Christmas at Red Butte: A sweet short story by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables (1909) Christmas at Red Butte by L M Montgomery tells a touching 1909 holiday story of family, hope and a surprise reunion on the snowy prairie.
Blue jeans inventor Levi Strauss died peacefully at his home back in 1902 – see his obituary This article bids adieu to the man whose name countless millions of people have worn: the one and only Levi Strauss, creator of Levi’s riveted denim blue jeans. Find out more about the man here.
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