This page is full of pictures, old and new, of places where I have been and some are where my family walked this Earth over 150 years ago. The old monochrome pictures are from another site on the web, the photography is my own.
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1861 Bridge in Phillippi
1861 Bridge in Phillippi
Canadian lake and flowers
California Sunset in Chico
Waterfall in the mountains north of Chico, CA
Forest Glen
Fort in Pittsburgh
"Hands Across America" meeting place in central Pennsylvania
Monterey Bay, California
North Pittsburgh--Lawrenceville
--where the Allegheny Arsenal explosion occurred in 1862, killing over 100 young women, two of them were my great, great aunts. This is also the home of songwriter, Stephen Foster, who wrote "Aura Lee". The music was adopted by a singer in the 1950s and re-named, "Love Me Tender".
Large map of North Pittsburgh, PA.
1805 Pittsburgh
1875 Pittsburgh Point--by this time, both sides of my family were living here.
1875 Pittsburgh
Early 1800s Pittsburgh
South Side, Pittsburgh, PA
1805 Pittsburgh, Another View
Ready For Fall
Roses From My Garden
San Antonio, Texas.One of my favorite vacation cities.
Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers converge in Pittsburgh
A Cool Place in the Summer Sun
Sunset
Violets
WV Beauty
WV Fantasy
WV Glory
Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia 1897
Phillippi, WV 1861, Site of the real first battle of the Civil War
Phillippi, WV 1861
WV Phillippi Bridge
Neither the Union or Confederacy would destroy that bridge as it was the only connection to the North-South route during the Civil War
West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
This mall has under one roof:
- Olympic Sized Ice Skating Rink
- Olympic Pool
- 5-story slide into a wave pool
- 9-Hole Golf Course
- Complete Amuzement Park
- Luxury Motel/Hotel
- Full Scale Model of the Santa Maria, Columbus' ship
- Hundreds of stores and restaurants
West Edmonton Mall Fountains