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The Tailgate / Today in history 3-26
Last post by remrogers - March 26, 2025, 10:18:55 AM1920
March 26
F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel published
This Side of Paradise is published, immediately launching 23-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald to fame and fortune.
Fitzgerald, named for his ancestor Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner," was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to a once well-to-do family that had descended in wealth and influence. With the funding of a well-off aunt, Fitzgerald was sent to boarding school in New Jersey in 1911 and attended Princeton University two years later. Although Fitzgerald engaged actively in theater, arts, and other campus activity, his financial background was considerably poorer than those of his classmates, and his outsider status, whether real or imaginary, left a sting. He left Princeton after three years and joined the army during World War I.
While in the military, he was stationed in Montgomery, Alabama, where he developed a romance with the privileged, pampered Zelda Sayre, daughter of a State Supreme Court Justice. Like the heroine of The Great Gatsby, she rejected the young man, fearing he would not be able to support her, and like Gatsby, Fitzgerald vowed to win her back. He moved to New York, rewrote a novel about Princeton he had started in college, and promptly became the youngest author ever published by Scribner's. His fame and fortune secure for the moment, he convinced Zelda to marry him, and the two began a whirlwind life of glamorous parties and extravagant living in New York.
The Fitzgeralds lived far beyond their means and soon found themselves deeply in debt. They moved to Europe, hoping to cut back on expenses, where they befriended other expatriate writers, including Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. While in Europe, Fitzgerald finished his masterpiece The Great Gatsby (1925).
Although Fitzgerald published dozens of short stories—178 in his lifetime, for which he was amply paid—the couple's debts mounted. Fitzgerald plunged into alcoholism, and his wife became increasingly unstable. In 1930, she suffered the first of several breakdowns and was institutionalized. She spent the rest of her life in a sanitarium.
Fitzgerald's next novel, Tender Is the Night, failed to resonate with the American public, and Fitzgerald's fortunes plummeted. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood to try screenwriting. He fell in love with a Hollywood gossip columnist, stopped drinking, and began renewed literary efforts but died of a heart attack in 1940, at the age of 44.
March 26
F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel published
This Side of Paradise is published, immediately launching 23-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald to fame and fortune.
Fitzgerald, named for his ancestor Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner," was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to a once well-to-do family that had descended in wealth and influence. With the funding of a well-off aunt, Fitzgerald was sent to boarding school in New Jersey in 1911 and attended Princeton University two years later. Although Fitzgerald engaged actively in theater, arts, and other campus activity, his financial background was considerably poorer than those of his classmates, and his outsider status, whether real or imaginary, left a sting. He left Princeton after three years and joined the army during World War I.
While in the military, he was stationed in Montgomery, Alabama, where he developed a romance with the privileged, pampered Zelda Sayre, daughter of a State Supreme Court Justice. Like the heroine of The Great Gatsby, she rejected the young man, fearing he would not be able to support her, and like Gatsby, Fitzgerald vowed to win her back. He moved to New York, rewrote a novel about Princeton he had started in college, and promptly became the youngest author ever published by Scribner's. His fame and fortune secure for the moment, he convinced Zelda to marry him, and the two began a whirlwind life of glamorous parties and extravagant living in New York.
The Fitzgeralds lived far beyond their means and soon found themselves deeply in debt. They moved to Europe, hoping to cut back on expenses, where they befriended other expatriate writers, including Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. While in Europe, Fitzgerald finished his masterpiece The Great Gatsby (1925).
Although Fitzgerald published dozens of short stories—178 in his lifetime, for which he was amply paid—the couple's debts mounted. Fitzgerald plunged into alcoholism, and his wife became increasingly unstable. In 1930, she suffered the first of several breakdowns and was institutionalized. She spent the rest of her life in a sanitarium.
Fitzgerald's next novel, Tender Is the Night, failed to resonate with the American public, and Fitzgerald's fortunes plummeted. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood to try screenwriting. He fell in love with a Hollywood gossip columnist, stopped drinking, and began renewed literary efforts but died of a heart attack in 1940, at the age of 44.
#22
Predator Hunting / Re: Psych Warfare!
Last post by 1snafu - March 26, 2025, 06:33:38 AMQuote from: nastygunz on March 21, 2025, 11:11:40 PMI conducted an interesting experiment, interesting to me anyways. The other night I heard a pack of coyotes howling out in the woods behind the fortress, not an unusual occurrence. So I took my fox Pro E caller and cranked the volume all the way up and hung it out the window and let loose the sound of a pack of timber wolves howling.
