weirdvintage: The Mammoth Potato Hoax of Loveland, Colorado, 1894—Joseph B. Swan was a proud potato farmer who claimed to have grown a potato that was 13 pounds and 8 ounces. W.L. Thorndyke, editor of the Loveland Reporter, came up with an idea
weirdvintage: The Mammoth Potato Hoax of Loveland, Colorado, 1894—Joseph B. Swan was a proud potato farmer who claimed to have grown a potato that was 13 pounds and 8 ounces. W.L. Thorndyke, editor of the Loveland Reporter, came up with an idea
