Daily Bread for 1.9.16

Good morning, Whitewater.

We’ll have a cloudy Saturday with a high of thirty-four.  Updated: Sunrise is 7:24 and sunset is 4:39, for 9h 15m 02s of daytime.  We’ve a new moon today.

On this day in 1975, scientists made a discovery previously-known only to residents near the Sierra Madre Mountains, in eastern Mexico: the discovery of the Mountain of Butterflies, where monarchs in North America migrate.

 

On this day in 1863, the 23rd Wisconsin sees action:

1863 – (Civil War) Battle of Arkansas Post begins

The Battle of Arkansas Post, also called Fort Hindman, began on this day near the mouth of the Arkansas River. The 23rd Wisconsin Infantry was in the thick of the action all three days.