Perhaps New Yorkers would enjoy a good sleigh ride today like they did in this 1898 snow! Central Park in the 1898 was a very busy place. A little snow didn’t stop them. Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) – A novel inspired by the experiences of the Cottingham family of colonial America Filled with drama, suspense, humor, […]
Month: January 2016
One soldier’s ultimate sacrifice in WWII is remembered by many – heartwarming story
Honoring a Fallen Warrior by Sam Perkins Omaha Beach June 6, 1944 On June 7, 1944, the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division crossed Omaha Beach through the carnage left by the previous day’s landings. In the weapons platoon of a rifle company in the 38th Infantry Regiment was a thirty one year old soldier from the […]
From working out of a garage, to being known and loved world-wide – Do you know his name?
He was hard pressed to get enough to eat, and went bankrupt, but eight years later he was wealthy. Today his work is known world-wide and he is beloved from small fishing villages to the frozen North. He could have driven around in a Rolls Royce, but instead he plowed his profits back into his […]
Vivid photographs and account of tobacco sharecroppers lives in North Carolina!
The following photographs are from WPA INTERVIEWs – a Federal Writers’ Project in the 1930s in North Carolina. The comments with the pictures are the actual words of the people photographed and the person taking pictures and interviewing the people. “My husband patched ’em up loose on purpose,” said Mrs. Riddle, “so if we move […]
Oregon Bound and gold mining 1884 – Amazing personal account of gold miner born in 1859!
I was born in New York City in 1859. After a fair amount of formal education, interlarded with hurriedly assimilated portions of the world’s great literature, I found employment in the offices of the Art Interchange Publishing Company, of New York. Believing myself possessed of more than average ability in the art of writing, I […]
The Federal Government once owned towns in the United States
Nestled within Winton Woods, surrounded by forest, Greenhills, Ohio still has the look of an early suburban town. Most of the original buildings are still in use, and the historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Federal Government was the landlord When the housing was originally built, the Federal Government […]