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West of Denver, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, lies a relic of the
past. The mining town of St. Elmo is only a reflection of its storied past, but
if you look close you might just get more of a glimpse of its history than the
obvious false-fronted buildings. An effigy hangs from a telephone pole outside a
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| | Storyteller Insulators
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| | By Lynda Katonak
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Over the last thirteen years, insulators have been my husband's hobby, not
mine. BUT I LOVE THE HUNT!! We've hunted insulators while climbing mountains,
crossing deserts and in the midst of flash floods, reaching hunt areas on
cross-country skis, sometimes digging holes or climbing trees, and walking along
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| | The NIA Needs and Welcomes Your Support
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| | By President Dudley Ellis
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What is the NIA and how did it get started?
The mission of the National Insulator Association (NIA) is to encourage
growth and public awareness of the insulator hobby through collecting, dealing,
and education. Additionally, to protect the interests of all insulator
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| | Canadian Forum
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| | By Robin Plewes
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The fall Ontario insulator meet was hosted by Bruce Templton this year. Bruce
lives just outside Huntsville Ont., in cottage country. The roads into and
around this area of Ontario have plenty of hills and valleys as they wind
through the Canadian Shield. The fall colors were just about at their best,
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| | Insulator of the Month - The Survivor
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What does a red corvette have to do with this blue insulator? What color are
those streaks in the glass? And just how fortunate was Scott Farrell the day he
purchased this favorite in an antique shop, and got change back from his twenty?
Read the full story below.
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| | Fort to Fort Telegraph Insulators - Globe, Arizona
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In 1994, Ross Thompson invited us to join him on one of his insulator hunts
tracing the 1870's telegraph lines set up by the U.S. Army to connect the
western forts from San Diego, California through Arizona's Forts Grant and Bowie
to New Mexico's Fort Union. The job of the military was to keep the Apaches at
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| | Alleyways
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Somehow alleyways just seem more interesting when you collect insulators.
Photo by Kevin Jacobson
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| | New Find
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Bottle collectors happened across a fabulous cache of insulators while
digging in August, GA recently.
Insulator Collectors Dudley Ellis and Jim Meyer managed to purchase many of
the threadless and segmented threaded insulators that were uncovered.
Jim reports that in 1971 he personally dug two Lefferts hats about a block
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," January 2005
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the January 2005
Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. These have been provided by the publisher
for those wishing to see a color rendition of the black and white photos
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| | Left Coast Lines - News From The Western Region
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THE FIFTH ANNUAL MERZOIAN BROTHER'S TAILGATER was held among the lush,
picturesque Porterville vineyards and orange orchards of the San Joaquin Valley,
on September 18, 2004. After a very hot week we were expecting some weather to
blow in and cool things off a bit and that is just what happened. Mark, Dianne,
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| | No.2 Telegraph Insulator
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| | By Glenn Drummond
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The No.2 Telegraph Insulator was introduced to the trade by the Hemingray
Glass Company in the early 1870's. Unfortunately, the trade name for these
insulators has been lost because no catalogs or sales sheets survive from that
era. Therefore, for the purposes of this article, the insulators are referred to
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| | Kids Korner
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I've been an avid insulator collector for the past year. Most of my
collecting is done along railroad grades, but I sometimes collect along
telephone and power lines. As everyone knows, its hard to pick a most favorite
or best insulator, so I've tried to no avail in deciding on either a CD 151 in
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