by Sharon Hall | Oct 21, 2013 | Military History Monday
Tweren’t really nothing much this little “war” — just a misunderstanding (maybe a little blown out of proportion), which was eventually settled by the U.S. Supreme Court, over the interpretation of the Louisiana Purchase and various treaties...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 16, 2013 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
Today’s ghost town (spelled either “Bethsheba” or “Bathsheba”) may or may not have existed, according to some. Purportedly, in 1893 an all-female village was established in Oklahoma in an area called “Cherokee Strip”. These women so...
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...
