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Spring Is In the Air
Well! It is Spring! We awoke this morning around 7a.m. MDT to find a couple of young deer shaking, raiding the hanging bird feeder I had hung at the top of the slope in my backyard, North of Bayfield, Colorado. Insight Into Grandpa
The following articles were found in an online website called: Sporting Life that had pdf/text files of news articles back to the late eighteen hundreds. The following are a few in the early 1900s concerning my Grandpa W. J. "Bill" McGill. It should give you an insight into my Grandpa. Nowata, OK Paranormal Mystery
Julie says, "In Nowata, OK, people in a house , in the 200 block on North Pecan are experiencing paranormal activity. I am on a team that has investigated the house and we got a lot of data. The landlord won't go in the house and the neighbors won't talk to them. The house has had a hard time keeping occupants. I was just wondering if anything like a murder or strange events occured in the home or the land where the home is located - 200 block on North Pecan." LaPlata Co., Durango CO Penny PostcardsHere are some Penny Postcard views of Durango and LaPlatta county in SW Colorado [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Name Ridge of Hills West of Alva?Kathy Earnst says, "Do you know the name of the ridge of hills west of Alva? I know we call it hilltop when we drive out of the plain onto the pasture land but I cannot find out the name of the ridge [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe |
1909 Vacation to Colorado
This is a photo of the group that toured the Colorado Springs area in 1909. I believe that the lady seated down front, on the right in the dark suit dress, with glasses and looking away from camera, is my grandmother, Constance Estelle Warwick, who married William Jacob McGill in March, 1910. Digital Archive Periodicals and SeriesDavid says, "The LA84 Foundation Library is engaged in an ambitious project to convert selected scholarly journals, proceedings and series publications, as well as non-scholarly sports magazines and reviews from paper to digital format [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1893 Great Race For Homes
The photo on the left is a picture of Alva, Oklahoma Territory, businesses around the downtown government square in its early years after the Run of 1893. Waynoka Depot Being RestoredSandie says, "Good morning! The link below should take you to a story in the Enid Morning News about Preservation Oklahoma [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe The Answer Is Blowing in the Winds
I love this song, especially sung by Peter, Paul & Mary in the 1960s. AND ... the particular lines in the verse that read: "How many years can a mountain exist before it's washed to the sea. How many years must some people exist before they're allowed to be free ..... The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind.
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Insight Into Grandma
Before we get started with another transcribed letter to Constance from John C. McClure, we shall share a West Virginia moment and photo of grandma with an old family heirloom (gun) handed down from from either her Warwick or Gwin side of the family. I believe it may have been the Gwin side of the family, though. Will McGill 1907 Baseball Legacy
We found these Sporting Life articles (pdf/text version) online where you could search for a particular name or keyword. I typed in "mcgill" and came up with quite a few "Will," "Willie," and other McGill's. I have included those below that pertain only to my Grandpa W. J. "Will" McGill. Remember Penny PostcardsKathy says, "What did your town look like according to Penny Postcards? Check out your old stomping grounds during the times of the penny postcard [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Presbyterian Church & Cole Bros. of Alva
Kathy says, "Do you by any chance know the web addy for The First Presbyterian Church in Alva? All I can come up with is general stuff...where it's located ... etc. I know they had one several years ago .... but can't remember the addy.... Fort Breckenridge, VAFort Breckenridge in the Virginias, was also called Fort Mann [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe |
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