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Robb and Trix Sagendorph founded Yankee Magazine in Dublin, New Hampshire, in 1935. Robb, a frustrated freelance writer believed that New England needed a magazine "for Yankee readers, by Yankee writers." The initial subscriber list totaled 614 names, of which 600 had been purchased from a fraudulent subscription agency that had simply picked names at random from the Boston telephone book. So it could be said that Yankee actually began with 14 subscribers. Fortunately, the couple was able to live off Trix's family money as the magazine developed. Trix was an accomplished artist, who contributed illustrations to the magazine and hundreds of Yankee covers, from the 1930s through the 1960s. In 1939 Sagendorph purchased the publishing rights to The Old Farmer's Almanac, and became its 11th editor since its first appearance in 1792. He immediately restored it to health, both financially and editorially. During World War II Robb Sagendorph continued to publish small editions of Yankee and to maintain the Yankee trademark. The scarcity of paper forced Yankee to trim its size to the unique 6 x 9-inch size for which the magazine became well known. In July 1945, Sagendorph published a slim, 10-page issue of Yankee with these opening words: "With this issue Yankee returns to the old stand. We are back because our faith in the simple, every day, honest things of life is as strong as ever." Soon, subscriptions reached 10,000. Circulation grew to more than 40,000 monthly during the late 1950s, but the principal money maker in those days still remained The Old Farmer's Almanac. For more information on Yankee Magazine – www.Yankeemagazine.com Image courtesy of Yankee Magazine

In early 1960 Clint Murchison, Jr., and Bedford Wynne were awarded an expansion franchise in to the NFL and on September 24th the Cowboys hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Cotton Bowl in their first official game. The Cowboys were winless in their inaugural season with a record of  0-11-1. The next season the Cowboys won their first ever game defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-24. In 1966 President and GM Tex Schramm became heavily involved in the negotiations as the AFL and NFL agreed to a merger setting up a season ending Championship Game, later to be referred to as the Super Bowl. On October 24, 1971 the Cowboys played their first game in their state of the art stadium and defeated the New England Patriots 44-21. That year they returned to the Super Bowl for the second straight season and won their first championship defeating the Dolphins 24-3.