A story told to May Dye Hansen (1878-1966) by her mother Nancy (1839-1911). It was in the spring of l850 when they left. They probably started from independence, Missouri, as the old California Trail began there. Aunt Sarah Crowel slipped a beautiful ring on Nancy’s finger at parting. She loved Nancy very dearly. “Keep this...
Authors note: I probably heard more stories about Farquhar McRae while growing up than any other character known to my family. Among the people mentioned in this story are T.H. McGreer my great-grandfather and Elizabeth (Babe) Scott, sister of Chrissy Scott. Babe was my aunt.) If you have family stories you would like to share...
By: Kevin L. Reichling Bullying is a part of growing up and people become more mature when high school is over. This is conventional wisdom, but I have learned over the years that conventional wisdom isn’t always wise. I reject this way of thinking and I have come to realize that with some people, maturity...
Taken from Antelope, The Saga of a Western Town by Arthur H. Campbell Because so much wheat was diverted to the military, there was a shortage of this product from home consumption. The shortage was becoming so acute in the spring of 1918 the government asked Oregon family’s and manufacturing firms to turn wheat into...
On April 5, 1840, Longfellow invited a few friends to dine at his rented rooms in Cambridge at the Craigie House. Nathaniel Hawthorne brought the Reverend Horace Conolly with him. At dinner, Conolly related a tale he had heard from a French-Canadian woman about an Acadian couple separated on their wedding day by the British...
