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elgatoloco
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Good times.
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SFandH
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Important Baja History Every Nomad Should Know
"Hussong's founder, John Hussong, was born as "Johann" in Landau, Germany in 1863.[7] Johann emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1888, and
changed his name to John.[4][5] In 1889, the discovery of gold south of the border lured John to Ensenada.[4] John made a living hunting and trading
supplies up and down the Baja coast.
In June 1891, while on a trading expedition to El Arco, John's carriage flipped over, and his companion, Newt House, fractured his leg.[4] John
brought Newt to recuperate at Meiggs' Bar, which back then, was Ensenada's only watering hole.[4] Two days after John and Newt arrived at the bar,
Meiggs attacked his wife with an axe. When Meiggs was sent to jail, his wife fled to California.[4] When he got out of jail, Meiggs went in search of
his wife, and asked John to mind the bar until he returned. Neither Meiggs nor his wife ever returned.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussong%27s
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Don Pisto
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but there's more....
After running Meiggs’ Bar for a year, in 1892 Hussong wisely decided to break new ground and purchased a stage coach station across the street (the
southern terminal of an Ensenada-LA line) which he turned into Hussong’s Cantina. The establishment remains in the same place and largely unchanged
to this day, including their continued possession of municipal liquor licence #002. Meiggs’ Bar has since gone out of business, making Hussong’s
the oldest bar in Ensenada.
As remarkable as that history may be, Hussong’s primary claim to fame is as the birthplace of the margarita. The c-cktail was purportedly invented
in October 1941 by Hussong’s bartender Don Carlos Orozco, who had been experimenting with various concoctions and tested one out on a German
ambassador’s daughter who visited the cantina, one Margarita Henkel. She (presumably) enjoyed the experimental libation, and it was thus named after
her. While it is no doubt difficult to pinpoint with absolute certainty the first place where tequila, lime juice, and a fragrant liqueur were mixed
together into a delicious good-time drink, Hussong’s remains the commonly accepted home of the margarita.
Hussong’s lives on to this day in the old stage coach station, its sawdust-covered floor and uncomplicated place-to-drink-booze atmosphere giving
patrons a taste of Old Mexico. Famous visitors include James Garner and Ronald Reagan. Every Sunday, the cantina offers two-for-one deals on
“prepared clamatos.”
BTW the fragrant liqueur mentioned is Damiana, (which is a story in itself) I've drank way too many of those! and johns original store was on the
corner that became Papa's and Beer....
[Edited on 7-31-2023 by Don Pisto]
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SFandH
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I love history.
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larryC
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Ricardo Hussong is a good friend and neighbor of mine, I will ask him for details of your story.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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Could that fragrant liquor have possibly been Damiana, as from the somewhat stimulant Baja plant based liquor?
The bottle I know of, Guaycura? comes in a beautiful female shaped glass bottle that is worth saving.
Back in the 80's on my way to the East Cape, I stopped in the high desert east of GN after a long enough day on the road during a full moon night.
After a few swigs of Guaycura's Damiana liquor, I swear to this day that the full moon turned to red like the red planet Mars does on occasion.
I enjoyed the experience for....the experience. haha
Damiana is a curious medicinal plant and has a relation supposedly more suited to the female makeup in some mysterious ways more than men.
Curiouser and curiouser.
I occasionally will pick up a bottle for an occasional sipper, but I have never had a repeat of that red full moon night in the high desert.
There was not any other substance at work that night in the desert. Haha.
A very long drive of more than 12 to 15 hours could have had something to do with my mental state at the time but that red full moon was red. I am
sure my eyes were quite red too.
Peace and love to all Nomads.
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Damian’s in the curvy female bottle...another level experience after consuming that nectar....
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thebajarunner
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How about the guy with the T coil game???
Only true oldtimers will know what I am talking about
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Don Pisto
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I never heard it called that but are you talking about these gadget's that were all the rage?
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SFandH
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I remember those things. Some kind of electrocution for fun gizmo I think. I never did it.
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thebajarunner
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That is the one
It was supposedly the coil out of a "T"
Definitely a "hair raising" moment for the two contestants.
That is all I am saying at the moment
Come on old timers, chime in on this
If you really are a Baja guy/gal from the 70s you clearly remember this old guys with the wooden box and the two leads.....
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Don Pisto
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Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner  | That is the one
It was supposedly the coil out of a "T"
Definitely a "hair raising" moment for the two contestants.
That is all I am saying at the moment
Come on old timers, chime in on this
If you really are a Baja guy/gal from the 70s you clearly remember this old guys with the wooden box and the two leads..... |
you can still find these on Revo!
there's only two things in life but I forget what they are........
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Santiago
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Didn't the family also build Papagayo?
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