Dead quiet from the coyotes after that. I have done it a few more times and since then have not heard a single peep from the coyotes, I am wondering if I scare them clean out of the area with the wolves howling sound.
I may have just invented a new livestock protection technique 👍
I believe it. My state has few transient wolves that pass through. Some are alone, some are in pairs. One day many yrs ago. Myself & another caller. Stopped at a few farms. On a 2x2 mile very hilly timbered section. We spoke with a farmer in his late 50's & also his son. They had both seen a large grey wolf in their section. That wolf hung around for awhile. Anyway we got permission on the son's land to call coyotes. We also gained permission on some land on the opposite side of that 2x2 land mass. One evening about an hr before sunset. We walked in around 1/4 mile & set up along a grassy fence line on a hill side. We started coyote howling. soon some farm dogs & 1 coyote started howling & barking. Moments later, a wolf howled. A deep base lone howl. Which made the hair stand up on our arms. When that wolf howled. All of the other canines went quiet. We never laid eyes on that wolf. And we didn't call in any coyotes.
#23
The Tailgate / Today in history 3-25
Last post by remrogers - March 25, 2025, 11:29:10 AM1634
March 25
The settlement of Maryland
The first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement's Island on Maryland's western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary's.
In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land. The territory was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. Before settlement began, George Calvert died and was succeeded by his son Cecilius, who sought to establish Maryland as a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England. In March 1634, the first English settlers—a carefully selected group of Catholics and Protestants—arrived at St. Clement's Island aboard the Ark and the Dove.
Religious conflict was strong in ensuing years as the American Puritans, growing more numerous in Maryland and supported by Puritans in England, set out to revoke the religious freedoms guaranteed in the founding of the colony. In 1649, Maryland Governor William Stone responded by passing an act ensuring religious liberty and justice to all who believed in Jesus Christ. In 1654, however, the so-called Toleration Act was repealed after Puritans seized control of the colony, leading to a brief civil war that ended with Lord Baltimore losing control of propriety rights over Maryland in March 1655.
Although the Calverts later regained control of Maryland, anti-Catholic activity persisted until the 19th century, when many Catholic immigrants to America chose Baltimore as their home and helped enact laws to protect their free practice of religion.
March 25
The settlement of Maryland
The first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement's Island on Maryland's western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary's.
In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land. The territory was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. Before settlement began, George Calvert died and was succeeded by his son Cecilius, who sought to establish Maryland as a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England. In March 1634, the first English settlers—a carefully selected group of Catholics and Protestants—arrived at St. Clement's Island aboard the Ark and the Dove.
Religious conflict was strong in ensuing years as the American Puritans, growing more numerous in Maryland and supported by Puritans in England, set out to revoke the religious freedoms guaranteed in the founding of the colony. In 1649, Maryland Governor William Stone responded by passing an act ensuring religious liberty and justice to all who believed in Jesus Christ. In 1654, however, the so-called Toleration Act was repealed after Puritans seized control of the colony, leading to a brief civil war that ended with Lord Baltimore losing control of propriety rights over Maryland in March 1655.
Although the Calverts later regained control of Maryland, anti-Catholic activity persisted until the 19th century, when many Catholic immigrants to America chose Baltimore as their home and helped enact laws to protect their free practice of religion.
#24
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by Hawks Feather - March 25, 2025, 07:28:59 AMI never had an Instamatic, but I sure remember them. That revolving flash sure could increase the cost of shots.
#25
Fishing Photos / Re: Winter Walleyes.
Last post by Hawks Feather - March 25, 2025, 07:27:05 AMThe news has been having updates several times a week on the walleye run in the Maumee. If they would just remove a dam I would be able to walk down to the river to try to catch them. But I don't see that happening.
#26
Fishing Photos / Re: Winter Walleyes.
Last post by nastygunz - March 24, 2025, 11:35:17 PMMe either, the boys invited me out, I thought lay on the couch and watch gunsmoke or go freeze by the river?. The couch won that deal ha ha.
#27
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by FinsnFur - March 24, 2025, 09:26:29 PMWho remembers these?
I can still remember my disappointment when the one by my house growing up, was vacated and takin down.
