| The Creative Expressions of... Bill Vivrett |
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| Updated 12.22.04 |
| TRIBUTE TO BUCK Page 10 of 11 With his passing, a personal closeness with a slice of Americana was gone from me. His life represented a span nearly one half or our nation�s existence. -- From the frontier roots of the Missouri French when Phillippe Francois Renault was appointed director general of mining operations in New France in 1719 and arrived in Kaskaskia in 1723. -- the string of mining villages that followed, including Vielles (Old) mines in 1726. -- 1835 when Henry Jacen Vivertt was born near Nashville, Tennessee. -- 1860 when seventy four thousand migrated to Missouri. -- 1860 when Henry wed Susan Johnson less than a year before the Civil War started. --then more quickly - - the decades flash by - - The Panic of 93� The silver-tongued orator Remember the Maine! The Wright Brothers The St, Louis World�s Fair President McKinley assassinated The Yanks are coming Harding Prohibition Cal Coolidge The �26 Cardinals - - Me and Paul Luck Lindy The Babe Brother can you spare a dime? The War - - again - - WWII The Nuclear Age One small step - - in space The Shuttle The Global Village |
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