I remember Grandma’s house since we lived there until 1952 when I was 8.I’m not sure how we fit Grandma, Uncle Ed, Mom, Dad and three children in a three bedroom, 1 bath house, but we did. I remember one night Ed and I were sleeping in the back bedroom when a bat flew in. …
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Orphan Girl Mine
G GALLUS FRAME AT ORPHAN GIRL MINE Today it’s the World Museum of Mining but I remember it as the Orphan Girl mine where Grandpa Fritz was caretaker during the years we vacationed in Montana. We would approach the Orphan Girl along a high wooden fence When we came to the gate there was …
Fireworks
Time was fireworks were legal everywhere and were used in every famiy 4th of July celebration. I mentioned that we went to Montana in the summer when we could afford it. One summer (1954 I think) Mom and Dad had a firework stand on Independence Avenue in Northeast Kansas City to fund our trip. The …
Salt Lake City
In 1955 my Grandma McElligott took me to Salt Lake City on the train to visit Aunt Gerry who was about to have a new baby. G’ma had a widow’s pass with Missouri Pacific that paid for our tickets. I remember riding in the observation car (a car with a raised, transparent bubble with several …