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Old photograph of Castle Rock Returning from a niece's recent wedding in Colorado, we spotted a sign directing travelers to Castle ...

Isaac's notation regarding his mother On June 7, 1890, Isaac B. Werner wrote on the flyleaf of his journal "Mother was born De...

Photo credit:  Leonardo Weiss, Gopher On June 3, 1888 Isaac B. Werner wrote in his journal:  "[John]  Garvin and I at hand replant...

Potatoes of many varieties, by Scott Bauer In the late 1800s, as cash became increasingly scarce, neighbors bartered with each other, o...

Wampum Belt given Wm Penn in 1682 Isaac B. Werner lived on the prairie for several years without incurring indebtedness.  He swapped la...

President Wilson appeared on the $100,000 gold certificate Following my posting of the first two blogs about American currency, a reade...

Alexander Hamilton I have just finished "The Quartet" by Joseph J. Ellis, in which he describes his conclusion that four men ...

Federer in 2015 Men's Finals Here's something especially for all my international followers, for tennis is certainly an interna...

Did you realize there is no woman pictured on U.S. paper currency?  If you haven't realized that, others have, and for the first time...

The old cottonwood trees are dying Isaac B Werner had catalpa trees (See "Isaac's Catalpa Trees," 5-30-2012 in the blog a...

Original farm house Writing history and restoring an old house have a lot in common.  Both require you to consider seriously whether wh...

Photo credit:  Lyn Fenwick By now my husband knows to start slowing the car in anticipation of making a stop for photographs if a barn ...