Rain or shine, true hikers get out and hike! We decided to hike up to Trail Canyon Falls for the first time, in the rain, hoping to find the waterfall overflowing! My mapping skills were off that day because we missed the cut off up the side of the mountain to...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek If He Could Do It Over Again The trappings of the modern world are so much a part of our daily lives that we seldom contemplate what it must be like in places where there...
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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Communications: To Instruct….To Inform….To Entertain “Let there be stoning” admonished the author of a presentation address at a technical conference. He might have shocked his audience, but he probably thought that it was...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek La Pizza In Tutto Il Mundo While finishing a slice of hot pizza from an undistinguished establishment not usually known for good pizza (Sam’s Club in Salisbury, Maryland), the Bengal Tiger and The Bear started...
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Marv and I took on Mt Lukens by way of Stone Canyon Trail, an 8 mile section with 3400 feet of elevation gain. We added 3 miles to the hike for a total of 11 miles, by taking Sister Elsie Trail down, plus a few cut offs, we made our way...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Legacy Stories Get Remembered Best When They Are Recorded First When asked by the Co-Founder of LegacyStories.org to compile a list of the legacy stories we had submitted in 2013, some of the regular contributors...
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Van Richard Ercanbrack May 23, 1946 December 21, 2013 Van Richard Ercanbrack, 67, amazing husband, father, brother, and grandfather passed away peacefully on December 21, 2013, surrounded by family, from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Born May 23, 1946, to LeGrand and Pearl Roberts Ercanbrack, he lived in Lindon most of his...
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Always looking for a challenge, we decided to travers the entire length of the Verdugo Mountain range in one day. It would require two cars, one at each end. The hike was special and quite unique. I doubt that many hike the entire length. It was supposed to be 11 miles,...
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Ellen Ford Her Story Ellen Ford was the youngest of the daughters born to David Ford and Nancy(McIntosh) Ford, she was born in Canada on May 22,1858, and was 10 years old when the family came to the United States and settled in Caldwell County, Missouri. They lived...
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William Alexander Ford (W. A. Ford/Mr. Alex) His Story William A. Ford was the youngest child born to David and Nancy(McIntosh) Ford. He was born in Canada in March, 1861 making...
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Hannah Ford Her Story Hannah Ford was born in Canada on March 18, 1842 to David Ford(1819-1893) and Nancy (McIntosh) Ford (1822-1870). David Ford born in Canada, and mother Nancy born in Scotland. I found Nancy in Canada in 1851, under the name Nancy McIntosh, in Nova Scotia. ...
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Harley Duston His Story Harley H. Duston was born to Philander H. Duston and Hannah Duston in December 1869 in Caldwell County, Missouri. He was the third child born to this couple. He had two sisters which were older and two brothers that were younger....
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William Addison Hogsett Mrs M. I. Hogsett(Margaret) Mary Hogsett. Their Story William A. Hogsett was born on Nov.5, 1821 in Augusta Co. Virginia to James Hogsett (1785-1826) and Elizabeth (Manuell) Hogsett (1794-1867). He lived with his family in Virginia until he joined in marriage to Margaret I. Cauffman...
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Anna Bateman Her Story Anna Bateman was born to parents George (b.1832[Pa. 1908_) and Josephine Delilah (Haywood) (b.1843-Indiana-d.1904) Bateman in Missouri in 1869. In the census of 1870 she is with her parents in New York Twsp. Caldwell Co. Missouri. Father is listed as farmer. But...
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MRS LOUISE “LOUIE” CATHERINE BARKLEY ACHENBACH By Karen Wilcox Mrs. Louie Achenbach oldest and best known pioneer woman passed away at her home in Polo Wednesday afternoon November 22, 1933. We would like to take you on a journey back in time to 1840. We are in Orangeville, Columbia...
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FRANK L. PARKER, I. by Willie Parker Frank and Fred Parker were identical twins, born November 14, 1866, in Salem, Iowa. Their parents were Thomas and Nancy Wilmeth Parker. Frank married Flora Tospen November 13, 1887. Marriage records in Kingston show he was not 21 and had to...
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HENRY TOSPEN By Judy Housh Henry Tospon was born in 1838 in Brunswick, Germany. His wife, Elizabeth Whelaman, was born in 1843 in Hanover, Germany. The family left Germany and moved to England and then onto Scotland before coming to the United States to locate in Somerset, Pennsylvania. ...
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Dear Friends, Over the years we have shared and discussed many things: that is the way with friends. I want to tell you the story of Cherith. Perhaps, it will help my grieving heart to heal a bit. I believe Sean wants me to share this story; it is, after all,...
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Anna Duston Her Story Anna Duston was born in 1866 the second child of Hugh Philander Duston and Hannah Florena (Ernsbarger) Duston. She was born in Caldwell Co. Missouri and in 1870 and 1880 census resided on family farm near Kingston, Missouri with her parents and siblings, Margaret,...
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Hugh Philander Duston His Story Hugh Philander Duston was born in Caldwell County Missouri, August 1st,1840. He was the son of Dr. John H.Duston I, a pioneer citizen of America . His mother previous to her marriage to Mr. Duston was Sophia White, sister of the...
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