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When I first started this blog, I was able to connect it to facebook but recently it stopped connecting. I have tried to restart the connection, so now we will see how it works. I have recently connected with some … Read More »
The final process of my new book, “The first American Horse-whisperer, Willis J. Powell,” has gone to the editors. This usually means a 2-3 month process so hopefully late summer or early fall it will be out. I can’t wait … Read More »
What a great trip with my cousin Richard to Mexico City. We stayed in a hotel on the Zocala (Old Square) with the Cathedral built over the the former Aztec sacred Templo Mayor on the north side of the square. … Read More »
Getting anxious to visit Mexico City. Will be going down in about 2 weeks to explore Willis J. Powell’s haunts. Will be staying just off the old central square, the Zocalo, close to the location of his shop and home. … Read More »
In Willis J. Powell’s little book on the life of Santa-Anna he mentioned that he had a store in the City of Mexico. I have just discovered that the store was called La Buena Fe, which means Good Faith. In … Read More »
My wife and I had a wonderful trip to Maine last month to visit our grandson at Bates College. During that trip we took the ferry to Vinalhaven Island to visit a Powell cousin who spends the summer on the … Read More »
I awoke this morning on my birthday and read about the call to rename Faneuil Hall in Boston. Yes the Faneuil family were slave holders just as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and myself. Let me try to put this … Read More »
I am working on a new book about my 3rd great grandfather, Willis J. Powell. He was quite a character. He discovered a way to gentle horses, then went to Mexico in the 1820s and 30s to teach the large … Read More »
This past week I traveled to the cemetery in Nowata, Oklahoma where so many of my relatives are buried. My parents, both sets of Grandparents and one set of Great grandparents. This day we buried my Uncle Dan’s son Matt … Read More »
I had a wonderful trip this past week to Vermont. I spoke to the Shelburne Historical Society at the Pierson library on Thurs. evening. My cousin Richard and I met two of our Peirson cousins, Ken and Deb. They had … Read More »