Much of the care of me fell on my sister Sadie for another baby came very soon. There was only twenty months between my sister […] Read More
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I was going on eleven years old when the great catastrophe came, that of going to the farm and leaving our wonderful home and friends. […] Read More
No one has the privilege of choosing the time or place of his birth. Perhaps there are those who would have preferred a different time […] Read More
Pictured Above: Home in Marine, IL The year 1904 was the year of the World’s Fair in Sf. Louis. It was to be the most […] Read More
Our first home was a log house. It was one and a half stories high with a bedroom upstairs, living room, bedroom and kitchen downstairs. […] Read More
Photo above: Des Arc Street & Church After we moved to Upper Camp Creek, Des Arc was our “town”, It was a big day when I […] Read More
Editor’s note: Few people today can remember what it was like to spend an entire day traveling from Wayne County to St. Louis. Wisking along […] Read More