Ancestor Soup

 [Note: The Conductor of Train #412 was my great-great uncle, E. E. Hittle of Huron, South Dakota.  He was married to Maude Graves, sister...

Years ago, I found digital copies of the 1880 Agricultural Schedule for my direct-line ancestors, William Graves and Lawson Lair in Peoria...

Iris Brown An Unconventional Friendship.  That may be what you call it.  Of course, when a tipsy 16 year old girl at a party meets a wo...

It was a Christmas eve just like every other one in our family, except it was the first Christmas dinner I remember sitting  up at the tab...

In posts 1 and 2 , we saw the romantic tale of William and Freide Feige, and the fading of William Feige from the story, and the appearanc...

Huron, South Dakota.  About 1915 Our story left off in Part 1 in 1887-88, when Freide and her children moved from their homestead in...

It was a tale of intrigue, romance, and secrets.  It was also a tale of female pioneer strength and of community service.  But if you were ...