Did you watch “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” on PBS last night? It was pretty good. They spent quite a bit of time talking about the Pinkerton posses that chased after Butch and Sundance. Remember this dialogue from the 1969 movie? Joe LeFors was a real person, and he really did go after Butch […]
The Rademachers are from Olpe
Our Rademacher ancestors left Germany in 1878. They came from the town of Olpe where the family had lived for many generations – perhaps centuries. Olpe is a cute little town up in a mountainous area east of Cologne. The current population is about 25,000. It would remind you of Estes Park. It is not […]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Let’s take a break from the sadness of P.W.’s untimely death and look instead at his job for the Union Pacific Railroad. I’m not sure when exactly my great-grandfather started working for the railroads. I have a copy of a letter of reference stating that he worked for the Burlington railroad in Denver in the […]
News from Karen
If you are related to me or to Dale, you might want to pay attention to this blog! I have a large and always-growing collection of family history papers, articles, documents and artifacts that really ought to be shared with everyone in the family. Dale and I have also done some traveling in Germany and […]
J.W. Johnson to Clara, July 1920
Not quite three weeks after P.W. died, Clara’s Uncle Johnson sent her this letter of condolence. I have been doing a considerable amount of research lately into the Johnson family – J.W., Gustafva, and all their siblings. I have some new and interesting findings to share in the coming weeks. Stay tuned! Here’s is Uncle […]
