million 8. ANATOMY: What is the common name for the coccyx
square feet of space. It’s the official resident in human anatomy?
of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. 9. FOOD & DRINK: Which restaurant chain is known for
Brunei is the smallest country in southeast its “Grand Slam” breakfast?
Asia by population, located on the north coast 10. U.S. STATES: In which U.S. state was the first
of the island of Borneo. The palace has 1,788 official World Fair held?
rooms and 257 bathrooms, a 110-car garage,
a banquet hall that can accommodate 5,000
guests, five swimming pools, a stable for 200
polo ponies, and a mosque that can hold 1,500
people. There are 564 chandeliers, 51,000
light bulbs, 44 stairwells, and 18 elevators.
Completed in 1984, it had a building cost of
$1.4 billion.
• What is the nation’s most hated household
chore? You might think it’s cleaning the toilet,
but that’s down the list at Number 3. Washing
dishes ranks as the Number 1 most hated
chore, followed by doing laundry. Vacuuming
and cooking/shopping round out the Top Five.
• Here’s some good advice from an old Jewish
proverb: “Ask about your neighbors, then buy
the house.”

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OUT OF THIS WORLD:

YURI GAGARIN

On April 12, 1961, the Russian space capsule
Vostok I blasted into space carrying cosmonaut
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first human
to enter deep space. Follow along as Tidbits
explores this man’s life and journey.

• Gagarin’s early life was rather ordinary,
growing up in the Russian village of Klushino.
He loved sports, especially hockey, playing as
his team’s goalie. Enthralled with flying from
his youth, Yuri participated in a group of young
people that built model airplanes. At age 16, he
entered an apprenticeship as a foundryman at a
steel plant near Moscow.

• By age 19, Gagarin had joined the Soviet Air
Force’s pilot school. Four years later, in 1959,
he was one of six young men selected for
cosmonaut training. Due to the small space in
the Vostok capsule, candidates were required to
weigh less than 159 lbs. (72 kg) and not exceed
5 ft. 7 in (1.7 m) in height. Gagarin stood just 5
ft. 2 in (1.57 m) tall.

• The cosmonauts began their vigorous physical
training for the flight in March, 1960. Endurance
tests included oxygen starvation where they
were locked in a chamber as the air was slowly
pumped out, along with experiencing G-forces
in a centrifuge. The cosmonauts were asked to
vote anonymously for who should be the first
to fly, and Gagarin was chosen by his peers.

• The 27-year-old Gagarin blasted off from
Baikonur Cosmodrome that April morning at
6:07 after giving a farewell of “Poyekhali!” or
“Off we go!.” Vostok I orbited the Earth for one
hour and 48 minutes, during which Gagarin
uttered the first words ever spoken in outer
space, “I see the Earth! It is beautiful!” When
the spacecraft reached 23,000 feet (7,000 m),
Gagarin ejected according to plan and landed
in Kazakhstan using a parachute.
YURI GAGARIN (continued):

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* “Snow will better slide off a shovel that has • The cosmonaut was an instant international
been sprayed with furniture polish.” -- T.L. in celebrity. Two days after his flight, he was
Minnesota honored with a 12-mile (19-km) parade
attended by millions of fans. He was awarded
* Here’s an old tip, but a good one: Before his country’s highest honor, the Hero of the
going away on vacation, put a couple of ice Soviet Union medal, was immediately given
cubes in a plastic baggie, and set it at the a promotion to major in the Air Force, and
front of the freezer. When you return, if there became the deputy training director of the
is any evidence of melting, you will know you Cosmonaut Training Center.
lost power while you were gone. If the bag
is one big, flat cube, you lost power long • The Vostok I flight ended up being Gagarin’s
enough to suspect all your refrigerator items only space flight. He was chosen as the backup
of being spoiled. pilot for fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov
on the Soyuz I mission in April, 1967. Gagarin
* To temporarily get a winter frost effect on felt that safety was an issue after several system
a window, use this fun recipe: Dissolve 4 to 6 failures aboard the craft. Yet the rocket blasted
tablespoons of Epsom salts in a beer. When off and orbited Earth 18 times before module
the salt is dissolved, dip a clean rag in the crashed to the ground during its descent to
mixture and wipe it on your windowpane. Earth when its parachutes failed to open, killing
As it dries, crystals will form, creating a frost Komarov. The Soviet officials immediately
effect. This is a great solution for a window you banned Gagarin from any further spaceflights,
don’t want to be clear but also don’t want to fearing the loss of another national hero.
permanently alter. The effect washes off with
soap and water. • Having been trained as a fighter jet pilot,
Gagarin resumed regular aircraft training,
* “If you get a residue inside your coffee cups which he completed in February, 1968. Just
when they go through the dishwasher, it might five weeks later, Gagarin and another pilot
be time to give your machine a once-over. In were killed while on a routine training flight.
the meantime, spray the insides of the coffee Gagarin was 34 years old, and left behind his
cups with a bleach-based cleaner like 409 wife and two daughters, aged 7 and 9.
just before your turn it on. That should help.”
-- E.T. in Michigan • When American astronauts Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969,
* Cut your kitchen sponge in half, or even they left a memorial containing medals on
thirds. You can clean just as well with a smaller the Moon’s surface to honor Gagarin. The
sponge, and you will extend its life, saving following year, a crater on the far side of the
you money. A smaller sponge dries out more moon was named after him.
quickly, too.

