Month: August 2020

Motorcycle Drawn Chariot

On: By: Romeyn

Chariot of 1938 Ben Hur Drawn by Four Motorcycles

For the Ben Hur of the motor age, no four-horse team would do. Instead, the charioteer – stunting in a sports festival sponsored by a Potsdam regiment in Germany – rides on a rubber-tired chariot drawn by four motorcycles. “Reigns” in the driver’s hands lead to the handlebars of all four “bikes.” which are harnessed together by three horizontal bars. The harness recalls certain farm tractors which are controlled by reigns

Oklahoma’s Favorite Son

On: By: Romeyn

85 years ago, Will Rogers died in a plane crash with aviator Wiley Post, in Point Barrow, Alaska Territory. Rogers was born in Claremore, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and was known for being a vaudeville performer, actor, radio personality, humorist, newspaper columnist, goodwill ambassador to Mexico, and mayor of Beverly Hills,

When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: “I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like.”
I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935)

The Most Dangerous Game

On: By: Romeyn

After a shipwreck, big game hunter Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea), finds himself to be the sole survivor on an island called Baranka, but he is not alone. The hunter becomes the hunted as a bored and crazed Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks), forces him to become the prey. The prize is Eve Trowbridge (Fay Wray), who was on the island because of similar circumstances. The Most Dangerous Game is currently playing on tubitv

If some of the scenery looks familiar, it’s because its the same set as used in the film King Kong.




The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island

Detail of map above