Recollections
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A Night Train to Denver
After Katie died in 1907, the family story goes, her children were spirited away to Denver before anyone could take them, or her money.
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The Kaiser Comes Down
Reedley, the eve of the First World War: a portrait of the Kaiser, a midnight break-in, and a hayloft.
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The Postmaster of Planada
How Ruby Wilson came home from Tombstone, took over the Planada post office, met Joe over a package, and built a $700 kit house in a week.
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The Little Granddaughter
Married in Kingman in 1938; a first child lost, and a father’s grief.
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A Visit to Aunt Larry
Two teenage nephews arrive unannounced at 3355 Octavia Street.
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Dodie and Her Little Brother
As a baby he couldn’t pronounce “Josephine,” so his big sister became Dodie.
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Gretchen and the Mail Boy
Hired by McCormick to get the allspice spots off pumpkin pies, she fell in love with the mail boy.
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“We Treat, No Tricks!”
Halloween in Planada: costumed children, boxes of fruit, and a getaway Studebaker.
