Sheridan County, Kansas was organized in 1880 and named after General Phillip H. Sheridan of Civil War notoriety. Sheridan County is well known for its state fishing lake, suppling some of the best fishing in Kansas. Russell Lee (July 21, 1903, Ottawa, Illinois – August 28, 1986, Austin, Texas) was an American photographer and photojournalist for […]
All I Needed to Know About Life I learned from Santa Encourage people to believe in you. Always remember who’s naughty and who’s nice. Don’t pout. It’s as much fun to give as it is to receive. Some days it’s ok to feel a little chubby. Make your presents known. Always ask for a little […]
SOME CHRISTMAS TREE FACTS During the years from 1887 to 1933, a fishing schooner called the ‘Christmas Ship’ used to sell spruce trees from Michigan to Chicagoans. Evergreen trees were used to celebrate the onset of winter, even before the birth of Christ. Christmas tree was decorated for the first time in Riga (Latvia), in […]
This is a haunting photograph. I wonder what this child is thinking about? Trapped in the spinning room of a cotton manufacturing factory, she probably had many of the same wishes as any ten-year-old today. Can you imagine this kind of daily life for your ten-year-old child? These photographs reveal how difficult life was for our parents […]
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in the city of Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835, two weeks after the closest approach to Earth of Halley’s Comet. He died April 21, 1910, one day after the comet’s closest approach to Earth. He was the son of Jane ( Lampton: 1803–1890), a native of Kentucky, and John Marshall Clemens […]
*Note: Some of the language below may be a little antiquated because its excerpts and transcriptions from a the book -Transcription from Historic Houses of New Jersey By Weymer Jay Mills .J. B. Lippincott Company – written in 1902 = The original words provide a unique glimpse of the people and early times in New […]
“Many men made huge fortunes from the logging industry. These men are often called lumber barons, and Michigan had many. There also many other results of logging, including the growth of cities around the mills, the quick spread of farming (the land was easier to clear) and the change in Michigan’s environment after the trees […]
Most people think it is because the hat will hold ten gallons, but as you can see by the large hats below, the most a large hat could hold would be a few quarts. Man from Jacksonville, East Texas Oct 1939 – Photograph by Russell Lee Cowboy. Imperial County Fair, California photographer Russell Lee […]
Born in Boston in 1809, the second child of two actors, his father abandoned the family when he was barely a year old and his mother died the next year. He was taken in by a rich tobacco merchant. Bad luck followed him Bad luck continued to follow him. He attended the University of Virginia […]
*Note: Some of the language below may be a little antiquated because its excerpts and transcriptions from a the book -Transcription from Historic Houses of New Jersey By Weymer Jay Mills .J. B. Lippincott Company – written in 1902 = The original words provide a unique glimpse of the people and early times in New […]
