by Sharon Hall | Dec 14, 2013 | Surname Saturday
The surname “Sparhawk” is derived from the Middle English name “Sparhauk” or “Sparrowhawk” which was derived from the Old English name of “Spearheafoc”. The name is also thought to have been a nickname for someone resembling a sparrow-hawk. The Sparhawk family is one...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 11, 2013 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
The land in Carbon County, Montana which eventually grew into this company mining town was purchased in 1903 by Fred and Annie Bartels. Carbon County had been created out of portions of Park and Yellowstone Counties in 1895, and so named for the rich coal deposits in...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 10, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
“Here lyeth interred the body of the Reverend Mr. John Sparhawk minister of this place 23 years last past and dyed the 29th of April, 1718 in the 46th year of his age.” This is the epitaph of Reverend John Sparhawk, buried at the Congregational Cemetery in...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 7, 2013 | Home Remedies and Quack Cures
It’s known by various names – most commonly tuberculosis, but at times throughout history referred to as: “consumption” because the patient experienced severe weight loss and was almost literally “consumed” with the disease; phthisis (derived from Latin-Greek...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 6, 2013 | Feudin' & Fightin' Friday
This range war conducted in the 1880s, sometimes called The Pleasant Valley War or Tonto Basin Feud, was anything but pleasant. It turned out to be one of the more bloody and vicious feuds in American history, certainly in Arizona history. So fierce and violent was...
