Template:Did you know nominations/Fountain E. Pitts

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:33, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Fountain E. Pitts

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  • ... that Confederate veteran Fountain E. Pitts grew poppies to make opium in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1870s? "OPIUM. Successful Experiments in its Culture Around Nashville". Nashville Union and American. July 7, 1871. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

Created by Zigzig20s (talk). Self-nominated at 05:35, 17 December 2017 (UTC).

Sure, this works too.Zigzig20s (talk) 05:08, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
  • New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Hook refs verified and cited inline. (By the way, if you have a subscription to Newspapers.com, you should clip the articles for easier reading, and add the {{open access}} icon to the citation.) I am providing a QPQ to help this nomination along: Template:Did you know nominations/West Wind Aviation Flight 280. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:41, 21 December 2017 (UTC)