by Sharon Hall | Sep 12, 2014 | Feisty Females
After becoming the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail solo at the age of sixty-seven in 1955, today’s “Feisty Female” remarked to Sports Illustrated upon completing the trek, “I would never have started this trip if I had known how tough it was, but I...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 10, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Wild Weather Wednesday
On September 8, 1900 a massive storm was raging and headed for the Texas coast. The storm, which may have originated off the western coast of Africa, had already inflicted heavy damage in New Orleans and was heading west. The city of Galveston, located on thirty...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 9, 2014 | Tombstone Tuesday
I gotta say this was a difficult article to research – so darn many General Washington Gentry’s or George Washington Gentry’s or General George Washington Gentry’s in Johnson County, Tennessee it seemed. I think (I hope) I have figured it out...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 6, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Those who regularly read the Surname Saturday articles know that there are usually multiple theories as to a surname’s origin. Such is the case again today with the Kitten surname. According to House of Names, the Kitten surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, possibly...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 5, 2014 | Feudin' & Fightin' Friday
As the political rule-of-thumb goes, most people don’t pay attention to upcoming national elections until after Labor Day. Here’s a look back at an era gone by – or is it? As another saying goes, “some things never change”. Today we are accustomed to the color-coded...
