Through Mountain Mists

I am writing this from Karnes City, Texas, the county seat town of Karnes County. I am visiting my grandson, Nathan Jones, and his wife Kayl...

For two weeks we have traced early settlers to Union County, Georgia bearing the last name Self. As we observe in April, “Teaching Career Mo...

By way of review, last week’s introductory story on the Self early settlers to Union County told of three families with the surname Self tha...

The surname Self has a long history, going back at least to the time of the Vikings, who in their ships made ocean voyages and explored land...

Sunday, March 13 was that time again--time to “spring forward” one hour in time, set our clocks ahead and lose one hour of much-needed sleep...

For those of us who grew up on a farm in this mountain area, we were accustomed to hearing our elders discuss spring planting “by the signs....

Last week we traced some of the family of Christopher Columbus Moore (known as “Lum”) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Swanson Moore. You will re...