Their Stories, Our Treasures

 On this date, Jan 11 in 1869 Miss Caroline Elizabeth Mitchell was born. Lizzie as she was known as was the 2nd of 11 kids born to Shadrack ...

Fleming Smith’s grave Old Mulkey Meeting House Cemetery  July 4, also known as Independence Day, is a day when we claimed our independe...

Grandma & Grandpa Smith holding me when I was 3 months old in 1972   I’ve mentioned this before, I was extremely lucky to not only ...

This week was Memorial Day here in America. What once started out as a day in honoring those who had lost their life in war has become more ...

At this time seventeen years ago I was eagerly awaiting for my niece to be born. My sister Julie who lives in Carthage, MO was past her du...

Life at the moment is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. I hate to say that I was one of those people who three weeks ago thought th...

Claude Budd & Maude “LuLu” Pfander I’m continuing my spotlight on women this March for Women’s History month. This blog post I’v...