Wordless Wednesday NP Trade Mark

One more picture from my great Aunt Latisha Vanderpool's trip through Yellowstone Park July 21-28, 1915

This picture is labeled NP Trade Mark. The Northern Pacific Railroad marketed Yellowstone as a place to visit after Yellowstone became a National Park, and so I guess they used pictures of the park to help with the marketing.

Fearless Females Mom's Best Friend

I have been rather busy at work so I have not done may of these posts, but I had to do this one. Mom had many friends, but probably the best one was Minnie Ruud. Minnie and her husband Clarence Ruud lived across the alley from us for many years. While Minnie had worked some after she was married, she mainly was a stay at home mom. They had one son Lane and after he left for school, the army and his teaching career, Minnie stayed home. My mom had an office in our home and did bookkeeping there and later income taxes, so when she got busy she asked Minnie to help, and Minnie came over and helped do income taxes for several years. When Clarence started having health problems, mom took Minnie out in our car and taught her how to drive as she had never learned. Minnie was shaking like a leaf when she took the drivers test, but passed and started driving quite a lot. Clarence's health got worse so they moved to Seattle to be close to Lane, and after a few years Clarence passed away. Lane kept an eye on Minnie and took her on a lot of trips, and mom kept in touch through letters and Christmas cards.

Filled out your Census yet??

Like most genealogists I filled in my census forms (I got two of them) and made a copy before sending them in. I have a house for sale so got a second form for that house. Today on another blog was a URL to see how well your state is doing in returning the census forms. My state of Washington as of March 24 was at 10%. Check out the Census Map.

Wordless Wednesday Geyser Basin Bath House

One more picture from my great Aunt Latisha Vanderpool's trip through Yellowstone Park July 21-28, 1915

Bath House at the Geyser Basin

Wordless Wednesday Yellowstone River

One more picture from my great Aunt Latisha Vanderpool's trip through Yellowstone Park July 21-28, 1915

Yellowstone River

Fearless Females Religion

I never saw my paternal grandparents ever go to church, and my dad and his younger brother seldom went to church either. My dads oldest sister was a devout Catholic as were her daughters.
My maternal grandparents went to the Hillyard Christian Church as long as they could. I don't remember grandpa going much, but I was pretty young when he died, but he was listed as one of the founders of that church. My grandmother lived 30 years longer and went to church almost every Sunday, served on the sunshine committee, made quilts for sales at the church (she bought several of them so I still have them).

Wordless Wednesday Falls

One more picture from my great Aunt Latisha Vanderpool's trip through Yellowstone Park July 21-28, 1915

Unnamed Falls at Yellowstone