tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157553962011-07-07T16:14:12.559-07:00To paraphrase Lord Byron, the truth is always stranger than fiction. How true this is of the often weird and zany true history of the Old West. Use this blog to share your wacky but true tidbits of Western history. Together we'll explore that line where mythology and fact rub up against each other. We'll find new ways to expose more Americans to that "sense of place" that only history can bestow.John Hafnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785932037326561441noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15755396.post-1124911482327405502005-08-24T12:24:00.000-07:002005-08-24T12:24:42.330-07:00Here's one to get this blog off and running: Back in 1899, banker J.P. Morgan funded a plan to communicate with extra-terrestrials by beaming radio signals into space from a big backyard coil of wire in Colorado Springs. This project, the brainchild of inventor Nikoli Tesla, is one of history's first attempts to communicate with life on Mars and other heavenly bodies. The transformer was said to have made the neighbor's hair stand on end? What are a couple of other Colorado events from Tesla's unique life? (Hint: once he plunged all of Colorado Springs into a blackout.) The ball's in your court:<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15755396-112491148232740550?l=strangecolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Hafnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785932037326561441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15755396.post-1124909987170592812005-08-24T11:59:00.000-07:002005-08-24T11:59:47.173-07:00<DIV style='font-family: "Verdana"; font-size: 10pt;'><DIV>Here's one to get this blog off and running:&nbsp; Back in 1899, banker J.P. Morgan funded a plan to communicate with extra-terrestrials by beaming radio signals into space from a big backyard coil of wire in Colorado Springs. This project, the brainchild of inventor Nikoli Tesla, is one of history's first attempts to communicate with life on Mars and other heavenly bodies. The transformer was said to have made the neighbor's hair stand on end?&nbsp;&nbsp; What are a couple of other Colorado events from Tesla's&nbsp;unique life? (Hint: once he plunged all of Colorado Springs into a blackout.)</DIV></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15755396-112490998717059281?l=strangecolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Hafnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785932037326561441noreply@blogger.com1