What this sheet music lacks in cover graphic pizzazz is made up for with the back story. The composer and lyricist (Samuel Phelps Totten ...

Morty Comix # 2687 was left in a real estate brochure distribution box at a gas station/minimart in McCleary, Washi...

Silvia McDowell was born in Casey, Illinois in 1882, but she was mostly raised in Ouray, Colorado. Most of her adult life was spent in De...

I found this oddity many years ago among some McDowell family papers. It dates from the 1950s and originated from the Centralia, Washi...

Printed: Superior Finish, Brumfield, Ouray, Colo. Rose M. McDowell was born in 1880. Her first husband, Hugh Carney, was a miner in Oura...

Mortry Comix # 2685 was slipped into a gap between the floor molding/trim and the wall in a dark corner in...

Centralia, Washington

Centralia, Washington

The McDowell Family Album is something of a mystery. This family has never been real big on recording their history. In fact, during t...

Jennie's album concludes with the funeral cards of her parents-in-law. Napolione Clara Hubertina Cüppers, my great-great grandmother...

Pressed into lower right is the name of the photographer. Hard to read, but I'd guess it says: B. McArdle, Centralia, Wash. Walter F...

Undated photo of Jennie (Reeves) Hoss, the keeper of the Reeves Family Album and my great grandmother. I'm guessing this photo was tak...