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"People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors." - Edmund Burke in Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1793.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana in Reason in Common Sense, 1905.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - Attributed to George Santayana (1863-1952)
This post is set to remain at the top of the blog as a home page, with a general table of contents and other information. (Quo Vadis means "where are you going.")
COPYRIGHT, PERMISSIONS & BLOG POLICY
BLOG TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN THE NEWS
Indexes for the years 1850 to 2039 have been constructed. Content will be added as I get to it.
About this section
shortcut to next half: JULY — DECEMBER, 2023
shortcut to current half: JANUARY — JUNE, 2023
shortcut to last half: JULY — DECEMBER, 2022
THEM DAM WRITERS ONLINE
An online magazine by a group of people whose roots are in the Grand Coulee Dam area. "Our mission is to preserve and share history vividly through written word and art."
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
including fixed holy days, commemorations, birthdays, anniversaries, deaths, and other special occasions, as well as significant local, regional, national, and world events
Daily Quotations
From "Thought for today" postings on Facebook
Connections Index [new section under construction]
How I'm Related or Connected to Famous People
PICTURE GALLERIES
MANUSCRIPTS
FROM PIONEERS TO POWER
Having received permission, I have begun posting the book, FROM PIONEERS TO POWER, about the building of the Grand Coulee dam and the people who pioneered the area, including many members of my family. TABLE OF CONTENTS
A HISTORY OF COULEE CITY, WASHINGTON
By Leslie Edwin Lillquist, WSU Dpt. of History, 1969
Permission received in a conversation a few months before his death.
ROSS FAMILY RECORD
This is the book that really got me into blogging. This unpublished manuscript, prepared by Henry Ross Wiggs in 1971, tells of the descendants of J. William Ross (d. 1824), his son Drummond Ross (1816-1856), Drummond's wife Maria Jane Beamish (1824-1889), and her second husband, Achille-Antoine Fleury Taschereau (1836-1886). Maria and Fleury were my great grandparents. Index
BOOKS
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE BIG BEND COUNTRY
embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington
Western Historical Publishing Co. 1904. 2011 C. S. Blog edition
archive details: Part 1 (pp. i - 520) Part 2 (pp. 521 - 1024)
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF STEVENS, FERRY, OKANOGAN AND CHELAN COUNTIES,
Western Historical Publishing Co. 1904.
archive details
CONQUEST of the COEUR D'ALENES, SPOKANES & PALOUSES
The Expeditions of Colonels E. J. Steptoe and George Wright against the "Northern Indians" in 1858. By Benjamin Franklin Manring; Inland Printing Company, Spokane, Wash. 1912.
archive details
Col. Edward Jenner Steptoe was my 3rd cousin 5x removed.
NEZ PERCE JOSEPH
HIS ANCESTORS, HIS LANDS, HIS CONFEDERATES, HIS ENEMIES, HIS MURDERS, HIS WAR, HIS PURSUIT AND CAPTURE;
by Howard, O. O. [Oliver Otis], BRIG. GEN. U. S. A.
BOSTON, LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS 1881
archive details
FROM SEA TO SEA (chapters 22-37)
SPOKANE AND THE SPOKANE COUNTRY, PICTORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
De Luxe Supplement. The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1912.
