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Family Genealogy
Down by the River
Went down by the river for some fun photos. We were trying to take a few of Tess to add to her senior collection - since she got her braces off just a few weeks before this! I set up my tripod and got a group picture of my girls with me. Outdoors is my favorite backdrop for photos.
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Tess Graduated & Off to Germany!
Tess Graduated Onalaska High School a couple weeks ago. It was such a happy day for family and friends of Tess.
Her great grandma Marie made her graduation cake - after years of being retired at cake baking/decorating. Grandma did a great job - pictures below of the cake.
A few days ago, Tess flew to Germany with the GAPP exchange program - via Iceland. She now has two stamps on her passport! She's already taken so many wonderful pictures - can't wait to see them all!
Pictured to the right is Tess & Anika. Last fall, she stayed with us for her visit with the GAPP program. She's from Bayreuth, Germany and now Tess is staying with her family.
Onalaska History
Nestled along the Lewis and Clark Trail, we are half-way between Seattle, WA and Portland, OR.
At one time Onalaska had the largest logging mill in the state.
The smokestack towers above the quiet little town, watching over the mill pond, where you catch a nice trout for dinner.
Genealogy Research
- Jordan - Argerbright
My husband's grandma JORDAN had a warm heart for the homeless and for many years she was a cook for the homeless in Olympia, WA - Bread & Roses Community. - Galvin - Green
Founder of the rural town of GALVIN, WA, told by Joey's Great-Uncle Ross Galvin (retired doctor). - Wilder - Kildow
My husband's family genealogy feature a pure-bred Arabian-Horse ranch (Wilder Ranch) in the Mud Bay area of OLYMPIA, WA in the 1940's, as well as a yaucht builder in the 1940's and 1950's (OLYMPIA). - Parnell - Schaffer
Early stories tell the beginnings of a Post Office in TILDON, 1882, near the small logging town of ONALASKA, WA. As well as the Lewis County Shoestring Cemetery being donated by Mirindia Schaffer. - Nichols - Stevenson
Childhood memories from my Grandma Marie (NICHOLS) PARNELL, include a cross-country trip in 1935 in a home-made motor-home, growing up on the farm, and working for Boeing in the 1940's are just a few of life's stories.
Favorite Recipes of Onalaskans
COOKBOOK: Rememberances & Recipes, 1975
COOKBOOK: History and Favorite Recipes of Onalaskans, 1997