Garden of Eden, Baby

Is there something in your home state that you just HAVE to tell people about? Some kind of roadside attraction that’s well, weird? Something that you force out of town guests to visit because it’s the most odd thing you’ve ever experienced? Just me? At the ripe old age of 64, Samuel P. Dinsmoor, or as we will call him, Sam, starts construction on his populist masterpiece. He took 113 tons of cement and many tons of limestone and transformed them into an eleven room “log” cabin, and surrounded the mansion (because in my book, eleven rooms is officially a “log” mansion) with 150 sculptures. But, frankly, that’s only the beginning of the strangeness of the man, the myth, the legend, S.P. Dinsmoor. We’re headed to the Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!
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Chatham Artillery Punch (Cocktail)
1 part bourbon
1 part cognac
1 part spiced rum
1 part simple syrup
½ part lemon juice
2 parts champagne
Pinch nutmeg

Put bourbon, cognac, spice rum, simple syrup and lemon juice in shaker
Shake, strain over fresh ice
Top with champagne
Sprinkle top with nutmeg

Chatham Artillery Punch (Mocktail)
1 part non-alcoholic bourbon
1 part pear juice
1 part rum syrup
1 part simple syrup
½ part lemon juice
2 parts club soda
Pinch nutmeg

Put non-alcoholic bourbon, pear juice, rum syrup, simple syrup and lemon juice in shaker
Shake, train over fresh ice
Top with club soda
Sprinkle top with nutmeg
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Ingredients for next week (cocktail): gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, club soda, maraschino cherry juice, maraschino cherry (for garnish)

Ingredients for next week (mocktail): lemon juice, simple syrup, club soda, maraschino cherry juice, maraschino cherry (for garnish)

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Sources:
“When the U.S. Military Created ‘The Strongest Drink in America’” – https://www.winemag.com/2022/05/30/savannah-chatham-artillery-punch-history/ “Chatham Artillery punch” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Artillery_punch
“Cementing His Political Views” – https://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/2001summer_hasselle.pdf “S.P. Dinsmoor's Garden of Eden” – https://www.kohlerfoundation.org/preservation/preserved-sites/s.p.-dinsmoors-garden-of-eden/#:~:text=Dinsmoor%20(1843%2D1932)%2C,and%20the%20150%20surrounding%20sculptures
“Lucas, Kansas” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas,_Kansas “Street Scene, Lucas, Kansas” – https://www.kshs.org/km/items/view/215947
“Garden of Eden Lucas” – http://www.gardenofedenlucas.org/
“Ludlow Massacre” – https://www.britannica.com/event/Ludlow-Massacre “Kansas ‘Eden’ Holds Body of Its Creator” – https://www.newspapers.com/image/382664701/?clipping_id=20504645&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM4MjY2NDcwMSwiaWF0IjoxNjczMzM1OTgxLCJleHAiOjE2NzM0MjIzODF9.nPixzUdFRs0MFrQClXhtuaXrviKlXTgtqbGYILvmOFY
“Emilie Emma (Brozek) Rounkles” – https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brozek-3
“Emma Rounkles” – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62563922/emilie-emma-rounkles “Emily Jane Stevens” – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191492858/emily-jane-stevens
“John Williams Dinsmoor” – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120139908/john-william-dinsmoor
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