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II
Illustrated history of Spokane County
Rev. Johathan Edwards, W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1900
archive details
Early Okanogan History
by William Compton Brown
archive details
History of Old Walla Wall County
embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties
W. D. Lyman, S. J. Clarke publishing co. 1918
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II
History of the Yakima Valley, Washington
comprising Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties
W. D. Lyman, S. J. Clarke publishing co. 1919
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II
An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima, and Kittitas Counties
with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington
Interstate publishing co., Chicago, pub 1904
archive details full text
An illustrated history of north Idaho
embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho
Western Historical Publishing Co. 1903
archive details full text
An illustrated history of the State of Idaho
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago, 1899
archive details full text
HISTORY OF IDAHO
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, Its People and its Principal Interests
by Hiram T. French, THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago and New York, 1914
Gems of thought and history of Shoshone County
Kellogg Evening News Press, 1940
archive details
The History of Cass and Bates counties, Missouri
containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, history of Missouri, map of Cass and Bates counties, etc
National Historical Company (Saint Joseph, Mo.) 1883
archive details full text
Floods Of May June 1948 In Columbia River Basin
Prepared under the direction of C. G. PAULSEN, Chief Hydraulic Engineer
A presentation of data on floods, gathered from selected gaging stations and other sources
With a section on Magnitude and Frequency of Floods By S. E. RANTZ and H. C. RIGGS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1949
archive details full text
OTHER
COULEE CITY INDEX
BIG BEND TOWNS INDEX
BIG BEND CEMETERIES
ANCESTRY INDEX
OBITUARY INDEX
(family tree members):
FAMILY TREE RESEARCH INDEX
FAMILY SCRAPBOOK INDEX
Grand Coulee Dam, Coulee City, Military Service, Spokane
JUDITH BURDACK ARTICLES
THE LEES OF VIRGINIA
SCRAPBOOK MISCELANEOUS INDEX
INDIANS (NATIVE AMERICANS) INDEX
RAILROADS INDEX
Many of the settlers in the Big Bend area, including many members of my family tree, came from their previous homes in the Railroad Migration after the completion of those lines in the late 1880's and early 1890's. These railroads were and continue to be essential to the region.
WASHINGTON FAMILY INDEX
COMING EVENTS
[not currently being maintained]
COUSIN SAM'S LIBRARY
On July 12, 2011, I opened this blog as a reference library for much of the source material related to research for my other blogs, as well as other material, such as collections of quotations, web links, Archive links, and such, so that I can keep the focus of this blog on family and place.
COUSIN SAM'S FAITH
On July 13, 2011, I opened this blog on religion, politics, and opinion, which are matters of faith, with faith being understood as not merely believing, but what we believe and why. These subjects are not well suited for inclusion in my other blogs, which are concerned with who, what, when, and where. This blog is about the fifth "w", why.
It takes a lot of time to research and transcribe the kind of information going into this blog. Donations using the PayPal Donate button at the top right are most welcome. Donations in the form of checks made out to Samuel Taschereau will also be accepted at the snail mail address.
If you have articles, stories, letters, or documentation that you think may be of interest to this blog, you may send it to me either by e-mail or snail mail.
e-mail: rfsamt@gmail.com
snail mail: S. F. Taschereau
4409 N Stevens St
Spokane, WA 99205-1119
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Ancestry Research Web Sites & Links: http://cousinsam.blogspot.com/2011/06/web-sites-links-ancestry-research.html Including Open Library selections
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages. http://www.archive.org/index.php
state history publications:
http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/publications.aspx
The Hubert C. Blonk photograph collection
https://dc.ewu.edu/blonk/index.9.html?fbclid=IwAR2JWV7jozbZPEw8CgY0nQE3IYE6WcWSBydEXeXp0C71Xceq-s_CmoffmOw
University of Idaho Historic Photograph Collection List
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CONQUEST of the COEUR D'ALENES, SPOKANES & PALOUSES
The Expeditions of Colonels E. J. Steptoe and George Wright against the "Northern Indians" in 1858. By Benjamin Franklin Manring; Inland Printing Company, Spokane, Wash. 1912.
archive details
Col. Edward Jenner Steptoe was my 3rd cousin 5x removed.
NEZ PERCE JOSEPHHIS ANCESTORS, HIS LANDS, HIS CONFEDERATES, HIS ENEMIES, HIS MURDERS, HIS WAR, HIS PURSUIT AND CAPTURE;
by Howard, O. O. [Oliver Otis], BRIG. GEN. U. S. A.
BOSTON, LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS 1881
archive details
FROM SEA TO SEA (chapters 22-37)
In Vol. 16 of THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF
RUDYARD KIPLING ©1899
NEW YORK. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. 1906.
An account of Kipling's visit to America in 1889
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE AND SPOKANE COUNTRY, WASHINGTON
From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, By N. W. DURHAM
The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1912.
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II VOLUME III
RUDYARD KIPLING ©1899
NEW YORK. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. 1906.
