Early Pioneers

September 14, 1939 Oshkosh Daily Northwestern

 

While I'm sure there are no readers of this blog who had personally attended this particular Rotary event in 1939, it always amazes me that sometimes there are unexpected instances like this.  My gosh, we can find a Civil War widow, for example, still alive as recently as eleven years ago or, in this case, pioneers of our community from the 1850s who were still around to relate their experiences to our parents or grandparents in 1939. 

 

History seems like a slow-moving continuum but once in a while, the stars do align.  Oh, the stories they could tell!