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LOL. My grandfather, among other things, built luxury homes that were featured in magazines (also as a hobby made beautiful furniture to go with homes). He also had beautiful, bountiful estate gardens. He had such a life well beyond this and became very wealthy. (He was married to the great niece, a brilliant Scandinavian, of Jefferson Davis).
I guess in a way my grandparents were a little like John in the sense that they too left an established northern area and journeyed to the remote far west (for them l900 west Wyoming). My grandfather was the railroad station manager for the one railroad track and operated the crystal telegraph while my grandmother was home in Green River shooting wild animals with a rifle from the back porch.
TY remmij. That was interesting. I think he mentioned the Union Pacific. I think they probably stayed put there. Later they went to Laramie where they had a fancy gift store across from the entrance to the U. Of WY. My grandmother did the fancy baking to sell and my dad worked at the soda fountain and went to the U. One of the cookies my grandmother baked that I liked was a small oblong dough cookie with small nuts covered with confectionary sugar (yum). Just before the depression, my grandfather sold the store. During the depression, he invested the money from the store in the stock market (low). After the war, the stock market soared and he was so proud of the new Cadillac he bought each year. :-) Then he went into building homes in S. Pasadena, CA, where the movie stars lived, and on the cliffs in the Laguna Beach area of CA (very rich area). (I learned from DNA testing that my grandfather was not only British but a little Spanish). They were a good upstanding moral couple.
You got some mad cutting skills
ReplyDeleteA friend who was "carpentry challenged" once asked me...How do you cut a straight line" My answer...Draw a straight line and follow it.
ReplyDeleteLOL. My grandfather, among other things, built luxury homes that were featured in magazines (also as a hobby made beautiful furniture to go with homes). He also had beautiful, bountiful estate gardens. He had such a life well beyond this and became very wealthy. (He was married to the great niece, a brilliant Scandinavian, of Jefferson Davis).
ReplyDeleteI guess in a way my grandparents were a little like John in the sense that they too left an established northern area and journeyed to the remote far west (for them l900 west Wyoming). My grandfather was the railroad station manager for the one railroad track and operated the crystal telegraph while my grandmother was home in Green River shooting wild animals with a rifle from the back porch.
ReplyDeleteThey had to get to their final destination by horse because the stagecoach did not go that far.
ReplyDeletenow that tax day is outta the way…
ReplyDeleteMargery - that's quite a tale - suppose your Grandfather (name?) ever saw the 1,000 mile tree?… you've laid the groundwork for much speculation…
about 125 west of Green River, WY:
wiki - 1,000 mi
the "new" (planted in 1982 by UP) 1,000 mile tree
in 1869
2016 tree for Anchor Christmas Ale - see sign hanging from tree - artist James Stitt
executive orders in action even back then…
checking rail history in the area…
UT
WY
did they pass through Platte County?
southeastern WY
TY remmij. That was interesting. I think he mentioned the Union Pacific. I think they probably stayed put there. Later they went to Laramie where they had a fancy gift store across from the entrance to the U. Of WY. My grandmother did the fancy baking to sell and my dad worked at the soda fountain and went to the U. One of the cookies my grandmother baked that I liked was a small oblong dough cookie with small nuts covered with confectionary sugar (yum). Just before the depression, my grandfather sold the store. During the depression, he invested the money from the store in the stock market (low). After the war, the stock market soared and he was so proud of the new Cadillac he bought each year. :-) Then he went into building homes in S. Pasadena, CA, where the movie stars lived, and on the cliffs in the Laguna Beach area of CA (very rich area). (I learned from DNA testing that my grandfather was not only British but a little Spanish). They were a good upstanding moral couple.
ReplyDeletea tour of UW
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wiki W yippie yi kiyeh
close to these? would like to hear more about J. Davis while we munched these… (oblong or ball?)
hard to tell where the "official" entry is… now, or then…
off 15th & Willett?
maybe
Laguna (interesting population numbers… "1930: Population – 1981")
laguna in postcards
any chance your Grandpap was there?
John, you did a good job of cutting the wood. Love the advice you gave your friend :D
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