Wednesday, September 5, 2018

The Cistern From Hell

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Few things terrified me as a kid like the thought of the cistern out at the farm.  We used to love to go out there with Grandpa and search ...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Nathan Graves and the "Indian Cancer Plaster"

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Nathan Graves had cancer.  And he was desperate. He was about 53 years old when the cancer first appeared on his right cheek, but it...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Every Kid Needs an Uncle Don

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Recently I was working on a set of autobiography questions, one of them being "What is your earliest memory?"   Well, the first th...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Is it him? Or is it not him? That is the question...

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                I have pined away for a Revolutionary War Patriot in my lineage for a long time, but have come up disappointed at eve...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Menzie House Hotel - An Early Problem Property

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     The town of Huron, in Dakota Territory, was a growing, bustling little town situated along the tracks of the Chicago and North Western ...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

The Big, Stinky Moneymaker on the Hill

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Yes, I'm talking about Armour and Company, sitting on the hill just east of town.  Others who grew up in Huron will relate to the "...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

And if you believe that, I have a bridge I’d like to sell you…

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[Note: George Knutz was my great grandfather's brother] The year was 1906.  The place was Sedalia, Missouri.  George Knutz, ill aft...
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