DAMAGED GOODS

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - In the mid 1870's, the French government sent plaster casts of several statues housed in the Louvre as a gift to the San Francisco School of Design. Wells Fargo was the shipping company. When the shipment arrived, one of the statues was significantly damaged. The school sued Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo was forced to pay damages. The statue was the Venus de Milo. Neither the School of Design nor Wells Fargo realized that the statue's arms had been broken off the original sculpture prior to its acquisition by the Louvre and long before the plaster cast was entrusted to Wells Fargo. LARRY ELKINS - elkinsphotos.com

BISBEE HISTORICAL DIST. SHOPPING GUIDE

OF POSSIBLE INTEREST - If any of you are contemplating visiting Bisbee AZ, an historic town that was, in the early 1900's, one of the most important cities west of the Mississippi River, this note might be of interest. The new Bisbee Shopping Guide on my website elkinsphotos.com, provides historical info as well as shopping information on the Old Bisbee Historical District. If you're interested, check it out. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINS PHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

NINO COCHISE - AN INTRODUCTION

This post is more than a tidbit, but less than a feature. The feature article will be posted soon on a companion blog, Cochise County History Blog elkinsphotos. However, I believe Nino Cochise was an interesting enough character to merit at least an introduction here. When I was maybe seven or eight years old (around 1960), my family and some friends were camping in an area named Rustlers' Park. It was early morning when an old Indian in traditional dress wandered down into camp. Needless to say, we children were quite impressed seeing as Nino was reputed to be the grandson of Chief Cochise. I say reputed because there are those who question Nino's pedigree. All I can say is that if his story was not true then he was an amazing storyteller. I did not run into Nino again until I was an adult. By this time, the old man was well over a century old and had suffered amputations of both legs. I had the opportunity to interview Nino for a newsweekly I was involved with at the time. Again, if you're interested in knowing more about Nino, check out the Cochise County History Blog elkinsphotos. The feature article on Nino will be appearing sometime this month. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINS PHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

Elkins Photos Fine Art Photography - www.elkinsphotos.com

This is Larry Elkins, and it's time for another shameless promotion of my website, Elkins Photos Fine Art Photography - Bisbee Arizona at www.elkinsphotos.com. Coming in February 2010 - Adventure in Chiang Mai - a photo gallery of images from my 2010 photo shoot in Chiang Mai, a 700 year old walled city in northern Thailand.

POTATO CREEK JOHNNY AND THE GIANT GOLD NUGGET

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Potato Creek Johnny Perrett was one of the Old West's more colorful characters. Potato Creek Johnny immigrated from Wales to Deadwood, South Dakota in 1883 at the age of 17. The four foot prospector is best known for having found one of the world's largest gold nuggets. The question remains though as to whether Johnny's gold nugget was real or whether he fashioned it by melting smaller nuggets into one piece, then passed the fake off as a giant nugget of gold. in any event, this eccentric prospector was a fixture in the Deadwood, S. D. area right up until his death in February 1943.