Today is Christmas, so ho ho ho –and a Merry Christmas to all. If you like and believe in Christmas, enjoy it and don’t let the scrooges stop you. Put up a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree. Sing the Christmas songs you like. Let the scrooges wallow in their own misery. Christmas Eve in McGill would begin with a nice turkey, ham dinner. Last minute presents were wrapped and … [Read more...] about Keith’s Corner: Christmas message & memories 3
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Keith’s Corner: Tent Living in McGill 1906-09
This photo must have been taken in 1907-9 as you can see the houses in the upper townsite, namely A, B and C rows. The location of these tents is about where the gas station is now. You see the bank building and the large Campton Store in the center of the picture. The Drugstore is just to the right of the Campton. The houses in the upper townsite loom larger due to the … [Read more...] about Keith’s Corner: Tent Living in McGill 1906-09
CCC Tribute, Part 2 Keith’s corner
I received several emails about Newsletter 237 on the CCC camps and especially after it appeared in the Bristlecone Tribune newspaper. Thanks Teresa Stewart, owner of the paper. Most of them asked what we did that night and the next day. I had written that we set up tents and went to bed in them. However, most of the time, if it didn’t look like rain, we slept outside on the … [Read more...] about CCC Tribute, Part 2 Keith’s corner
Thanksgiving, time for thanks
November is one of the months that celebrates and gives thanks to those Americans that built and fought for this great country. These Americans are revered in many books about our history. I think a group of Americans that are overlooked are the ones that established and built our wonderful picnic and camping areas in the various forests across the US. They are very seldom … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving, time for thanks
First Days..White Pine High School
That first day started with a feeling of foreboding, as I climbed out of bed. We McGill heathens had been subjected to all kinds of taunts from the older kids. We were targets for being deprived of our pants by upperclassmen. The upper class girls liked to put on extra lipstick and then kiss us and smear that stuff all over our faces. Now, one had to understand that at that … [Read more...] about First Days..White Pine High School