Sometime in late 1911, Joe and Annie Rademacher left Crete and moved to Snyder, a small town in Morgan County, Colorado. They lived there for more than 15 years. Many stories have been passed down about the years spent in Snyder. I’ll be telling those stories in several parts in the coming weeks. I have three […]
New look for blog
Time for a change! I’ve refreshed the look and feel of the blog, but the content has all stayed the same. The photo at the top of the blog is what we call the “Martinson Farm”. It’s in Saunders County, Nebraska near Ceresco. My dad was born on this farm. Can you see the dog […]
Joe and Annie Rademacher, early 1900’s
This post has been updated: see below As we’ve been reading, Annie Burkey was born in Columbus, Nebraska, and then moved with her family to a sod house on a homestead near Julesburg, Colorado. The date of Joseph Burkey’s homestead application was 1887 and the process became final in 1892. The family legend is that […]
Salathiel Timmons: a patient of Dr. William M. Chambers
It is so fun to research family history at a time when records are readily available on the internet. I found some truly fascinating information about Salathiel’s doctor and the politics of his home town prior to, during, and after the war. This is a rather long post and takes a big detour into the […]
Annie Burkey Rademacher – more about Julesburg
We’ve been looking at Annie Burkey’s life prior to her marriage to Joe Rademacher. I just got an email this morning from one of Dale’s cousins, Janine, who passed along this story about the family’s life in Julesburg. During the time that the Burkey’s were living in Julesburg, a band of gypsies with their horses […]
