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Continue readingMonth: September 2020
Last days of summer…
I’m taking the day off today. Feel free to catch up on our recent posts. It’s been a productive summer for research and blogging.
Meanwhile, here’s a nice view of the front (south) side of the Jonathan Clark House, looking to the east.
Enjoy your weekend.
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And don’t forget, we enjoy weekends because of decades of effort by union organizers and workers. Take a moment to remember—and appreciate—labor on Labor Day weekend.
Continue readingBack to School, 1842!
I’m still investigating the cabinet card and tintype photos of Cyrus Clark. More on those coming soon. Meanwhile, it’s Back to School time for many of us, so here’s a page with a transcription of the earliest known school records in old Washington county prior to 1845:
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