Saw a school bus last week bringing munchkins to the MAC. The bus was from Benge, Washington, and I had no clue where that was. (Do you?) Benge is a bitty farming town in Adams County named for Frank H. Benge who donated land for the town in 1907. He was the first representative from Adams County to the Washington State Legislature in 1904.
How about Larene, WA? Or Littlerock, WA? Our ancestors did not always live in places we can easily find on the maps.
EWGS President, Lynda Keenan, shared some Google tips with us at the April REFOCUS meeting. None of us present realized that Google offers 35 helps and all for free! Do check it out.
She also shared a DNA spotlight: You cannot pass on down what you did not get.
We might fuss about our cold winters here in the Spokane area but "it ain't nuttin' like it used to be." A bit in the Spokesman back in March 1921 reported that "more than 1,000,000 feet of logs enroute from pack River near Hope to the Beardmore mill in Priest River are frozen fast in the Pend Oreille River at LaClede with little prospects of moving them until warmer weather. The river at LaClede is frozen over with about three inches of ice and it is still freezing." With no logs, the mill had to shut down..... many ancestors were out of work that cold, cold winter.
Tidbit from Donna's personal experience. Wanting to access a book written in 2013, The Chinese in Washington State, I scoured books stores both online and in person. Even Amazon was no help. As a last resort, I turned to our Spokane Public Library catalog and, as you quickly guessed, they do have a copy. DUH on me for sure.
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