Preparedness Notes for Thursday — October 10, 2024
On October 10, 1902, Tom Horn‘s murder trial began. He was eventually found guilty and sentenced to death. He was hanged in 1903. — Today is the birthday of composer Giuseppe Verdi. (Born 1813, died 1901.) — On October 10th, 1913, the Panama Canal officially linked the Atlantic to the Pacific when the Gamboa dike was demolished with dynamite charges. — The big sale at Elk Creek Company ends tomorrow! We have been running a 3-week-long sale at Elk Creek Company. Until October 11th, 2024, all of our blackpowder revolvers, all of our M1891 Argentine Mauser rifles, and all of …