Episode 603
Thomas Laspeyre
Fri, 2018-Dec-28 01:02 UTC
Length - 1:30
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Friday, 28 December 2018 is Thomas Laspeyre.
Thomas Laspeyre (c. 1834-1883) was an American miner, politician and lawyer. He emigrated from North Carolina to California in 1853, making him an American pioneer, and he took up mining in San Joaquin County, California. He was a member of the California State Assembly from 1859 to 1862, where he held pro-Southern sentiment. After practicing the law in California and Nevada, he became the city attorney of Butte, Montana in the early 1880s.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:02 UTC on Friday, 28 December 2018.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Laspeyre.
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