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1. Name the World Golf Hall of CHEERLEADING
Famer, known as the “Queen
of American Golf,” who won Since the first week of March has been designated
six U.S. Women’s Amateur National Cheerleading Week, Tidbits is showing
Championships from 1922-35. its support for this group of athletes.
2. Pitcher Carl Erskine threw
two no-hitters and won a World • Back in 1883, Princeton graduate Thomas
Series during the 1950s as a Peebles, who had been a “yell leader” at the
member of what team? university, moved to Minneapolis to coach
3. Name the Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver for the University of Minnesota football team and
the Indianapolis Colts who set a record (since broken) teach philosophy. When the team was going
for catches in a single season with 143 in 2002. through a losing streak, Peebles promoted the
4. What variation of bowling is similar to ten-pin idea of an organized pep squad to cheer on
bowling but has shorter pins, a smaller ball and bowlers the players, and in 1898, a team of six male
rolling three balls per frame? cheerleaders, led by Johnny Campbell, rallied
5. The boxer known as Kid Gavilan, who held the the spectators in support of the team at a game
undisputed welterweight title from 1951-54, hailed that is considered the birth of cheerleading.
from what Caribbean nation?
6. What was the name of the hockey exhibition team • Cheerleading remained an all-male activity until
formed by Wayne Gretzky during the 1994-95 NHL the 1920s, with the University of Minnesota a
lockout? pioneer in allowing women to join the squad in
7. What two college football teams played in the Nov. 1923. Women generally were not allowed until
19, 1966, “Game of the Century” that ended in a 10-10 the 1940s. Today, well over 90% of American
tie? cheerleaders are female.

• In 1948, a cheerleader from southern Methodist
University named “Herkie” Herkimer, devised
a move that became known as the Herkie
Jump. It’s a well-known cheerleader move in
which one leg is bent towards the ground and
the other leg is out to the side as high as it will
go in the toe touch position. Herkimer is also
credited with the invention of the pom-pom, a
word derived from the French word “pompe,”
meaning “tuft of ribbons.”

• Both women who co-hosted “Live!” alongside
Regis Philbin were high school cheerleaders.
Kathie Lee Gifford was on the squad at her
Bowie, Maryland high school, and Kelly
Ripa was a cheerleader at Eastern Regional
High School in Voorhees Township, New
Jersey. Another daytime icon, chef Rachael
Ray, cheered at Lake George, New York High
School.

CHEERLEADING (continued):

