Tucked away like a little secret at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Hillsboro, Oregon, a wrought iron fence surrounds a tiny pioneer cemetery.  The Stewart Family Cemetery at the end of SE Stewart…

“In March 1843 the Influenza appeared in Germany and England; in April in France; in June in the New England States and New York; in July in Pennsylvania and a portion of the Southern States;…

I was searching for something unrelated when I came across a collection of 20 carte-de-visite portraits of Civil War soldiers in a 1917 edition of the Oregon Daily Journal. According to the short article, the…

As a fun genealogy challenge, I occasionally pick up old photos at antique stores and try to track down their identities with the goal of rehoming the photographs back to family members who will appreciate…

Tumbled down the rabbit hole again. I was hunting for Walter Martin Braun when I happened upon Joseph G. Vermette, a Detroit, Michigan man who was either lucky or unlucky at love. It’s kind of…

The fun of exploring new places is that you don’t necessarily know what to expect. Sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you turn a corner and discover a little gem like the Klamath River Bridge…

In researching Nevada Stewart and the Grand Central Hotel in Clatsaknie, Oregon, I came across a couple news items about guests who spent their final night at the hotel. I’m sharing these grim reports because…

I went down a rabbit hole this weekend studying a distant cousin named Nevada Stewart (1863-1922) — my second cousin, 4x removed if you’re keeping track. Normally I wouldn’t detour so far off the course…

In some ways, Preston Horner is a strange place to begin this blog. But then again, everything about this story is extraordinary, and I suppose that’s why it needs to be told. I’ve been researching…