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McCall, Matt E. – Obituary

Elgin, Union County, Oregon Services Held Tuesday for Matt E. McCall, 88 Matt Eugene McCall, 88, of Elgin, died Saturday, Aug. 13 in the Valley View Manor in La Grande after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at the Elgin Nazarene Church on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Rev. Marvin Miller officiated, with burial at the Elgin cemetery. The retired carpenter (correction: mill and timber worker) was born in Kansas on Jan. 21, 1878 and had lived in Elgin most of his lifetime. He was a member of the Nazarene Church. Survivors include a grandson, Jessie E. McCall of Boise, Idaho; … Read more

Progressive Men of Western Colorado

This manuscript, in its essence, is a collection of 948 biographies of prominent men and women, all leading citizens of Western Colorado. In this context, Western Colorado encompasses the counties of Archuleta, Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Lake, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, and San Miguel.

Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi

This survey of Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi, was completed in 1956 by Mr. Gordon M. Wells and published by Joyce Bridges the same year. It contains the cemetery readings Mr. Wells was able to obtain at that date. It is highly likely that not all of the gravestones had survived up to that point, and it is even more likely that a large portion of interred individuals never had a gravestone.

Western Garrison Life

Grant Foreman describes the early life in a Western Garrison; providing insights on some of the traders in the region, the deaths of Seaton, Armstrong, Wheelock and Izard, all soldiers obviously familiar to him. But he also shares the story of the elopement of Miss Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of General Taylor, to Lieutenant Jefferson Davis… yes, THAT Jefferson Davis.

An interesting section of the chapter are the references to the punishments inflicted upon the soldiers in the event of their disobedience.

Painted by Catlin in 1834, the picture attached is of Clermont, chief of the Osage Tribe. Clermont is painted in full length, wearing a fanciful dress, his leggings fringed with scalp-locks, and in his hand his favorite and valued war-club.