Where did I get the impression that in the “olden days” of America, people married young? For months now, I’ve been entangled in the twigs
Category: Flanagan
Leclaire: Illinois Utopia
My grandmother Kitty Flanagan suffered many disruptions in her youth, but she remembered the time in Leclaire, Illinois, as the golden years, full of music,
Virtual Séance, 1908
When it comes to family history, I want the story. Filling in the blanks on a family tree has its charms, but then what? Who
Palm Sunday, 1912
St. Louis. 31 March 1912. A cold, rainy start of baseball season. It is Palm Sunday. Tom Barrett goes to Mass with his family. He
Old Green River 