Monthly Archives: March 2023

Celebrity Encounter

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Caryn

My niece, Elizabeth “Liz” Masterson is a remarkable woman, and you will hear the same statement from anyone who knows her. Liz is a journalism teacher at Kelly Walsh High School and has been teaching since 2004… Continue reading →

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A Distinction Without A Difference

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Caryn

If King George III was hoping to keep the New England colonies dependent on the British by placing taxes, restrictions, lockdowns, and the New England Restraining Act on them, he greatly underestimated the colonists. Continue reading →

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The Loss Of Sparrow Hawk

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Caryn

The dangers of the Cape Cod shoals are well known to the seamen who regularly navigate those waters. Almost from the time the shoals were discovered, they have been wreaking havoc on the ships that have the misfortune of getting too close to them. Continue reading →

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The Thrasher Incident

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Caryn

In any war, there must be a nation’s first casualty. World War I could be no different. On March 28, 1915, the first American citizen was killed in the eighth month of World War I. The United States didn’t even enter the war until April 6, 1917. Continue reading →

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The New VP

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Caryn

This year has been one of so much change for my niece, Amanda Reed. The biggest change is that Jadyn Mortensen, the daughter that she shares with partner, Sean Mortensen went away to college. It wasn’t that she was so far away, but because she is their only child, her leaving brought not only their first college student, Continue reading →

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Battery Spencer

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Caryn

Battery Spencer was a reinforced concrete Endicott Period 12-inch gun battery, which was located on Fort Baker, Lime Point, Marin County, California. The structure still exists today and is a favorite tourist attraction. Continue reading →

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The Boston Port Act

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Caryn

After the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, the tensions between the British Parliament and the American Colonies seethed for months. Then, on March 25, 1774, the British Parliament took the next step in its reign of tyranny, when it passed the Boston Port Act. Continue reading →

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Less Weston

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Caryn

Since moving from Powell, Wyoming to Butte, Montana has changed many things in my grandnephew, Weston Moore’s life. Weston is enjoying his life in Butte. He is working for a company that installs music sound systems in vehicle. This was a new line of work for Weston, and he is learning so much, Continue reading →

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Give Me Liberty

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Caryn

When this country was young, in fact, shortly before the Declaration of Independence was signed, and during a March 19, 1775, speech before the second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry (39 years old) responded to the increasingly oppressive British rule over the American colonies by declaring, Continue reading →

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Company Town

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Caryn

When corporate mining projects expanded and began to need a number of workers, the next logical step is to provide housing for the miners. By building a “company town” they could also control the rent, often making it necessary for the miners to spend all their wages, Continue reading →

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