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Bizarre Postcards (4)
Accidental Deaths
Pikes Peak: The Skinners
This postcard was sent to me by a friend of mine and has the printed text...
Pikes Peak
COG Railway
Elevation 14,115
Frozen to death on Pike's Peak
Aug 21, 1911
Pikes Peak COG Railway - Elevation 14,115
Frozen to Death
The frozen bodies of a couple were discovered near the summit by a train engineer on August 22, 1911. They had been advised the previous day to delay their accent along the track until a storm passed. A letter was found on the bodies and said "I hope you are having the time of your life in Colorado and do not freeze to death on Pikes Peak."
Printed in the USA
Impact Photo Graphics
www.photoimpacts.com
63721-4LN
The sad story of Mr and Mrs. Willis and Sallie Skinner can be found on a YouTube video:
The sad story of Mr and Mrs. Willis and Sallie Skinner
Animal Oddities
"Queen" - The Six Legged Cow
This unused postcard has the printed text...
"Queen" - The only six legged calf living. Born, Dec. 1, 1906