After graduation from Penn State, Edwin and Elizabeth were married in July, 1913, at a church in Philadelphia. Neither of their families lived there, but Edw...

Edwin was a singer and at Penn State, he was a member of the Glee Club most years, besides performing with a quartet. He was the second tenor, meaning he too...

Edwin was Grandmother’s husband, Uncle David’s and my mother’s father. I only knew him in those ways, never as Granddad. In 1918, he was felled at age thirty...

When relatives and friends lived far away and long distance phone calls were too expensive for everyday chats, people wrote long, newsy letters. Nowadays, in...

Anna was Grandmother’s aunt. She was one of at least seven children born in Donegal, Ireland to Charles and Margery Williams. The eighth child was born after...

Denver, Colorado Aug 26, 1900 My dear Elizabeth, This is a picture of an Indian. I thought I should tell you as you have never seen one. He is a good Indian ...

My Grandmother Stoddard was a Saver, not to be equated with Hoarder, someone who keeps everything, important items as well as junk. Savers keep things that a...

His full name was Robert Willis Jones, but of course, he went by Bob. He was bald on top, wore glasses, and had strong, muscular arms, due to physical work h...

We like to remember people with admirable qualities, who treated others with thoughtfulness. But we also remember those who demonstrated the opposite of good...

A powerful stare with eyes blazing, one brow raised high — that was Mrs. Curry’s stock-in-trade. She’d used that weapon enough times, the mere mention of her...

Tommy was one of the good guys. When we lived in Maryland, his house was across the street from mine. We were buddies from ages four to five. We got along, I...

We all have them, certain personalities who stay in our memories forever. We might have been friends for years or perhaps only spoke with them for three minu...

Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Pat Garrett. The history of the West is filled with tales of famous men and their exploits. E...

My father built a two-room house on the farm. Just a few weeks after my mother got here with the four children, my brother, Louie, drowned in the mill dam st...

It was such a new world, reaching to the far horizon without break of tree or chimney stack; just sky and grass and grass and sky. . . --- Lydia Murphy Tooth...

Tom Mix, actor One day, after Buffalo Billy had been a few months Pony Riding, a party of Indians ambushed him near Horse Creek. He, however, as did his hors...

William S. Hart, Tom Mix, John Wayne. Throw in Ben Cartwright, Matt Dillon, and Lucas McCain. For good measure, add two book characters, Tell Sackett and Mon...

Here’s the background about two stories in my short story volume, Contrary Don’t Have No “i”. Of course, I like all of them, but these are my personal favori...

The reports of the new potato crop are very unfavorable. All letters and sources of information declare disease to be more prevalent this year than last in t...

Who hasn’t wondered whatever happened to a house where she spent childhood days, or one that figured prominently in her family’s history? Who hasn’t, when gi...