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The Year Was 1959: Kookie at the Corral, the Possum at Rosa’s

Posted on March 24, 2015 by hometown

The year was 1959. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba. Alaska was admitted as the forty-ninth state, messing up the lyrics of “Texas, … Continue reading →

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