*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 […]
This story is a continuation of “Moving in Two Covered Wagons” Dad’s family had to move on to Dallas Texas. When they got to Rockwall, the farm that Grandad had rented, the people were still living on it. So the family had to move on to Dallas, Texas. They lived on “Elm” Street. While living there […]
These photographs would make you do a double take, especially the second one. Ralph Madsen, the tallest Texan cowboy, in the photograph above was 7 feet 6 inches tall and weighted 228 pounds. He was born Ralph Earl Madsen on April 19, 1897 in Norfolk, Nebraska and was not from Texas as his nickname suggested. […]
(People feared radio waves when it was first invented. They complained of headaches and damaged nerves from the waves passing through them. Inventor Marconi even received death threats from people who claimed nerve damage. This controversy continues today with the advent of cell phones and electricity. ) Guglielmo Marconi The Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi who […]
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE Sometimes we forget to teach our children the little things by Jean Butterworth Recently I observed a young Boy Scout Troup performing a service project which involved putting up signs on a nature trail in Bluff Park, Alabama. It was quite a busy group of boys and dads on this […]
You may recall from history that President George Washington married Martha Custis, a widow with children. However, you may not know the story about the Custis family and this unusual tombstone at Arlington in Northampton County, Virginia. The John Custis (born 1678) on this tombstone had only one son, Daniel Parke Custis who married Martha […]
Homelessness in America has always been a problem, but in the 1930s after the Great Depression and the during the drought years of the Dust Bowl, people suffered severely. Family living in a community camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Father was in the hospital with broken back received when he fell from roof on which he was applying […]
MOVING IN TWO COVERED WAGONS by Jesse Suttles In the winter of 1914, my Grand Dad, Joseph Monroe Suttles, moved his family from Russellville, Arkansas, in Pope County, to Dallas, Texas. Originally, he had planned to move to Rockwall, Texas, located about thirty five miles north of Dallas, where he had rented a farm, but […]
See larger image FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Tapestry of Love) (Paperback) List Price: $14.97 New From: $14.97 In Stock At the peak of popularity, this industry employed over 100,000 people and was in almost every city in the country. Now there is little evidence that it even existed. As cities grew, mass transit […]
See larger image Vinegar of the Four Thieves: Recipes & Curious Tips from the Past (Paperback) List Price: $12.77 New From: $12.77 In Stock The exodus from dried up farms due to the Dust Bowl was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time. Farmers affected by the Dust Bowl traveled […]
