Campbell Coloring Book

I ran across this coloring book while searching for something or other and thought it was kind of cool. It is very watered down and the last two pages don't strictly apply to our direct ancestors. They also fail to mention that Jonathan Jr. married Lucinda Shipman/Austin and had among other children, our ancestor Heleman. It also doesn't mention any of the dirt that happened along the way, but then I suppose that little ears probably aren't ready for that yet. Send them my way when they are. ;-)

http://southwickresearch.com/Genealogy/CampbellStoryBook11.pdf

"The Bloody Morning Scout"

I have uncovered a bees nest of information on one of the branches of the Alvord line of our family history. So much that it is a project in and of itself. I'm sure there will be more to come, but just wanted to share a quick story that I came across. The main person involved in this was Sergeant Caleb Chapin who was the maternal gradfather of Thaddeus Alvord and the great grandson of Deacon Samuel Chapin who was one of the founders of Springfield, Massachussetts.

September 8, 1755

"The British force under Col. Williams, sets off down the Lake George-Ft. Edward road. They believe the French to still be in the vicinity of Ft. Lyman. In the meantime, Dieskau has learned from his scouts of Williams' advance south. He hurries north along the road and deploys his forces in the shape of a hook along both sides of the rough road, hoping to ambush the British. The British force had barely set out from the Fort when they found themselves in a trap. It would have been much worse for the British had not the Indians started firing prematurely. Soon, King Hendrick was dead, followed by Col. Williams himself, who was shot in the head."

Along with others, Sergeant Caleb Chapin was wounded and began the retreat with his two sons, Joel and Hezekiah, to Johnson's camp. Caleb's wounds were slowing them down and he knew they would all be killed. He ordered his sons to go on and take care of their mother and the family. They did and they never saw him alive again. When they went back later they found him scalped and with a tomahawk burried in his head. Johnson's camp repulsed the attack and won out in the end, but Caleb gave his life for his sons.

Another interesting tidbit of information that I found in a book written by one Henry W. Cushman was that the tomahawk used to kill Caleb Chapin was kept and later given to Lt. Governor Henry W. Cushman (the author of the book) of the Commonwealth of Massachussetts. Gov. Cushman in turn donated the tomahawk to the American Atiquarian Society. I found out on the phone this morning that in 1910 the American Antiquarian Society deaccessioned all of its artifacts and became less a museum and more a library. I also talked to a really nice lady there and they are going to see if there are any records concerning the deaccessioning of the artifacts, or in short, whether or not the tomahawk can be tracked down. I'm sure it still exists somewhere either on display or burried in some museums collections, but the key is to find out which museum and then hopefully I can go see it.....9 generations later. If that doesn't strike you as cool, then I'm afraid we can no longer be friends. ;-) Just kidding of course.

Thanks/Airlines

It was good to see everyone at Sara's reception over the weekend. We made it back alive after a very long drive. We delivered the puppy to Caren's brother and his family in Ammon and had lunch with them before heading the rest of the way. We hit nasty rain storms from deer lodge to missoula, but other than that it was mostly just light rain the whole way. We had a good time and enjoyed seeing all of you. Congratulations to Sara and Rob.

Just as an fyi, I've been researching airplane tickets for Kelly and Gary to fly up here and visit. I used to just skip over Delta because they were always so bloody expensive. However, anymore they are are as cheap or cheaper than Alaska or Southwest. Only $150 to fly from SLC to GEG roundtrip right now. I haven't really checked other flights, but that is a very decent price on that flight. I paid $100 more than that when I flew down for Natalie's baptism flying a combination of Southwest and Alaska. Granted, I waited until the last minute to get the tickets, but usually they average at least $200 and can run up in the neighborhood of $400. The 1.5 hour flight is very enticing compared to the 11 hour drive that would be. Anyway, don't know that anyone cares, but if you are flying in the near future, don't overlook Delta. Delta is a pretty good airline too. There are only two airlines I will never recommend to people thus far. In fact, not only will I not reccomend them, but I would go so far as to encourge people to avoid them at all costs. One of them, United Airlines, flies here in the states. The other, Ryanair, is a low cost airline over in Europe. Just want to take the opportunity to again say, they are terrible airlines. They are not worth one cent of your money. Enough of my soap box though.

