History and Culture by Bicycle: October 2014

Thank you to the various web sites, including but not limited: to grand lodge web sites, PBS web sites, University of Nebraska Lincoln web site, the Guttenburg web site, various history web sites, wikipedia, and others too numerous to mention. Without the several and various sources of information this research would have taken a lot longer to complete. As much effort as possible will be taken to link to your web sites within the various articles in this series.

Special thanks goes to:

George Harrison - A friend, brother within the fraternity and mentor who has always been within the length of my cable tow. I have only had to simply ask for his help and he has always freely given it. George was a valuable asset in the research of this series.

Bill Kreuger - Grand Lodge of Iowa Librarian. Bill has been very gracious in sending the requested materials needed for the research of this series.

Grand Lodge of Iowa Library - They have one of the best collections on hand and available to anyone who needs it for research and a user friendly way to search for the cataloged materials.

Bev Hinds - Bev is an expert on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She answered my questions and gave me a certain insight and perspective on the expedition causing me to expand my research into something I likely never would have had I not spoken with her.

Staff at Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City, Iowa - They provided valuable information and a specific piece of research materials which helped launch and expand the rest of the research for this series.

My wife for tolerating me and supporting me while creating this series.

Previous articles:
Freemasonry and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Introduction

Freemasonry and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Introduction

This series is about the connection between Freemasonry and the Lewis and Clark Expedition also called the Corps of Discovery. The research done for this series was done objectively. It is left to the individual readers to come to their own conclusions and opinions about any connection between the two. Some may think there is no connection at all. Others may think yes there is a connection they never knew about until now. While others may think the expedition was another method of the Freemasons trying to control the United States and doing so during its early history.

This series will be in two parts. Both will be written in narrative and timeline/chronological format. The first will start as close to Freemasonry's beginnings as possible continue through to the Lewis and and Clark Expedition. There will be a break in between the two halves of the series. The second part will be about the first lodge west of the Mississippi River and immediately after.

The majority of the articles will be about the link between Freemasonry and the Lewis and Clark Expedition and what happened as a result of the expedition within the Masonic Fraternity. The sections of the articles that are not specifically about the expedition and its link to Freemasonry will be mentioned but without a great deal of detail. Readers are encouraged to conduct their own objective research into anything mentioned in these articles.

The topic of these articles may offend some. If you think you will be offended by this subject matter read no further than this introduction article.

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As In a previous series the author of these articles will state his personal opinion as to the connection between the Freemasonry and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

It is only fair to disclose the author of this blog is himself a Freemason. While this may offer special insight to the topic of this series it in no way makes him bias one way or another as to this subject. There is no one, single spokes person for Freemasonry and the author of this blog is not attempting to be such a person.

As the series progresses the articles may be spaced apart by extended periods of time, but there will be no interruption as to the topic of this series.

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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Corner Bar Approved? West Side Dairy Queen: Foot-long Chili Dog

Taste tested the foot long chili dog west side Dairy Queen in Sioux City, Iowa.

This chili dog IS Corner Bar approved:

Search for the Best Loose Meat - West Side Dairy Queen

The west side Dairy Queen located at the intersection of West 4th Street and Hamilton Blvd in Sioux City, Iowa serves local menu items in addition to their normal menu as a franchise restaurant. One of these local menu items is taverns.

Two tavern sandwiches were taste tested. Over all they were OK. The meat was a bit over moist causing the bun to be a little mushy. Because of the excess moisture the flavor was a bit bland. The condiments, pickle, mustard and ketchup were correctly proportioned. The bun was a bit thick.

When I first walked in I noticed the restaurant was very clean and tidy. The employees were hard at work helping drive through customers as I was the only walk in customer at the time. I only had to wait but a moment when an employee assigned to the drive through noticed I was standing at the counter she called for help at the counter, but realized when no one was available she took my order rather than just walk back to the drive through area. My ordered was filled in a very reasonable amount of time and the employees continued to help others as necessary.

Because of the bland flavor, excess moisture, and thick bun I award 70 points to this Dairy Queen for their taverns.

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Corner Bar Approved? Jim's Burgers in Leeds: Chili Dog

Taste tested the chili dog from Jim's Burgers in Leeds Neighborhood of Sioux City, Iowa.

This chili dog IS NOT Corner Bar approved:

Carnegie Libraries: Sioux City, Iowa: Leeds Neighborhood

With a grant of $85,000 awarded on April 8, 1911 the second Carnegie Library was built in the Leeds neighborhood of Sioux City, Iowa. Today the building serves as an American Legion Hall.