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Western Lore #4. (Zine Thing).


Ghost towns are just the coolest shit ever. Scattered all over the Sierras, these dirt roads and dilapidated walls of what used to be the Wild and Wooly wool·y  
adj. & n.
Variant of woolly.

Adj. 1. wooly - having a fluffy character or appearance
flocculent, woolly

soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight

2.
 West--once thriving with prospectors, whores, outlaws, and the last remnants of a native people--stand testament to all the good and bad of human nature. At once thirsty for knowledge and a new frontier, hard-working and determined to progress from the old ways of the East Coast and the Far East, the 49'ers were also obsessed ob·sess  
v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es

v.tr.
To preoccupy the mind of excessively.

v.intr.
 with the "get rich quick" dream that California always assumed to offer (remember the dot-commers?) and were too often unconcerned with the sanctity of the land or the people who had called it home before they arrived. California. Boom. Bust. Gold flakes and silicon chips and...skateboarding? Anyhow, Western Lore outta Sacramento chronicles the ghost town explorations of Tim White and friends. It's got stories of a camping trip to find the lost town of Candelaria (turned out people were still living there), mapping out endless dirt roads with friends and beer and fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics.
fireworks

Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to
, sleeping in a hammock hammock, suspended bed, usually of netting, canvas, or leather. The hammock and its name were introduced to Europeans by Christopher Columbus, who learned of them from Native Americans.  in an abandoned stamp mill, and a re-print of some of Nell Murbarger's flowery flow·er·y  
adj. flow·er·i·er, flow·er·i·est
1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of flowers: a flowery perfume.

2. Abounding in or covered with flowers.

3.
 accounts of ghost town exploration in the 1930s to '60s You also get directions on how to build a UFO UFO: see unidentified flying objects.


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 out of straws, candies and a laundry bag. This 'zine's only a dollar; you've paid more for less. Send cash: Western Lore 210 21st St Sacramento, CA 95814

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Author:Henry, Ryan
Publication:Thrasher
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:May 1, 2003
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