The Blue Bell Bar The Blue Bell Bar was a famous saloon in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. It opened during Territorial Days and later gained fame becoming a high-end brothel and bar owned by a lady named Madame Lizzy. The saloon opened during the time of the Oklahoma...
All Nations Welcome Except Carrie Carrie Amelia Nation (1846 -1911) was an American activist mainly in Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. She was a radical member of the US temperance movement, and organized the local branch of the Woman’s Christian...
Vital Du Four Cardinal Vital du Four (Vitalis de Furno) was a Franciscan theologian, scholastic philosopher, and alchemistic scholar in Southwest France from 1260 to 1327. He is known for his work “Liber selectiorum remediorum pro conservanda sanitate ad totius...
Gin Lane – Art Changing Drinking Culture In 1750-51 the English artist Wiliam Hogarth (1697-1764) created and issued a print called “Gin Lane” that should change the English Drinking Culture of the 18th century. Hogarth was known for his satirical...
The Story of Madeira Wine Madeira is a Likörwine, a fortified wine with brandy added that is referred to in Portugal as Vino Generoso (or short Generoso). The origin of Madeira wine is originated in a historic accident when Madeira wine makes cut off the fermentation...
The Mystery Of Cage Cups A diatret glass (also called a cage cup) is a mostly bell-shaped, magnificent double-walled vessel with pierced glass. Diatreta consist of an inner beaker and an outer cage or shell of decoration that stands out from the body of the cup, to...
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