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Hearing of the earthquake in Mexico yesterday & not knowing where the epicenter might be, brought back thoughts of the New Virginia Colony founded by Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury at the end of the Civil War. Maury was a long-time friend of Emperor Maximilian & was given a land grant for the colony between Mexico City & Veracruz. Price, Shelby, General Edmund Kirby Smith, Major General John B. Magruder, Major General Thomas C. Hindman, Major Alexander W. Terrell, & a couple thousand of their men chose to settle in the colony rather than surrender.
Michael Roach was so young when he enlisted with CSA Major General Sterling Price at the beginning of the war. Price used Roach as a messenger carrying communications between Brigadier General Joseph O. "JO" Shelby, Major Samuel S. Hildebrandt, Quantrill, Gordon, Marchbank, etc. By late 1864 & Price's Raid thru Arkansas, Missouri & Kansas, Roach was listed as a Private. At wars end Michael Roach chose to surrender rather than go to Mexico to the New Virginia Colony.
Not much is known about his life after that.
Michael Roach was so young when he enlisted with CSA Major General Sterling Price at the beginning of the war. Price used Roach as a messenger carrying communications between Brigadier General Joseph O. "JO" Shelby, Major Samuel S. Hildebrandt, Quantrill, Gordon, Marchbank, etc. By late 1864 & Price's Raid thru Arkansas, Missouri & Kansas, Roach was listed as a Private. At wars end Michael Roach chose to surrender rather than go to Mexico to the New Virginia Colony.
Not much is known about his life after that.
I am pretty sure that the earthquake was in Oaxaca, the birthplace of Benito Juarez, the guy who invited the folks from New Virginia Colony to leave Mexico. According to a painting by Manet, they let Maximilian keep his hat on.
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7.4 magnitude but minimal structural damage or deaths last I read?
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The two other fellows in this pic are his Generals Miramon and Mejia.
The two fellows on either side are Generals Miramon and Mejia.
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Circa 1890.....nice straws! Back hand written: " Nancy's & Bob's Great Grandfather Larrair, Great Uncle Chris Larrair". So grandfather with grandson........
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Circa 1900 or so.....trimmed 
cabinet card. I hate when people do this.....often removes the photographers information as it did here.....
Unusual with such an up-sweep of the brim at this time.....looks like a 1980's hat!
cabinet card. I hate when people do this.....often removes the photographers information as it did here.....Unusual with such an up-sweep of the brim at this time.....looks like a 1980's hat!
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Circa 1900 or so.....trimmed
Unusual with such an up-sweep of the brim at this time.....looks like a 1980's hat!
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I wonder if he always wore his hat so far back on his head or it that was just for the photo? It doesn’t look like it would stay on well.
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Yes, I am sure it was just for the photo's as with MOST movies the hats are worn high to see the movies stars faces.....ever since photography began it has warped how people think hats are really worn....I still remember many a time, being told (sometimes asked) to push my hat back by a damn photographer who wanted my image!!!!
PS I have seen some awesome Film Noir movies that got hat wearing right!!!!
And in those movies, it WAS/IS hard to see the faces sometimes!!!! JUST AS IT SHOULD BE if a hat is worn right and not just as a fashion accessory/statement...
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Oh, I don't know...the right hat placed just right on the head...
Granted, he favored wider brims and the moment he stepped out of the plane the wind would likely blow that hat right off, but it is possible.
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That black one sure looks sharp! Is that your Hampton?Oh, I don't know...the right hat placed just right on the head...
Granted, he favored wider brims and the moment he stepped out of the plane the wind would likely blow that hat right off, but it is possible.
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I just had to pick up this Circa 1900 photo from Wisconsin......
While I DO like differant creases for my fedoras.........
I cannot EVER remember seeing a fedora creased like this, in what was then a popular crease for a working western hat.
I think I vote against it on a fedora......though it IS indeed differant than the "other guys" hats I am sure..........
While I DO like differant creases for my fedoras.........
I cannot EVER remember seeing a fedora creased like this, in what was then a popular crease for a working western hat.
I think I vote against it on a fedora......though it IS indeed differant than the "other guys" hats I am sure..........
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And here we have another I picked up at the same shop.....this hat is more traditional.........(I do wonder where the other two guys hats are.......perhaps he did not want to loose control of that awesome fedora.......while the other hats are in a pile off to the side).
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Yes Sir, it is. If it were up to me the crown on the Hampton would be 1/2" to 1" taller and more straight-sided like the Fed IV, but anyone looking for a nice Fedora with a 2" brim could do far worse.
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A young Barack Obama in the early 1980s:
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Back in the days before backup cameras & Intelligent Parking Assist Systems.
Don’t think there’s an episode of Wells Fargo I haven’t seen. Dale sported some mighty fine boots on that show. Period correctness wasn’t a thing then. Great pic.
