Capt. Ahab

Miscellaneous Musings

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July 26th 2007
Captain Ahab Seems like most families have funny things that they name. We like to name our vehicles. Our old faithful Suburban was Bessie. When we finally outgrew Bessie we wanted a BIG van. The search for our BIG van took quite awhile. There just didn't seem to be a lot of 15 passenger vans in our price range. Finally after several months we found one; our good friend Gib said tha ... read more

North America » United States » Texas

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more