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Mississippi Majesty
Dateline: June 01, 1973
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Not so very long ago, the mighty Mississippi was covered with rafts, keel boats, barges, and a variety of floating paraphernalia. These crafts adorned the river everyday, but the only vessels that made the muddy waters shine were the "Queens of the
Confessions Of A Disneyland Junkie
Dateline: May 01, 2005
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Disneyland junkie. That's me.
I just can't get enough of the place.
There truly is something magical that happens when you pass through the tunnel and enter Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom.
It feels like that passion has been
A Fantasy That Paid Off
Dateline: June 27, 1964
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The place is surrounded by a berm, a high barrow of earth, that insulates it from the external world. There is a single gateway where admission is charged. This, the land of Disney, is more secure than ancient Troy. No Trojan horse will get into
Magic Worlds Of Walt Disney
Dateline: August 01, 1963
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Disneyland really started more than 20 years ago, when Walt got the idea for an amusement park that grownups as well as children would enjoy.
"I had all my drawing things laid out at home, and I'd work on plans for the park, as a hobby, at
Keeping Disneyland In Proportion
Dateline: January 01, 1961
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Gardening enthusiasts who visit Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., where adults outnumber youngsters four to one, are as fascinated by the wide variety of appropriate landscape plantings and colorful gardens as they are by the 50 or more major amusement