I gave these guys a LOT of business. I loved my little Kodiak Instamatic
I can still remember my disappointment when the one by my house growing up, was vacated and takin down.
I gave these guys a LOT of business. I loved my little Kodiak Instamatic
#28
Fishing Photos / Re: Winter Walleyes.
Last post by FinsnFur - March 24, 2025, 09:18:50 PMTHATS when the Walleyes do bite. They like that nasty ass weather. Rain, wind, sleet, snow. They love that crap. 
Not me
Not me
#29
Fishing Photos / Winter Walleyes.
Last post by nastygunz - March 24, 2025, 06:18:36 PM30° and a hard wind but the Walleye are still biting, real slow though.
#30
The Tailgate / Today in history 3-24
Last post by remrogers - March 24, 2025, 11:57:11 AM1603
March 24
Queen Elizabeth I dies
After 44 years of rule, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, and King James VI of Scotland ascends to the throne, uniting England and Scotland under a single British monarch.
The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1558 upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary. The two half-sisters, both daughters of Henry VIII, had a stormy relationship during Mary's five-year reign. Mary, who was brought up as a Catholic, enacted pro-Catholic legislation and made efforts to restore the pope to supremacy in England. A Protestant rebellion ensued, and Queen Mary imprisoned Elizabeth, a Protestant, in the Tower of London on suspicion of complicity. After Mary's death, Elizabeth survived several Catholic plots against her; although her ascension was greeted with approval by most of England's lords, who were largely Protestant and hoped for greater religious tolerance under a Protestant queen. Under the early guidance of Secretary of State Sir William Cecil, Elizabeth repealed Mary's pro-Catholic legislation, established a permanent Protestant Church of England, and encouraged the Calvinist reformers in Scotland.
In foreign affairs, Elizabeth practiced a policy of strengthening England's Protestant allies and dividing her foes. Elizabeth was opposed by the pope, who refused to recognize her legitimacy, and by Spain, a Catholic nation that was at the height of its power. In 1588, English-Spanish rivalry led to an abortive Spanish invasion of England in which the Spanish Armada, the greatest naval force in the world at the time, was destroyed by storms and a determined English navy.
With increasing English domination at sea, Elizabeth encouraged voyages of discovery, such as Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world and Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the North American coast.
The long reign of Elizabeth, who became known as the "Virgin Queen" for her reluctance to endanger her authority through marriage, coincided with the flowering of the English Renaissance, associated with such renowned authors as William Shakespeare. By her death in 1603, England had become a major world power in every respect, and Queen Elizabeth I passed into history as one of England's greatest monarchs.
March 24
Queen Elizabeth I dies
After 44 years of rule, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, and King James VI of Scotland ascends to the throne, uniting England and Scotland under a single British monarch.
The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1558 upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary. The two half-sisters, both daughters of Henry VIII, had a stormy relationship during Mary's five-year reign. Mary, who was brought up as a Catholic, enacted pro-Catholic legislation and made efforts to restore the pope to supremacy in England. A Protestant rebellion ensued, and Queen Mary imprisoned Elizabeth, a Protestant, in the Tower of London on suspicion of complicity. After Mary's death, Elizabeth survived several Catholic plots against her; although her ascension was greeted with approval by most of England's lords, who were largely Protestant and hoped for greater religious tolerance under a Protestant queen. Under the early guidance of Secretary of State Sir William Cecil, Elizabeth repealed Mary's pro-Catholic legislation, established a permanent Protestant Church of England, and encouraged the Calvinist reformers in Scotland.
In foreign affairs, Elizabeth practiced a policy of strengthening England's Protestant allies and dividing her foes. Elizabeth was opposed by the pope, who refused to recognize her legitimacy, and by Spain, a Catholic nation that was at the height of its power. In 1588, English-Spanish rivalry led to an abortive Spanish invasion of England in which the Spanish Armada, the greatest naval force in the world at the time, was destroyed by storms and a determined English navy.
With increasing English domination at sea, Elizabeth encouraged voyages of discovery, such as Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world and Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the North American coast.
The long reign of Elizabeth, who became known as the "Virgin Queen" for her reluctance to endanger her authority through marriage, coincided with the flowering of the English Renaissance, associated with such renowned authors as William Shakespeare. By her death in 1603, England had become a major world power in every respect, and Queen Elizabeth I passed into history as one of England's greatest monarchs.