The Flood

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Good Evening!
Tonight I’ve posted an excerpt from Elsie Everest’s diaries that describes the Vanport, Oregon flood of 1948. Far from being a bland “official” document, Elsie describes day to day life in the small town of Cathlamet during the days leading up to the flood and the aftermath of that awful event. Once [...]

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The 1948 Flood

1948
May 28: Nice day – Warm. Columbia River rising. Called Jean, not so well. Letter from Della.
May 29: Holiday. Everyone worried about high water. No danger yet… planes flying over for observation and photography. Dinner at Carol’s, stayed till 10:30.
May 30: Hot day. Board busy [...]

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George A. Waker, Jr.

Good Evening,
I’m very grateful to my cousin Nancy Summerill for providing a copy of the picture of George A. Walker, Jr. in WWI. You can see him in the back row right by the “X” and from the look of it he’s quite happy. George A. Walker, Jr., was Nancy’s grandfather.
The letter that follows [...]

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George A. Walker, Jr. WWI Picture

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Letter to George A. Walker, Jr.

Bemidji, Minn Sept 9th 1918
My Dear Son,
Altho Ma has been writing you often thought I would drop you a few lines this evening__ Ma has been feeling poorly for few days but seems to be OK again tonight.
Last letter we received from you was dated July 28th. I was pleased to know you [...]

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Jane (Dell) Smith

SOURCE: Smith, Jane (Dell). Photograph, unknown date. Digital image.
Privately held by Marie Smith and added here with her permission.
Good Morning,
Here is a picture of Jane (Dell) Smith, the granddaughter of Captain Alexander Daly. On Jane’s lap is daughter Goldie Hazel Smith, writer of the document I posted on November 4th about her family.
Sue

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Recollections from Hazel Smith

Sunday evening and time for one more post before calling it a day…..
Doing this blog as well as the website and Wiki are teaching me that I must be organized to keep from having total chaos about what I’ve posted and where.
Tonight I thought it would be fun to post the reminscences of Hazel Smith, [...]

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