Category: Kingman
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There’s gold in them thar hills
Old newspapers provide a great source of family history. Factual details of an event are nice, but if your ancestors weren’t ‘in the news’ then you won’t find much. Newspapers, like all businesses, exist to make money and during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, papers printed whatever they could find that might generate sales…
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It sure is dusty here
Kingman, Arizona sits along Historic Route 66 in the eastern portion of the Mohave Desert. As you might think it is hot and dry. Most of Kingman’s developmental history occurred after my great grandfather died in 1941. He went there early in the 1920’s to begin mining operations. There are only a couple of things…
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Start at the end
In my quest to find my great grandfather I researched as much as I could on the Internet. I had also corresponded with a third cousin who had located me several years ago after my father died. My father’s obituary was published online. She had my name and found a phone number (landline at the…
Head of Tide 