Ramikins, Crystal’s Favorite Animal…by Crystal Yonker
In August, when my brother Greg was 11 and I was 13, he and his 4-H project, Suffolk sheep, won a trip to the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas, a small town in the... Read More...
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Enjoy the latest Family Historian Journal Radio Show!
Hello! Issue 3 of The Family Historian Journal Radio program airs tonight. Click here to listen live or download for later. Enjoy listening to the great stories... Read More...
Sue’s Corner…by Sue Johnson, Owner
I worked at Bowl Land in Granite City, Illinois, for 36 years. When my daughter, Terri Bast, bought the bar down the road from Bowl Land I pitched in to help. T... Read More...
Summer Fun in the Back Yard…By Becky Wheeler
In the summertime, there were 3 or 4 of us girls and we each would get a card table and put it up in the backyard and get a bedspread and put over it and nail i... Read More...
Bringing Daisy Home…by Dawn Happel
When my daughter was eleven years old, I decided that a good introduction to the birds and the bees would be watching our friend’s beagle, Sammy, when she had h... Read More...
Campers and Council Fires: My 65 Years at Summer Camp…by Dick Zimmerman
I think it was 1951. I was looking for a summer job and a high school teacher in the small town in Western Michigan where I lived suggested I apply to the Culve... Read More...
Sandi’s Wedding Proposal…by Julie McFarland
Story shared by Julie McFarland (Sandi’s Daughter) Gene proposed in the driveway of Sandi’s house. Here is what happened in Sandi’s own words...
“Gene had the ... Read More...
They Did it His Way…By Joan Young
My brother-in- law, Jack Holden, was a regular at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois. He loved watching people race cars. He sponsored several young, e... Read More...
Aunt Flora…by Elise
I remember when I was smaller, when I’d be walking in the park with my grandmother or sitting in her living room, we’d talk about our family. I used to love hea... Read More...
My Mother, My Guiding Light…By Irene Leland
Irene LelandMy mother is Dorothy Leland Follansbee, quite an unusual and striking woman. She was a dichotomy of high caliber poise and graciousness on the ... Read More...
Born with a baseball in hand: The Gertude Hern Story
Gertude HernGertrude “Gert” Hern, 94, began playing baseball when she was 6 years old and likes to say she was born with a baseball in her hand. Her uncle,... Read More...
Rudy the Therapy Dog…by Patty Caldera
Rudy, an Italian Greyhound, worked with me for five years. He was a former puppy mill dog with a gift for comforting people. One of my most distinctive memories... Read More...
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