{"id":7218,"date":"2009-07-07T20:40:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T20:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/07\/gof\/"},"modified":"2009-07-07T20:40:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T20:40:32","slug":"gof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/07\/gof\/","title":{"rendered":"G.O.F."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><p>Reading this evening about the <a class=\"footnote\" onmouseover=\"window.status=' '; return true\" href=\"javascript:alert('Onstad acknowledges that much of the early history of the G.O.F. was pieced together from oral histories and photographs.');\" title=\"Footnote\">1923<sup>1<\/sup><\/a> beginnings of the Great Outdoor Fight in Bakersfield, Calif.:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Figuring that where there was noise, there must surely be money, [Ken]<br \/>\nCrandall decided to make the G.O.F. an annual event and become wealthy by<br \/>\nselling sandwiches&nbsp; to the crowds who came to compete. He cleared an acre<br \/>\nof his land, put up a high chainlink fence around it, and distributed hastily<br \/>\nprinted fliers throughout central California. An excited public quickly phoned,<br \/>\nmailed, or telegrammed the information not only throughout the nation, but<br \/>\nthroughout the world. Newspapers in Italy ran sensational articles about the<br \/>\n&quot;Festival of Beasts,&quot; while papers in China advertised trips to California so<br \/>\nthat one might &quot;Defeat Over Long-Time Dudes.&quot; (7)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\">Onstad, Chris. <i>The Great Outdoor Fight<\/i>. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse,<br \/>\n2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span>Reading this evening about the 19231 beginnings of the Great Outdoor Fight in Bakersfield, Calif.: Figuring that where there was noise, there must surely be money, [Ken] Crandall decided to make the G.O.F. an annual event and become wealthy by selling sandwiches&nbsp; to the crowds who came to compete. 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