Mr. Vogt came to Marceline with the Santa Fe building the telegraph line in 1887 until he was made line repairer at Streator, Illinois and then he transferred back to Marceline September 3, 1888 as line repairer. Miss Louisa Cooper came to Marceline in the spring of 1888 to live …
Hiram Long was a native of Claremont, New Hampshire and was born May 22, 1827. He was the youngest of fifteen children, and his father, Simeon Long, was a retired sea captain. Mr. Long spent his boyhood days on a farm and pursued the course of study of the common …
Whenever I think of my grandparentsI wonder, “Just how did it feelTo leave comforts and loved ones and cherished spotsAnd ride to the end of steel?” And what did they find when they arrived? Only a sprawling space And tents the only abode for awhile In this wild and lonely …
