by Sharon Hall | Oct 8, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
Gold and silver were discovered in the late 1880’s in what is now southwest Catron County, New Mexico. Preferably, in order to contain costs, gold and silver needed to be processed as close as possible to the mines. However, the problem in this particular...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 6, 2014 | Military History Monday
Today’s Military History article continues the story of the Quattelbaum (Quattlebaum) family whose American progenitor, Petter Quattelbaum, arrived in America in October of 1736 (see this past week’s Surname Saturday article here). Johannes Quattelbaum, son of Petter,...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 3, 2014 | Surname Saturday
For the first two generations after arriving in America, this German family from the Palatinate region, spelled their surname “Quattelbaum” but eventually settled on a slightly different spelling as “Quattlebaum”. The second part of the name, “baum”, means “tree” in...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 3, 2014 | Feisty Females
Ida Bell Wells was the oldest daughter of James and Lizzie Wells, born in slavery (temporarily) on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Less than six months later, all slaves were set free by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. James was a master carpenter...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 1, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
“It isn’t likely that a tourist will ever see the old Reagan County Courthouse at Stiles unless he is looking for it, or just flat lost.” That’s what a contributor on the Ghost Towns web site had to say about Stiles, Texas. It’s a bit off the beaten track these...
