Bonanzas & Borrascas
Bonanzas & Borrascas is a well written two-volume set on mining and mineral investing in the West. The first book is “Gold Lust and Silver Sharks, 1848-1884”, the second book is “Copper Kings and Stock Frenzies, 1885-1918”.
D.B. Cooper Revelations
From the desk of Mary Paynton Schaff Reports that the FBI is investigating a “creditable” D.B. Cooper lead have the news outlets and blogosphere buzzing. Here’s just one such story from the Seattle Times. News sites are relying on information from the niece of the suspect (and upcoming authoress), who identifies him as her uncle Lynn Doyle (L.D.) Cooper, who passed away ten years ago. WSL librarian Kathryn did some digging in several of the genealogy resources we have linked to, and found additional information…