by Sharon Hall | Oct 15, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
I was at the hair salon chatting with my stylist about “Tombstone Tuesdays”. She mentioned that there were some cemeteries in Muleshoe, Texas (Bailey County) that might be interesting. So, I looked up Bailey County and clicked on one of the smaller cemeteries (60...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 14, 2013 | Military History Monday
I ran across an article written in 2010, somewhat facetiously, about some lesser known “civil wars” which were largely the result of border conflicts between states or territories. These conflicts loosely come under the topic of military history in some respects, but...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 9, 2013 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
Iosepa, Utah – Hawaiian Ghost Town Skull Valley, Utah is the site of the West’s only Hawaiian ghost town. Iosepa was established in 1889 by Mormons and largely populated by Pacific Islanders Mormon converts (Hawaiians). Mormon missionaries had been sent to...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 8, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
“How much of life how much of joy is buried with our darling boy” – this is the heartfelt epitaph on the grave stone of Albert Hathaway Samsill – a random grave stone in County Cemetery located in the Lubbock (Texas) County listing of cemeteries. I picked...
