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Showing posts with label My history trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My history trips. Show all posts
August 16, 2011

Georgia reunion, Family graves, research and a presentation, part 1.

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Geri Murphy, Jeff Smith and Jeanie Schaffner at the graves of Soapy Smith's grandparents Dr. Ira Ellis Smith and Ellen Stimpson Pe...
June 14, 2011

A time capsule in Skagway

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(Click image to enlarge) I n 1998 I had a custom ink stamp made for the 100th anniversary of Soapy Smith's death. You can see the ...
June 12, 2011

Adrian Bricker and the Smith clan in Skagway, 1998

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(Click image to enlarge) E ver since joining Facebook on a regular basis and creating a Soapy Smith profile good things have been happe...
June 3, 2011

Ira Ellis Caspar Wistar Smith and Columus Darwin Smith: Confederate cavalry.

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W ith the recent Memorial Day and the History Channel's presentation of Civil War Week in honor of the 150th anniversary I thought I...
May 14, 2011

Howard Clifford: Author-Historian-Friend

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H oward Clifford was a friend. The last time I saw him was in 1998 in Skagway, Alaska at the 100th anniversary memorial for the gunfight ...
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April 18, 2011

Actors and Scenes in the Soapy Smith Tragedy

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(Click image to enlarge) T he above postcard was purchased in 1977 at the Hegg photo store. I believe they can still be purchased there bu...
April 11, 2011

Barbara Meeks, Sue Henry, and Soapy Smith

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(Click image to enlarge) M ost people who come across Soapy's history and wish to contact me don't have too difficult of a time be...
March 1, 2010

Soapy Smith and the Gillette, Colorado bullfight.

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A ugust 24-26, 1895 promoter Joe Wolfe held the very first bullfight held on U.S soil. The location was Gillette, Colorado; just down the mo...
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