Last year the inaugural LitFest Pasadena was a great success with hundreds of people coming to Central Park for a full slate of activities that made everybody’s day. Petrea took this sweet photo: This year LitFest Pasadena 2.0 Saturday, May 11, from 10 to 5 p.m. at Central Park will feature more than 80 renowned authors […]
Yesterday I had a nice visit at Arlington Garden, where the woman in the photo above was enjoying a leisurely stroll. I was there to meet with Chuck Hudson, who serves on the board of the West Pasadena Residents’ Association. We had been trying to get together for some time to discuss…well, I’ll save that for later. […]
Many of my ancestors can be found in the six-volume set of books titled “Notable Southern Families.” That’s great news for anyone doing genealogy research because the books include the begats as well as American Revolution, War of 1812 and Civil War information about hundreds upon hundreds of people. The reason so many of my ancestors are listed […]
Brenda Starr had her mystery man. . .and now I have mine. Who is this gentleman? I was convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was Andrew Jackson, my great-great-great grandfather about whom I’ve written on my blog not only once but twice. He was a Confederate officer during the Civil War, was […]
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for my children. . . . . .my grandchildren. . . . . .that I had parents who loved me. . . . .and that I have siblings who are very dear to me. I have been truly blessed. […]
For generations Linn Creek, Missouri, was a thriving town in Camden County. Now referred to as Old Linn Creek, it had a few doctors over the years, including my great-great grandfather Dr. Joel C. Crouch (1825-1873), who was the town physician from 1860 to 1873. He was commissioned as a Civil War surgeon on […]
When I was a kid we played the telephone game, AKA Chinese whispers: whisper a little story in someone’s ear, then that person whispers it to the next in line, and so on, until the last person tells the story out loud for all to hear, but by then it has changed a little or […]
Monday and yesterday I was in Wichita, Kansas, visiting my cousin Alice. We had a great time at an event Monday evening (see those photos here!) and at about 10 p.m. we walked about four blocks from her home to see the “Keeper of the Plains.” It’s a 45-foot-tall (not including the 30-foot rock base) […]
Yesterday, after a full day of family genealogy research at the Bentonville, Arkansas, Public Library and the Benton County Historical Society, I traveled about half an hour to Pea Ridge Battlefield National Park. As you can see in the photo above, the moon was on the rise when I arrived. The interpretive center was […]
As a young man my great-great-great grandfather James Terrill Craig spent two years out west during the California Gold Rush. In 1871, when he was 53, he had this lovely 4,800-square-foot home built at 307 Central Ave. in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was one of the earliest settlers of this city and made his fortune as a […]
