b'continuedThis Quarter in History . August, September and October 100 Years Agocontinued(Aug 23) The romanticafter Captain Edward H. Watson ordered a squadron ofStudio when 21-year-oldsilent comedy film14 ships to make a fast passage to San Diego despiteWalt Disney, and his "Bluebeards 8th Wife,"a heavy fog. Sailing in close formation, the column of30-year-old brother Roy O. starring Gloria Swanson,ships began piling up as one after another ran aground.Disney signed a contract was released byThe ships USS Delphy, USS SP Lee, USS Young, USSto produce the "Alice Paramount Pictures. Woodbury, USS Nicholas, USS Fuller and USS Chauncey,Comedies" film series. (Aug 26) A group of sixall sustained irreparable damage. The cost to the USWalt would later buy outyoung men became of losing the destroyers was estimated to be $10.5most of Roys half of the the first persons tomillion, equivalent to $182 million a century later. company in 1929.climb to the top of(Sep 18) The newspapers of New(Oct 20) Zev, winner of the premierthe 7,795 foot MountYork City were paralyzed byUS horse race, the Kentucky Derby, Washington volcano ina pressmans strike, whichcompeted against Papyrus, winner the state of Oregon.ended on September 21st. of Britains premier race, the Epsom (Aug 28) The trademark was registered for(Se p 23) "The Call of the Wild," theDerby, at Belmont Park in New York."Lincoln Logs," the notched wooden toysfirst film adaptation of JackA crowd of 60,000 watched Zev patented by John Lloyd Wright on Londons 1903 novel of thewin by five lengths for a prize of August 31, 1920.same name, premiered. $100,000. Zev Easily Beats Papyrus (Aug 29) The 12,807 foot high Granite Peak(Sep 27) A train wreck killedby 6 Lengths in First International Race Held Here, announced the New in the state of Montana was scaled for30 people in the state ofYork Times on October 21, 1923. the first time by Elers Koch, James C.Wyoming after a bridge was (Oct 22) Albert Tangora of Paterson,Whitham, and R.T. Ferguson, who madewashed away by flooding the ascent.of the North Platte River.New Jersey, set the world record for(Aug 30) The film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," starringThe Chicago, Burlington andfastest sustained typing on a manual typewriter, averaging 147 words per Lon Chaney, premiered at Carnegie Hall in New YorkQuincy Railroad train was City. The 102-minute silent movie, the most expensivemaking an overnight trip from Casper, Wyoming tominute over one hour.(and highest-grossing) production of Universal PicturesDenver,Colorado, and was only 15 miles out of Casper up to that time, established Chaney as the premierwhen it plunged into Cole Creek near what is now the horror film actor of the 1920s. community of Meadow Acres in the worst rail accident (Aug 31) The United States formallyin Wyoming history. recognized Mexico.1923 (Oct 7) The 1923 (Sep 3) US President Calvinfirst section of the Appalachian Trail, Coolidge appealed to the Americana hiking trail in the public for aid in the Japaneseeastern US, was earthquake disaster. opened with a 16-The film Rosita premiered at themile path from Bear Lyric Theatre in New York City.Mountain in the The Los Angeles Illustrated Dailystate of New York, News was first published after beingto the Delaware founded by Cornelius VanderbiltWater Gap on the IV. The newspaper would ceaseborder of New Jersey publication on December 18, 1954. and Pennsylvania. The musical Poppy made its With an objective of having a hiking path from Maine to debut on Broadway, premiering atGeorgia, the Trail would be 2,194 miles long by 2023.the Apollo Theater for a run (Oct 8) The musical silent comedy play "Battling Butler," of 346 performances, and starring Charlie Ruggles, included in its castopened on Broadway. In 1926 comedian W. C.it was adapted into a film Fields as Professorof the same name starring Eustace McGargle.Buster Keaton.(Sep 4) The airship USS ShenandoahThe Western silent comedy-made its first flight. drama film "The Bad Man" starring Holbrook Blinn(Sep 8) Seven US Navy destroyers were accidentally sunk in the Honda Point(Oct 25) US President Calvin Coolidge signed a was released.Disaster off the coast of California inproclamation establishing Carlsbad Cavernsthe largest peacetime loss of ships in(Oct 16) The Walt Disneyin New Mexico as a National Monument. US history, and 23 sailors were killedCompany was founded asSDisney Brothers Cartoon 54 www.wpma.com / Fall 2023'