When America Invaded Russia : an American in Vladivostok, 1919 : a diary / by Alpha H. Fleming

I transcribed this unique diary in the McCleary Museum by painstakingly banging out it letter by letter on my old typewriter in 1990. I tried to follow the original as closely as I could. Not sure how many of these I published.

A very interesting primary document and soldier's narrative of the Allied occupation of the Soviet Union, specifically from a member of the American Expeditionary Forces.

OK, so I'm posting this bit of history on a blog primarily devoted to obscuro comix. Just one of the many ways we try to be eclectic here on Morty the Blog.

Al Fleming's Diary 1919

McCleary Old-Timers Reunion, 1987

Most of the people who attended this event in 1987 are now gone. And today I've become one of the old-timers.

Self-Guided Tour of Historic McCleary

This is a project that never got beyond the rough draft stage, unlike the McCleary Time Capsule 1943-1963 or the McCleary 2002 Calendar publications.

Constructed with a typewriter and lots of gluestick, I have no memory of why this didn't get finished. It was meant as a blend of the description and the history of McCleary, Washington.

Since June 2000 a few things have changed since this was slapped together. Item # 1 has been torn down and replaced by a big housing development. Item # 14 burned down around 2003. In item # 25, the sign identifying the triangle as Eddie Biers Park was removed years ago. Few people in town today probably know the spot has a name.

You can print this off and still use the narrative as a guide if you like.

McCleary Tour

McCleary Time Capsule, 1943-1963

McCleary Time Capsule was a chronology column that ran in almost every issue of the McCleary Museum Newsletter from vol. 5, no. 1 (spring 1995) to vol. 10, issue 4 (Dec. 2000).

The column covered the first 20 years of McCleary's transformation from company town to a real municipality.

I was also the editor of the newsletter up to vol. 6, no. 2 (summer 1996).

And yes, this was all done with a photocopier, typewriter, scissors, and gluestick.