Canton First Monday Trade Days Evoloution

Canton First Monday Trade Days has Evolved over the last 155+ years several times. Here is a bit about some of those evolutions and why they happened. Canton First Monday Trade Days has evolved many times since its inception around 1850. Yet through it all it has run continuously and grown to such a legendary event. As many know, it was called 'horse monday' or 'Hoss Monday" in the vernacular of the times. That was because people in the area rounded up the wild horses and brought them to town to trade or sell. Once the wild horse population was gone it slowly shifted to pigs. There was a time when it was said the best hogs in the world could be found at First Monday trade days. There is still a fairly large wild hog population in and around that portion of east Texas. Nowadays people refer to dog alley when talking about the animal section of the first monday trade days. You can find almost any kind of domestic animal as well as most legal exotics there at one time or another. Yet dogs are still the number one animal today. The pavilions have changed much of the grounds into a marketplace, But there are still the open air reserved and unreserved sections Roy referred to in his post below. Here the true flea market and swap meet atmosphere still prevails. Here you can still search through piles of odds and ends to find that one treasure that makes your whole trip worth while. The World Famous First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas is a truly unique experience, you have to see it for yourself to believe it. Douglas Wolfe 1st Monday.com

"Spam King" Arrested in Seattle

Robert Soloway, known as the "Spam King", is Arrested! Robert Soloway widely considered most prolific spammer in the world, is now in the custody of federal agents. He is known to have sent millions of spam e-mails, so many in fact that we all should see a decrease in the amount of spam we recieve according to some officials. Government officials say all of his spam should come to an immediate end. Robert Soloway is facing a 35 count indictment including charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, email fraud, identity theft and money laundering. Yet we have to ask after the last 'Big Spammer' got off so easy, are the spam laws tough enough to put a real dent in the spam e-mails we recieve? Microsoft won a seven million dollar judgement against Robert Soloway and yet afterwards he continued to send spam e-mails out. He like other spammers often used names or addresses of real people and real businesses to hide his identity. While the people we talk to do not expect any real decline in spam we can always hope that with each new arrest we are closer to the end of our inbox frustrations. Personally I believe spam will continue unabated for the time being. Yet I believe every effort should be made to stem the flow of spam e-mails now and in the future. Spam costs individuals and companies many man hours of time and that translates to big money in the long run. Everyone should help fight spam every chance they get. Author: Douglas Wolfe www.1stMonday.com Online Business Profile Wolfe Web Services