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Necessary Work

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Caryn

In the toughest of times, the women of the west had to participate in the work force since families had to make ends meet any way they could. But the work was demanding, often outdoors and with physical labor and lots of hours doing agricultural and other large-scale jobs. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged agriculture, ammunition, Caryn's Thoughts, factory workers, family, guns, large-scale jobs, memories, mining, women, World War I, World War II | Leave a comment

Inside Gibraltar

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Caryn

After reading about the rescue of Allied personnel from occupied France by smuggling them through Spain and then to the Rock of Gibraltar, I wanted to know more about this place. The story talked about the tunnels that Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged allied, ammunition, british, Caryn's Thoughts, family, france, garrison, hospital, memories, rock of gibralter, siege, tunnels | 1 Comment

Explosion

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Caryn

Any time explosives are being transported, there is danger associated with it. Of course, explosives like nitroglycerine used to be very volatile, and just having the bump around on a dirt road could set it off. Things might be safer … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged ammunition, belgian steamer, Caryn's Thoughts, city, explosion, family, french freighter, halifax, highflyer, memories | Leave a comment

USS Mount Hood

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Caryn

Any time ammunition, explosives, and bombs are being stored in a smaller space, and handled by multiple people, there is a possibility of disaster. The USS Mount Hood was the lead ship of her class of ammunition ships for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged ammunition, bombs, Caryn's Thoughts, explosion, explosives, family, fragments, lives lost, memories, navy, Panama Canal, Seeadler Harbor, ships, trench, uss mount hood, volcano | Leave a comment

Group Text

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Caryn

Most of us have either sent or received a group text. Usually the reason is to get information to several people at once. The problem with a group text is that they usually start a series of group texts that, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Reminiscing | Tagged ammunition, annoyed, Caryn's Thoughts, family, group, humor, information, memories, pictures, polly purebred, sisters, teasing, texts, work | Leave a comment

Death Of A Villian

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Caryn

One day in mid 1916 or early 1917, my great uncle, John Spare, who would marry my great aunt, Mina Schumacher on January 8, 1921, was involved in an altercation along the Mexican border, while he was serving in Company … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Uncategorized | Tagged ammunition, bridge, Caryn's Thoughts, family, fargo, great aunt, great uncle, memories, mexico, north dakota, north dakota national guard, pancho villa, raiders | Leave a comment

Border Patrol

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Caryn

My great aunt, Mina Albertine Schumacher, who went by Minnie as a child, but Min for most of her adult life, married John Clark Spare in Fargo, North Dakota on January 8, 1921. In the years preceding their marriage, John had … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Uncategorized | Tagged ammunition, bridge, Caryn's Thoughts, family, fargo, gun, memories, mercedes, mexico, north dakota, north dakota national guard, rio grande river, Texas, United States | Leave a comment

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