This is the grave of Jason Lee. Born in 1803 in Stanstead, Quebec, Lee was the youngest of 14 siblings. He was poor and by 1816 he was on his.
When I do research in newspapers, I find what I am looking for, but you also get distracted by all sorts of things. For example, I was looking in Oregon.
This is the grave of Ben Olcott. Born in 1872 in Keithsburg, Illinois, he grew up out there and then moved to Chicago after high school. In 1891, he decided.
This is the grave of Douglas McKay. Born in 1893 in Portland, Oregon, McKay grew up pretty poor and had to drop out of school to work. But he really.
The Supreme Court case today over criminalizing homelessness has a lot of interest to me, largely because it comes from Grants Pass, a small town I know well in southwestern.
This is the grave of Charles Sprague. Born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1887, he grew up in a pretty middle class household. His father ran grain elevators. He went to.
This is the grave of James Slater. Born in 1826 outside of Springfield, Illinois, Slater grew up in Illinois, attended the local public schools, and was not particularly exceptional. He.
The Northwest timber industry cannot move past 1993. The spotted owl issue did not break the industry--there are still tons and tons of trees logged, but with fewer people because.
