by Sharon Hall | Sep 29, 2014 | Mothers of Invention
Today’s “mother of invention” article features another “parent-friendly” product (last week it was disposable diapers). As you will see, she could also be characterized as a “feisty female”. Patsy O’Connell Sherman was born on September 15, 1930 in Minneapolis,...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 26, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Most sources agree that today’s surname is of occupational origins, perhaps referring to someone who was a mender of pots and pans (“tinner”). The earliest individuals bearing a particular surname, especially an occupational one, were usually employed in that...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 24, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
Some historians credit Joseph S. “Buckskin Joe” Works, a Texas land promoter, with the founding of today’s ghost town around 1887. Another historian, Dr. Edward Everett Dale who was a research professor of history at the University of Oklahoma, wrote in 1946 that the...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 23, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
Nathaniel Bowditch arrived at Hilton Head and discovered the temperature to be 120 degrees in the shade! NOTE: If you missed Part One of this story, you can read it here. His regiment was ordered to Aquia Creek on August 25 and he was resigned to the inevitability...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 22, 2014 | Mothers of Invention
Parents around the world can thank today’s “mother of invention” every time they pick up a Pampers®, Huggies® or Luvs® to change their little one’s diaper. Although her ideas were considered impractical at the time, they eventually led to the first truly...