An account of Kipling's visit to America in 1889
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE AND SPOKANE COUNTRY, WASHINGTON
From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, By N. W. DURHAM
The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1912.
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II VOLUME III
SPOKANE AND THE SPOKANE COUNTRY, PICTORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
De Luxe Supplement. The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1912.
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II
Illustrated history of Spokane County
Rev. Johathan Edwards, W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1900
archive details
Early Okanogan History
by William Compton Brown
archive details
History of Old Walla Wall County
embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties
W. D. Lyman, S. J. Clarke publishing co. 1918
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II
History of the Yakima Valley, Washington
comprising Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties
W. D. Lyman, S. J. Clarke publishing co. 1919
archive details: VOLUME I VOLUME II
An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima, and Kittitas Counties
with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington
Interstate publishing co., Chicago, pub 1904
archive details full text
An illustrated history of north Idaho
embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho
Western Historical Publishing Co. 1903
archive details full text
An illustrated history of the State of Idaho
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago, 1899
archive details full text
HISTORY OF IDAHO
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, Its People and its Principal Interests
by Hiram T. French, THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago and New York, 1914
Gems of thought and history of Shoshone County
Kellogg Evening News Press, 1940
archive details
The History of Cass and Bates counties, Missouri
containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, history of Missouri, map of Cass and Bates counties, etc
National Historical Company (Saint Joseph, Mo.) 1883
archive details full text
Floods Of May June 1948 In Columbia River Basin
Prepared under the direction of C. G. PAULSEN, Chief Hydraulic Engineer
A presentation of data on floods, gathered from selected gaging stations and other sources
With a section on Magnitude and Frequency of Floods By S. E. RANTZ and H. C. RIGGS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1949
archive details full text
OTHER
COULEE CITY INDEX
BIG BEND TOWNS INDEX
BIG BEND CEMETERIES
ANCESTRY INDEX
OBITUARY INDEX
(family tree members):
FAMILY TREE RESEARCH INDEX
FAMILY SCRAPBOOK INDEX
Grand Coulee Dam, Coulee City, Military Service, Spokane
JUDITH BURDACK ARTICLES
THE LEES OF VIRGINIA
SCRAPBOOK MISCELANEOUS INDEX
INDIANS (NATIVE AMERICANS) INDEX
RAILROADS INDEX
Many of the settlers in the Big Bend area, including many members of my family tree, came from their previous homes in the Railroad Migration after the completion of those lines in the late 1880's and early 1890's. These railroads were and continue to be essential to the region.
WASHINGTON FAMILY INDEX
COMING EVENTS
[not currently being maintained]
____________
COUSIN SAM'S LIBRARY
On July 12, 2011, I opened this blog as a reference library for much of the source material related to research for my other blogs, as well as other material, such as collections of quotations, web links, Archive links, and such, so that I can keep the focus of this blog on family and place.
COUSIN SAM'S FAITH
On July 13, 2011, I opened this blog on religion, politics, and opinion, which are matters of faith, with faith being understood as not merely believing, but what we believe and why. These subjects are not well suited for inclusion in my other blogs, which are concerned with who, what, when, and where. This blog is about the fifth "w", why.
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CONTRIBUTIONS
It takes a lot of time to research and transcribe the kind of information going into this blog. Donations using the PayPal Donate button at the top right are most welcome. Donations in the form of checks made out to Samuel Taschereau will also be accepted at the snail mail address.
e-mail: rfsamt@gmail.com
snail mail: S. F. Taschereau
4409 N Stevens St
Spokane, WA 99205-1119
________
Ancestry Research Web Sites & Links: http://cousinsam.blogspot.com/2011/06/web-sites-links-ancestry-research.html Including Open Library selections
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages. http://www.archive.org/index.php
state history publications:
http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/publications.aspx
The Hubert C. Blonk photograph collection
https://dc.ewu.edu/blonk/index.9.html?fbclid=IwAR2JWV7jozbZPEw8CgY0nQE3IYE6WcWSBydEXeXp0C71Xceq-s_CmoffmOw
University of Idaho Historic Photograph Collection List
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