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An Egg Fort....
Visiting my grandparent’s farm at the age of eleven or so I was aware that eggs found in large numbers in the barn hayloft were probably spoiled. Spoiled eggs would break very easily echoing the sound of a small pop. The broken…

From The Montrose Republican Newspaper - Aug 1869

My Little Brother is Missing
By Martha Burns Burdick 1799-1877

"I was not old enough to remember anything about coming here. The first of my recollection, we lived in a little log cabin,…

A photo project documenting work and workers in Blue Rapids, Kansas, during 2012.

Principal funding for this project was provided by the Kansas Humanities Council, with additional funding provided by the Blue Rapids Historical Society and the…

Tyana Johnson tells the story of her grandmother, Bernice Carella Clark, who migrated from North Carolina to New York City in the 1950s. Clark went on to found a successful real-estate business with her husband in New York City and retired to Florida…

Kayla Sprinkles chronicles the life of her grandfather, Zed Howard McClure. McClure was born in Clay County, NC in 1935. Like many young men, McClure was exposed to other countries and cultures when he served in the United States military. While on…

Sonrisa Crespin researched the history of Uriah Cooper and his descendants. The Cooper family spent generations on the Cooper’s Creek Farm which is now owned by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian and under the care of the Tribal Historic…

Mary Elyse Yow examined the theme of journey stories from the perspective of an object. On September 29, 1995, Patricia Willis Newman donated a quilt to Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center. Newman’s paternal grandmother, Betty…