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Walter Pitts Griffin – Gunpoint
Opportunity was slim in Newton Utah in 1899. Walter and Eliza Caroline journeyed by steam locomotive from Newton to Indian Valley Idaho, anxious for promising, “cheap and plentiful” land further north. A “lawless element…infested the railroad,” so, “mother and the … Continue reading
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Tagged #flashnonfiction, Box Car, Indian Valley Idaho, Newton Utah, railroad, Revolver
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William Parley Elton – Poet of Honor
My great-grandfather William was 11 when his father died, and the English officers came to take him and his four brothers to the poorhouse. “How we clung to mother’s dress,” he said. Isabella was, a little woman. But in faith … Continue reading
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Tagged #AncestorClips, #familyhistory, Elton, honest, parenting, poet, poorhouse, railroad
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