by Sharon Hall | Nov 5, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
At the suggestion of my cousin, Terrie Henderson, I decided to check out some cemeteries in Catron County, New Mexico. Several of the sites I perused had extensive details of both the lives and deaths on the individual Find-A-Grave web page. For instance, the Boot...
by Sharon Hall | Nov 4, 2013 | Military History Monday
In this border war which occurred in the first decade of the 1800s, ambiguities in border delineation were again the center of controversy. The strip of land, approximately twelve miles wide, was called the “Orphan Strip”. That strip of land bordered the three...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 30, 2013 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
I found the subject of today’s article on another blog which listed the ten best “ghost” towns to visit in Kansas. The author’s caveat was that it never became a town, but it is quite historical (and worth a trip to see) – known as the most historic place in...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 29, 2013 | Tombstone Tuesday
Today I’m starting a “mini-series” for this week of all things spooky and haunting (if you’re into that kind of thing). The articles today through Friday will be about different events and places surrounding the ill-fated Donner Party. Today’s article is about the...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 28, 2013 | Military History Monday
Here is another United States “civil war” or boundary dispute that portended a fierce and future college football rivalry. This one was between Ohio and Michigan. Ohio became a sovereign state of the United States in 1803. Michigan, still a territory in 1835, would...
