This morning I would like to talk about a very interesting gentleman from Washington’s early start, called Dr. Dennis Cooley, he will be my point of interest in todays Monday Morning Moaning’s. Let me explain why. Dennis was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts on February 18,1789; he received his primary and preparatory education in the schoolsContinue reading “Dr. Dennis Cooley”
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Mr. McCullough
Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s will be a bit off subject this morning, but wanted to make this author part of history blogs, probably because this man influenced me and my love of history, and is my favorite historical author. David McCullough, a great American Historian, just had a birthday this past week, and turned 88Continue reading “Mr. McCullough”
Little Sable Point Light Station
This week’s Monday Morning Moaning’s is going to open up the research I have been doing on this new venture I have begun on the Great Lakes Lights. In 1867 lumbering was the main business in Golden Township on Lake Michigan where Little Sable Point Light is located. With very little roads at the time,Continue reading “Little Sable Point Light Station”
Macomb Townships, Waldenburg
Last week in Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s, I talked about the ‘Cobbler of Waldenburg’ and felt that a further look into Waldenburg was of interest. I hope you agree. Waldenburg, is a small town in Macomb Township, settled in 1831. The area was known as a German settlement of immigrants from mainly Prussia, in theContinue reading “Macomb Townships, Waldenburg”
The ‘Cobbler of Waldenburg’
Todays Monday Morning Moaning’s comes from an article in the Mt. Clemens Monitor, from Friday April 4, 1930, called “Cobbler of Waldenburg Celebrates 90th Birthday”. Born March 30, 1840 in Austrian Silesia, now Czechoslovakia, Ambrose Leyer was “just another mouth to feed” at the time when his parents were scarcely able to keep the familyContinue reading “The ‘Cobbler of Waldenburg’”
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