Joe

Youtube and Update

Here is a funny archaeology related video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpeqPdVyQd0

Not much new is happening up here on my end. Just work as usual with the exception that we switched to working four 10's so now I have an extra day to play each week. I like it much better and especially considering our hours before were 9 to 5:30 with a half hour lunch. That doesn't leave much time outside of work since I drive 45 minutes each way as well. Cutting out a day also saves miles on my car and saves on gas which is a plus.

Caren's situation is changing a bit. Her last day in Moscow is today. I helped her move last weekend and her parents are headed down there today to get the big stuff. Her graduation is tomorrow. She or I will post some pictures on her blog when we get a second. I am very happy for her and excited for her. For now she is moving back up this way while she does the job search thing.

Other than that, we are just headed south on Friday for Sara and Rob's deal.

Hope all is well with all of you.

Joe

Early 20th Century Hardware Store

I think this is one of my favorite websites. It has about everything you could find in a hardware store in the early 1900's. It has all sorts of interesting stuff. I use it to identify things from the Sandpoint collection. So far, it has proven to be one of the best and all inclusive resources that is both readily available and free. The fact that it is digital and searchable is a plus. There are other late 19th early 20th century hardware store catalogs out there, but a lot of them have removed the "boring stuff" such as nails, bolts, screws, etc... and have only left in the "ebay worthy" items. I pretty much start drooling everytime I open this website much the same as Caren's dog, buddy, does when food is a possibility. I have been known to spend hours digging in it. Enjoy.

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/McMcHTML/index.htm

Reloading

I still haven't got the maps from the trip together yet. Those will hopefully be done tomorrow. 

I've been getting back into reloading lately and it has been interesting to say the least wandering around to the different sporting goods stores. My usual route on the way home from work is Cabela's, Sportsman's Warehouse, and then Blacksheep in Coeur D' Alene. Occasionally I'll stop in at the Sportsman's Warehouse in Spokane first. Sportsman's Warehouse recently declared bankruptcy and so the two stores up here were sold to the Canadians. I think it is called Wholesale Sports for the time being. As a result, they rarely have anything in the way of ammunition and reloading supplies anymore. That coupled with the Obamania going on right now has pretty much depleted supplies of about anything related to guns because everyone is hoarding. I don't really know in anticipation for what, but I guess it works. Finding colt .45's has become next to impossible and when you do they run $34 for a box of 50 which is an outrageous price. Wal-mart seems to be the best place to go for ammo, but they only get it in in one or two boxes at a time and unless you hit them just right, then its hard to get anything. Fortunately, I got a few boxes of 9mm before all of this started happening. A pack of 25 10 gauge shotgun shells will run you about $30 unless you can find a deal somewhere. I found some for $18 per box at the White Elephant in Spokane, but even that is too expensive. So, I ordered a barrel tube for the 10 gauge that will reduce it to a 12 gauge as those are only $20 for a box of 100 at walmart. 

I also decided that reloading spent 12 gauge shells with black powder instead of smokeless powder would be much cooler, so I'm going to try that. I have plenty of surplus ammo for my 7.62X54R rifle so that only leaves the .303 British. .303 British will cost $30 for a box of 20 rounds which is again an outrageous price. So, I got a bunch of lead, some antimony, some tin, and a bullet mold. I'm going to reload those with red dot shotshell powder which is significantly cheaper than any of the rifle powders on the shelf. 

After chatting with a certain brother of mine, I also decided that it might be fun to load some dragons breath shells for the 4th of July. 

Here is a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzCYFg-gYUk

I'm not sure how to load these yet, but bear bangers might be fun too. Throw in a couple of rednecks and its sure to be a good 4th of July. 

Here is a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzCYFg-gYUk