Portrait of Daniel Boone
Author: Anonymous
November 2, 1734
Daniel Boone was born. He was a frontiersman and explorer. He was captured and adopted by Shawnee Indians as Big Turtle. He died Sep 26, 1820.
November 24, 1784
Zachary Taylor was born. He was the 12th U.S. President [1849-1850]; married to Margaret Smith [one son, five daughters]; nickname: Old Rough and Ready; died July 9, 1850.
A Typical Thanksgiving Day
For Mack Braziel and family 50 years ago
We would plan and look forward to Thanksgiving Day for a week or two.
On Thanksgiving Day, we got up early and headed out to some of our families house. Sometimes we went to our parents, sometimes to Viola’s sisters or to the home of Viola and myself.
By: GayLynn Allen
Gardner, Kansas
Irene Elizabeth Wyrick was born November 22, 1929. She had 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Life as she knew it then was a thrill, later she would realize it was of desperate times.
BABIES
The early 1900s watched families grow whether you lived on a rural farm or in the ethnic neighborhoods of booming cities. Brothers and sisters often paint different pictures of the same family events. Birth order and whether male or female sex determined the responsibilities in the family.
___________________
By Jennifer Thompson
By: Joe Mayfield
Country people know how to wave when they see someone driving toward them, or if they see a friend on a tractor plowing, there are certain ways to go about doing the right thing, in fulfilling your obligation to wave.
Martha's Way
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.
Maxine's Way
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it, anyway!
Martha's Way
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
Maxine's Way
Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix and keep it in the pantry for up to a year.
A RETURN TO THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
The Near North is now Wrigleyville
By Mike Fak
To read Wrigleyville Part 3, Click here.
BEFORE IT WAS WRIGLEYVILLE
by Mike Fak
This is the conclusion of a story published in the August and September 2005 issues of U.S. Legacies magazine and reflects a dream Mike Fak had about his childhood. Next month, we will publish a story about his return to Wrigley Field, 40 years after he moved away. (Published in the October 2005 issue of US Legacies)
Caroline Graham
a university student living in Australia.
They say that if you draw a map of everywhere you have ever been, what you actually draw is your own face. If that is true, Jesse Houston has probably seen it all.