Here is a continuation of my posts regarding a virtual road trip along the California Trail, posted on the Facebook page of the California Trail Interpretive Center. July 1 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Continuing down the road from Poison Spring / Clayton’s Slough (yesterday’s virtual site) is Willow Spring [...]
June California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 4
June 22 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail 3-year-old Ada Magill died from dysentery on July 3, 1864. You can read her story on the Wyoming History webpage of the Wyoming State Historical Society at https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/ada-magill-grave. The photograph of her gravesite (GPS coordinates -105.978,42.849) was downloaded from the Historical Marker Database [...]
June California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 3
June 15 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail The grave of Mary Homsley (https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/grave-mary-homsley) is located close to Fort Laramie (GPS coordinates -104.566,42.222). While cholera was a predominant killing disease during the Overland migration in 1852, there were plenty of other dangerous diseases as well. Mary Homsley and her newborn child [...]
June California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 2
June 8 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Travelers on the south side of the South Platte river who did not cross earlier would cross near the present-day towns of Julesberg and Ovid, Colorado. You can visit a small museum in Julesberg that tells the story of Fort Sedgwick and the [...]
Biblical Doctrine 1: The Scriptures – Part 3
A Bible study blog series about the Fundamental Christian Doctrines based on the Southern Baptist Faith and Message. Topics to be covered during the course of this study are: the Scriptures (current location of the study)God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)ManSalvationGod’s Purpose of GraceChurchBaptism and Lord’s SupperLord’s DayGod’s KingdomLast ThingsEvangelism and MissionsEducationStewardshipCooperationChristians and Social OrderPeace and [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 