by Sharon Hall | Sep 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
This month’s issue of Digging History Magazine features the great state of Oklahoma, the Sooner State. This issue was inspired by my great grandfather, Noah Seborn Young. I discovered something about him and a lot about Oklahoma’s history (and a radical...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 16, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
the Klondike Gold Rush was off and running as George Carmack, brother-in-law Skookum Jim and his nephew Dawson Charlie filed the Discovery Claim on Bonanza Creek in the Canadian Yukon on August 16, 1896. Men (and women) began flocking to the Yukon as newspapers...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 4, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
This month’s issue of Digging History Magazine seemed excruciatingly long to complete (it did run over my “normal” deadline of the first day of the month). It’s out today, and even though it took a bit longer, I think it was well worth it to...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 22, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Today I was putting the finishing touches on an article for the August issue of Digging History Magazine. The article, originally published in November 2013, is being “re-purposed” (as I like to call it these days). In the case of this particular article...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 11, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
I’ve been thinking lately about why I take the time to write and publish Digging History Magazine every month. Yes, I have subscribers and thus I must write! I also want to continue writing (which entails a lot of digging and a lot of work!) because I’m...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 4, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
July 4, 1876 – The United States was celebrating its first centennial eleven years following the end of the Civil War. In Philadelphia, soldiers from the North and South, “the Blue and the Gray”, marched together. There were lively and soul-stirring festivities held...
