It was her most prized possession. And one of only a few items she had been allowed to bring along with her. When her two daughters had returned to their childhood home she knew she was in trouble. The two girls were as different as night and day and she knew that they had little [...]
Yesterday marked one hundred years since our forefathers returned home, broken and shellshocked, The Lost Generation, as they became known due in part to the tremendous loss of life as well as the lost illusion of the grandeur of life that the war caused. The sacrifices they made would be celebrated as Armistice Day a year [...]
People with strong Intellection talents like to think. They like mental activity. They like to exercise the “muscles” of their brain, stretching them in multiple directions. This need for mental activity may be focused; for example, they may be trying to solve a problem, develop an idea, or understand another person’s feelings. The exact focus [...]
Halloween, or more properly, Samhain, is one of my favorite days of the year. In Celtic tradition, Samhain is the dividing point of the year between the lighter days of summer and the darker days of winter. It is a time when the veil between this world and the next is thinnest, allowing spirits to [...]
In 1898, New York Governor Frank S. Black, lost the gubernatorial election to one young brash and bold war hero, Theodore Roosevelt. Black's tenure had been rife with conflict and scandal from his dubious state appointments to a scandal regarding the development of the Erie Canal and he lost support . Black slipped quietly back [...]
It was a setup, Graves insisted. He was innocent. It was the lawyers who were lying. They were in this thing together. For his part, Ryan had nothing to say. The policeman who had arrested the boys had found two revolvers and a two foot long solder bar in Graves' room at 237 East 18th [...]
Leon Graves was quickly running out of money, but he was determined to see his case to the end. And win. His father kept his attorneys on retainer as Leon wanted to file a suit against the Ogden Loan & Trust Company for false imprisonment. With money provided by his attorneys, Leon Graves was living [...]
Released From Custody NEW YORK, May 20, 1897 Justice Smyth in the Supreme Court, today, granted an order releasing Clarence Barton and Leon Graves from custody. They were arrested on April 29th, upon the requisition of Chief of Police Davenport, of Ogden, Utah, being suspected of being concerned in the $5200 shortage of the Utah [...]
The Utah Loan & Trust bank president lied. The chief of police of Ogden, Utah was, in fact, trailing the suspected criminals1. He was angry about the press releasing information about the case, wanting details to be kept secret until the men were captured. He was determined to bring Barton and Graves back to Ogden [...]
This past month, I dug a little deeper into the research of the descendants of my 3x great-grandfather, William Dubois and his first wife Rebecca Baker. After my recent travels to Jones county this summer where I visited both Oxford Junction and Oxford Mills, the places where he and his family lived. I found myself [...]
BRIANNA WRIGHT 