More stowing today. We started in a different area and then moved back to our area from yesterday. Walking, organizing in the bins, reaching, lifting, squatting - a good full body workout. The morning went fast again and soon we were done.
Home for lunch and another nap. Then we cleaned up to go downtown for Dalton Defender Days, Coffeyville's big annual celebration. We went down for the 6:00 reenactment of the Dalton raid. On October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang tried to rob two banks in Coffeyville. The gang was made up of Grat, Bob and Emmett Dalton, Bill Power and Dick Broadwell. As the gang crossed the Plaza to enter the two banks, they were recognized and the townspeople armed themselves with weapons. When the bandits with nearly $25,000 of their money emerged from the Condon and First National Banks, they were fired upon. In the battle, 8 men died, 4 of the outlaws and 4 local men. Emmett Dalton was severely wounded and captured. Three other citizens were wounded as well.
We watched the local community restage the raid. Men, women and children were dressed in vintage clothing, the robbery took place and the robbers and local men were shot and died on the plaza. After the shootout, they had 4 women read history about their husbands and son that died defending the town. Afterward you could have your picture taken with the four dead bandits (they were laid out in a row against a building - just like in 1892) or a picture with the jailed bandit.
The rest of the three day celebration included food vendors, craft booths, live bands, car show, chili cookoff, kids games, eating contests (jello, hot dogs, corn on the cob, pie) and rodeo events at the city park.
We enjoyed the reenactment, toured the bank building and then had supper at Lanning's Grill - another nice place to eat downtown. The clouds were starting to build, this is our last day of hot, humid weather. There were some storms north of us and in Nebraska, but it just rained here, starting after midnight.
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| The Condon Bank museum |
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| Local townspeople - the boys were so cute. |
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| Three of the Dalton Gang |
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| Local men shooting at the Dalton's |
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| Two robbers at the other bank |
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| The four dead Dalton Gang members |
Saturday - Our last day of work this week. It really seems like Friday today, we will have to adjust to that. It is still sprinkling and cooler, so I did wear a light coat, which we can have with us during the day or leave in the lunchroom. We cannot tie jackets around our waists while working, it could get caught in carts or conveyors.
Today in standup, they announced mandatory overtime for Tuesday for the fulltime employees and told us Camperforce workers could sign up for a full or half day if they wished. We decided we would try 1/2 day for Tuesday, because then we go to our four 10 hour days Wed - Sat. The veteran Camperforce workers tell us we will be in bed an hour after we get home on the ten hour days. Sounds like a good plan to me.
We were sent to another new area for stowing this morning and did not have any of our ambassadors (trainers) with us, they were assigned to other work. We did have one Problem Solver with us to answer our questions and keep the carts of product coming. Then after break we went to the Library area, stowing books and many small items. We certainly are seeing a variety of products, big and small.
Coming out of the plant today, the temps were much cooler, which will be nice. Home again and shower. Another afternoon to get rested and watch college football!
Sounds like South Dakota has had fall and winter weather! We would love to hear from you too!
1 comment:
So nice to read your updates! We are on count-down to Kate's wedding next weekend. It's been beautiful these last days, Gregg & I are going to golf 9 holes this afternoon. Miss you, but it's great to see your pics and hear about Amazon.
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