Does anyone else have an arrowhead collection handed down from a relative?
My grandfather name was George Fields Caldwell and he was born in Hawkins Co., Tenn. He married my grandmother in Baker, Oregon and they settled in Boise, Idaho. Fields as he was called, owned his own plumbing...
Section 16, page 3/5
LOG CABIN OF THE SOUTH
November 19, 1864
Dear Book: --- All summer you have lain upon the shelf behind my mirror, and I have worked so hard. And now, today, I find you, and still, I have nothing in the way of hope to say to you.
All summer John and the slaves...
Section 15, page 8/8
BLESSED DREAMS
September 19, 1863
Dear Book: --- It's hardly fair to you, not to tell you that the journey is over, and how it all happened.
I would be out in the feild with John, if I could have my way, but he says No.
Well, the morning of September the...
Hi everyone,
Does anyone remember the Crazy Sunglasses from the 1960's and 1970's?
At that time I was selling literature at antique automobile swapmeets down in Southern California.
I had an oppertunity to buy a couple of cases of Crazy Sunglasses and thought that they would be a good...
Section 15, page 5/8
BLESSED DREAMS
September 12, 1863
Close Friend: --- All day yesterday, and today, we have been pushing along the roads to the South. We were delayed two days and one night at our last stop on account of rain, and was afraid to try to cross the streams. We started...
Section 15, page 1/8
BLESSED DREAMS
The sunsets glow has left the sky
The moon shines calm and fair,
Upon a dear wife kneeling low
To breath her daily prayer,
And thus, her brief pitition arose
In simple words and few
"Dear Lord, please send me blessed dreams...
Section 14, page 1/5
DREAMS COMING TRUE
August 1, 1863
Dear Book:-- I seem to neglect you shamefully of late, but it's so warm, and May and I have been busy making her a hat. One day as we sat at the edge of an oat field talking, I was idly braiding some of the straws, and May...
Section 13, page 1/5
SHARING BURDENS
April 20, 1863
Dear close Friend:
I am very tired to-night, but am so happy for I got a letter from home today, and one that John had sent. He was at Corinth, Mississippi, when he wrote, and was recovering from wounds he received while...
Section 12, page 1/5
CEMENTING THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP
February 6, 1863
Dear Close Friend:
It's been so very, very long (over a year) since I have recorded a line in your pages, and there is so very much to write, that I don't know where to start in, and if Mrs. Howell comes home...
Section 11, page 1/3
A GLIMPSE OF HELL
It is June----God's great noonday of the year---come walk with me. Yes, it's early. The eastern skies are rosy, and the air is damp with dew, but I want to show you some of the wonders of God's great creation.
Let's go out west of the town, and...
Hi Freebird,
Of course you can make a copy.
Here is some more.
Section 10, page 1/5
"NORTHERN YANKEE AND SOUTHERN LADY"
November 20, 1861
Oh close Friend:- I just must write into your pages tonight. We have been so very busy that I have not written in a long time, but...
Section 9, page 2/5
"WHERE DUTY CALLS"
Here he comes with the same gray suit, but over it he has a dark coat, and with sturdy shoes, a pair of leggings, and a good brass spur on his heel for hard riding. He is making his way for the horses. Well, let's see him go over the corral fences...
Freebird, it could be one of your ancestors. Here is more of the story.
Section 8, page 4/5
"STRANGE HIGHWAYS LEAD TO WHERE"
November 1, 1861
Close Friend:--
I have been so busy that I have not wrote you a line for several days. Next morning after I stayed at Mr. Blanchard's...
It looks like I forgot to post last night, so I will add to the story today.
Section 8, page 1/5
"STRANGE HIGHWAYS LEAD TO WHERE"
October 25, 1861
Dear Close Friend:- We are out on strange roads once more this morning. Joe came over and saddled Dude for me, and after I had said...
Section 7, page 3/7
SO THIS IS WAR
October 11, 1861
Well, another day is gone. We dyed some thread to-day, and got it washed and dried to begin to weave some cloth for winter dresses. It was such a pretty shade of dark blue, and Mrs. Carrol is going to stripe it with brown and...
Section 6, page 1/1
AMONG STRANGE PEOPLE
October 7, 1861
I arrived in Springfield at 3:30 this afternoon--wagon train was gone, but I think I can catch up with them to-morrow, if I go to bed now and rest and start early in the morning (The dear old lady who had given Lavina lodgings...
Hi Everyone,
I got home a little early so I am posting this before midnight.
Section 5, page 1/4
THE SUPREME TEST
The summer days of 1861 were fast slipping by, and what most people thought would be a matter of a few weeks or months, was now not any better than before. The battle...
I have been involved in genealogy and researching my family for the past 50 years. I started when I was 16 years old.
A lot of people do their genealogy. They try to see how many names, dates, locations for their ancestors they can put on their pedigree chart. Of course I have pedigree...
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