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Yay for Google!
I was trying to remember what the trade was that made the Republicans pull federal troops out of the south, more or less ending Reconstruction. So I googled 'federal troops compromise reconstruction' and it pointed me at the Wikipedia article on the Compromise of 1877. And now I can use my brain for other things.

Amaryllis at my backdoor

[10:21] windrose07: there's something in AZ that just makes me feel like I've been kicked in the head by a mule.
[10:21] cyran0cyr4no: Dust?
[10:21] windrose07: no, something blooming
[10:21] cyran0cyr4no: Aaah. So it's just right now, rather than a general in AZ thing.
[10:22] windrose07: LA and I suspect it was ragweed, as that was the only thing blooming in AZ that wasn't blooming in either NM or TX where I had no problems at all.
[10:22] cyran0cyr4no: Wow. You guys are like super pollen scientists.
[10:22] windrose07: heh
[10:23] cyran0cyr4no: Seriously. It's like an episode of CSI and you're the pollen guys instead of the bug guy. "Well, we know that ragweed wasn't blooming in Texas that week, so the suspect was most likely reacting to its presence in Arizona."
[10:23] windrose07: you should tell LA that, she did most of the work. :)