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1860: Millerstown, Pennsylvania
His child would be a Boal, free of the clutches of the Thompsons, at least in name.
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Mar 5, 20204 min read
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1860: Malone, New York
“The Union is strengthened when men like you are willing to put your shoulders to the wheel.”
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Feb 27, 20204 min read
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Cotton Hill, Illinois -- 1860
Benjamin scanned the faces of his brothers and sisters, wide-eyed and silent. He wondered, “What happens to my family now?”
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Feb 20, 20204 min read
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AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma
Ellen fretted that the log cabin and the hearth, the farmhouse and the orchards, were likely little more than a bréag, a fairy tale.
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Feb 13, 20205 min read
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AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1849 - 1860 (excerpt)
David would remember that fleeting sense of independence and his premonition that it would not last.
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Feb 6, 20205 min read
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AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1849 - 1860
"Are you goin’ to stand there like an idiot or are you going to ask me to dance?”
bdonahoe
Jan 30, 20203 min read
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AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1949 - 1860
1850 Thompsontown, Pennsylvania Sunday, June 23rd David Boal’s stepfather cleared his throat and the room quieted. Even the younger...
bdonahoe
Jan 23, 20206 min read
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AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1849 - 1860 (intro)
" ... death is coming; life moves on."
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Jan 16, 20205 min read
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AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: A Family and a Nation Heading West (speculative nonfiction)
"It is their story. It is our story, the American story."
bdonahoe
Jan 10, 20203 min read
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