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July 1851: A Month That Changed the Denny Party’s Future
By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
July 22, 2026
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By late July 1851, the Denny Party had been on the Oregon Trail for more
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about my work-in-progress. The good news
Last Saturday was our nation’s 250th birthday. Along with many other people, I’ve been thinking
Last week I represented Middlebury College at the Kansas City Private High School’s College Fair.
By mid-May, the emigrants to Oregon in the 1840s had settled into a routine. They
Today is a first Wednesday, which means that at 11:00am, sirens will blare. At least
The past two days we have had rain in Kansas City. Monday felt almost autumn-like
I have immersed myself in the nineteenth century over the last few weeks, editing my
Equipment is supposed to work perfectly, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what kind of equipment—computers,
Last Thursday I had a guest post over on A Writer of History, which is
Tomorrow would have been my father’s 86th birthday, so I have been thinking about him.
Readers liked my gooseberry pie post, so here’s another tale about a summer pie –
I’ve written before (see here and here) about Jesse Applegate, who was part of the
When I attended Middlebury College in the mid-1970s, the school had a long weekend without
In my research into the California Gold Rush, I’ve read about prospectors who struck it
As I looked through the photographs my father digitized, I came across this picture of
I’ve made a tradition of writing about “haunting books” on this blog each October, though
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been researching the Denny party, who traveled from Illinois to
The Willamette Valley is wet. That’s what I remember most about the winters when we
I’ve read several articles and editorials in recent months about the demise of local newspapers.