This past week I was doing a deep dive into the historical creation of Deerbrook. Dates, people and information considered authoritative have incorrect details and dates. Prior to this past week, I like everyone assumed dates correct based on existing written history. The most notable authoritative in Langlade County, Wisconsin is The History of Langlade…
Category: Stay Awhile and Listen
Deerbrook – How Quick Theory Changes
I waited on anticipation or receiving the patent for Henry Hewitt Jr., dated 25 June 1869. The one piece that would give solid source record to determine how and where Deerbrook was founded. It arrived after several record requests from NARA – Chicago, NARA – Washington D. C., then finally moving to the State of…
Who is Robert M. Dessureau?
Random thoughts from today, researching Who is Robert M. Dessureau? The question arriving as I start to put fingers on the keyboard to write Book 2 – History of Deerbrook, Langlade County, Wisconsin. Of course for me writing involves double checking facts I’ve found, facts supporting the stories I tell. So, turn to AI, because…
Deerbrook, Welcome Home
In 1921 Robert M. Dessureau writes: Deerbrook, situated on the main line of the Chicago & North Western railway, was named by Edward Dawson, timber cruiser and prospector, who while camping near the Eau Claire river watched the deer “drink his fill” each morning just as the sun peeped over the hills proclaiming a new…
Stay Awhile and Listen….. Still Telling…
Today is weight of what I started 27 years ago crashing. No, it isn’t over, the story has not stopped. Weight is only reflection of recent discoveries, the weight causing a sigh yet heavy as now formed theory, words written before fingers hit the keys… All shaken, jumbled all at once causing words to be…
I thought “and then he hit me”
Oops, said through many things hitting me today, giving more clarity in created words of book 2. What hit, more source fact. The title of this post was while hearing the song “And then he kissed me” and writing the words “and then he hit me”. If this isn’t a laughing example where outcome does…
Book 1 Compete
Attached is the first book of a planned three book series. The first being only 40 pages was intended. As these books are of historical nature and written through the stories of people, validated through historical documents, it breaks the mold of conventional history. I don’t present this as an authoritative position. Fact speaks for…
As Stories are Told
We’ve all listened as someone told a story making us aware no story is fully told without a journey into parts of the bigger story. Today is here, the time is now. I see and feel history completely the opposite direction of most historical writers. Typical history we read is from place -> event ->…
Pebbles and Ripples
Today let’s share how life for me was different. How being labeled an “outcast” strictly from society and a human interaction perspective rather than literal terms where the term may harm someone. Follow along as we explore concepts of why pebble and ripples hold more value whereby being lost can completely obscure histories and our…
Beyond the Records, it is the Story that Matters
History.com’s article How Far Back Can You Actually Trace Your Family Tree? A very broad question leaving a very generalized answer. My Stay Awhile and Listen category is so others learn my story and how I see the world. Not only in general but deeper understanding how I believe things move over time and space,…