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* Valentina hot sauce was named for the • How about some famous males who cheered FROM THE MOJAVE RIVER
intrepid Valentina Ramirez Avitia, who at 17 on the team as youths? Steve Martin was a VALLEY MUSEUM ARCHIVES
posed as a man to join the Mexican Revolution. cheerleader at Southern California’s Garden
She made it all the way to the rank of lieutenant Grove High School. He moved on to his first One of the most fun things I find in
before being expelled upon the accidental job – selling guidebooks at Disneyland, two historical research is when it seems that
discovery of her braids. miles from his home. Samuel L. Jackson the history of a location or event is pretty
attended an all-male college and joined the figured out. Then one day something is found
* American fashion model Jeremy Meeks’ cheerleading squad in order to meet girls at that just throws a complete question in
police mugshot was so good that he got a the neighboring all-female school. Actor everything. And that happened recently to
modeling contract while still in jail. Kirk Douglas was on the squad at his high one of our iconic Route 66 landmarks, the Ski
school in Amsterdam, New York in the 1930s. Chalet House or as it is also known. the Onion
* In 1524, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary at His son Michael Douglas followed suit at House, in Daggett.
Latvia’s Riga Cathedral was accused of being Choate Preparatory School in Wallingford, Recently the Daggett Historical Society has
a witch. At its trial by water it was thrown into the Connecticut in the 1960s. purchased the house and has plans to use it
Dvina River, where it floated, resulting in a guilty as a Welcome Center. Part of the plans for the
verdict -- and burning. • Four U.S. presidents were members of a house is to establish its history. It has been a
cheerleading squad – Franklin D. Roosevelt diner, a gas station, and a private home. All of
* Missing a remote? Try looking where you last at Harvard, Dwight D. Eisenhower at West this has been documented, but by complete
sat: A 2011 study found that 49% of the time Point, Ronald Reagan at Eureka College, and accident I found a postcard that hints at a
it was in a couch, while 8% were found in the George W. Bush, who was head cheerleader at possible different use or two for the building.
bathroom, another 8% in a dresser drawer, 4% Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts I was looking through a Facebook group
in the fridge/freezer (your guess is as good as in 1963. dedicated to California highways and I saw a
ours on that one) and 2% turned up outside. postcard of what I thought was Daggett. It had
• The NFL started up cheerleader squads in the Onion House and across the street was the
* Twelve-year-old Rhiley Morrison swallowed 54 the 1960s, when the Baltimore Colts became California Inspection Station just like Daggett
magnetic balls to see if he could get metal to the first team to create an official squad. once did. On second look the road was wrong
stick to his stomach, as well as what they looked However, NFL cheerleaders didn’t really as was the railroad, of course. The caption
like when he went to the toilet. He survived the enter the spotlight until 1972, when the was the final clue “California border at Yuma
experiment after six hours of surgery and a two- Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders debuted highly- Arizona”.
week hospital stay. choreographed dance routines in their star- This opened up a number of interesting
spangled uniforms. Prior to that, the Cowboys’ possibilities that I hadn’t considered. Daggett’s
* The wood frog can hold its urine for up to eight squad was a male and female group known as Onion House wasn’t unique, at least there
months. the CowBells & Beaux, a team of local high was one other. The sign on the Yuma Onion
school students. The common rate of pay for House says that it is an office for the California
* Violets can be smelled for only a few moments an NFL cheerleader is about $100 to $200 per Electric Company. Was Daggett also one?
at a time because their scent comes from game. And for me, the most interesting thing about
ionine, which shuts smell receptors off after Yuma’s Onion House was that it was right
simulating them. After a few breaths, the scent • Males didn’t join NFL cheerleading squads near their inspection station and Daggett’s was
pops up again. until 2018 when the Los Angeles Rams squad as well. Could the house have been built as
added two classically-trained male dancers. housing or offices for the stations?
* In 2016, the Swiss city of Lausanne banned All in all an interesting question about
“silent disco” events because they were too • Cheerleading is not without its risks. Although Daggett’s landmark. If you want to find out
noisy. just 3% of the nearly 3 million female high more about the house and more historical
school athletes are cheerleaders, they account doings in the area you can become a member
for over 66% of catastrophic injuries. It’s no of the Daggett Historical Society.
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and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. 3. TiredCorps established?
3. LANGUAGE: What does it mean

4. Visain British English to be “knackered”?
4. AD SLOGANS: Which company

5. Chameleonfeatured this 1985 ad campaign: “It’s

everywhere you want to be”?

6. “1984”5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Which

animal has the longest tongue in rela-

7. Willie Nelsontion to its body size?
6. LITERATURE: Which 20th-cen-

8. Tailbonetury novel begins with the line, “It

was a bright cold day in April, and the

9. Denny’sclocks were striking thirteen”?
7. MUSIC: Which country music

10. Philadelphia,songwriter, singer and activist once

sold Bibles for a living?

Pennsylvania (1876)8. ANATOMY: What is the common

name for the coccyx in human anatomy?
9. FOOD & DRINK: Which restau-

rant chain is known for its “Grand
Slam” breakfast?

10. U.S. STATES: In which U.S. state
was the first official World Fair held?

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