Kevin Forsyth

Part-time historian, full-time tech wizard. Aficionado of spaceflight, architecture, baseball, and absurdity. Moved to: (WIP) he/him

[Kevin Forsyth @kevinforsyth]

I'm no expert at bear-style fishing, but I feel like this one is doing it wrong. Brooks Falls #bearcam @KatmaiNPS https://t.co/EEoPQbWkTN

[Kevin Forsyth @kevinforsyth]

I'm not here any more, just stopping by to announce a major overhaul of my East Lansing and MSU history site with an easier-to-read layout and highlighted feature articles. Several new articles have been posted, with more to come.
#MSUHistory
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@evancisme @MSUArchives That’s “the Rock” (now on Farm Lane) — back when it was still near Beaumont Tower.

https://t.co/eV9OxzcEfP

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@MSUArchives This is a great article — I had no idea that several different renderings of this timeline existed.

The wall-sized edition is missing my favorite entry from the fold-out: "Belle Sarcastic gave milk for 738 lbs of butter."

https://t.co/mAgkSsb7aS

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@james_shack @MSUArchives Long, long gone — mostly. More of the story here: https://t.co/oxYgVAw2BB

[MSU Archives @MSUArchives]

#TBT A postcard, circa 1909, showing sheep walking over a bridge on Farm Lane, with farm houses and fields visible in the background. The postcard is addressed to: Mrs. Kate Robson, R.F.D. # 24, Bath, Mich. #MSUHistory

[Lee Bey @LEEBEY]

This weekend’s architecture column. To take some of the burden off city parks, Chicago could use a permanent outdoor performance venue and festival grounds. Maybe a chunk of South Works could be the place for it. https://t.co/4NKuXPc25W

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@MSUArchives The building at center is the Farm House, residence for the farm foreman and laborers. It stood where Chittenden Hall is now. The buildings beyond it are barns, and everything east and south of it was part of the college farm. https://t.co/QthOJ4VKcH

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@threadreaderapp unroll

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#OTD 167 years ago the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the pioneer land-grant institution that grew to become Michigan State University, was founded. Here is a thread regarding the seeds of knowledge sown by the Michigan Agricultural College. #MSUHistory 🧵

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Omar Orlando Churchill ('03) has a residence hall named for him @NDSU, where he was Professor of Agronomy. Later he taught @OKState as well.

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One of the all-time greats on the air, with a perfect ratio of wit, erudition, and goofiness. And one of the nicest guys in the world. Godspeed Mr. Brehmer, we raise a glass to you.

[WXRT Chicago @93XRT]

Lin Brehmer, Our Best Friend in the Whole World, 1954-2023. https://t.co/f7ejAF6viy

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@MSUArchives Also the Chemical Laboratory, hiding behind the Armory.

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@ScottYoshonis @MSUArchives It's the same one, and this photo is definitely on the path between the Union and Beaumont Tower. Here's a little history of The Rock: https://t.co/eV9Oxzdc5n

[Michael Cerami @Michael_Cerami]

I asked Artificial Intelligence to write a poem about peeing in the troughs at Wrigley Field and I was not let down.

This is real time. #Cubs

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Until 1930, Lake Lansing was named Pine Lake — and 3 different roads were called Pine Lake Road. Now they're Lake Lansing Road, Marsh Road, and Burcham Drive. (The last didn't actually reach the lake… but the interurban railway, which ran along it, did.) https://t.co/9JaP4ktxPQ

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ps. Mary Margaret Palm was 103. A charter member of Peoples Church and a life member in the WCTU, she attributed her longevity to her faith, never touching "that poison" alcohol, and "taking life by the smooth handle" with the occasional afternoon nap.

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102 years ago, this advertisement appeared in the Lansing State Journal, 14 Dec 1920, page 17: "For sale – One good Jersey cow, $50. Palms Switch, mile from College on Pine Lake Road. A. M. Alton."

Three #LostEastLansing names in as many brief lines of classified ad.

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Margaret passed away in 1963 and her daughter Elizabeth followed two years later, compared to her mother a spring chicken at age 79.

Within a couple of years their solidly built home with its elaborate garden at 229 Burcham was replaced by the Chi Omega sorority house. /end