Thursday, November 20, 1924. The marriage of my father's parents.

Which was oddly a Thursday.  I think of most weddings being on Saturday.

At least they are now.

The wedding was in Denver, where they had met and where my grandfather was working.  They'd live there until 1937, when they'd move to Scottsbluff.  In that time they had all of their children save for one, who would be born in Scottsbluff, the first one being born in 1926 and my father being born in 1929.

They were both 23 years old.  He had been on his own since age 13.  She was living with her parents in Denver, where they had moved after her father had closed his store in Leadville.  Her parents were of 100% Irish extraction, with her mother being from Cork.  His parents were of 100% Westphalian extraction.  They were both Catholic, although I don't know what church they were married in.  Likey one of the Catholic churches downtown.

The American Automobile Association of State Highway Officials approved a resolution recommending that states agree to a consistent system of numbered highways.

Last edition:

Tuesday, November 18, 1924. Adding to the public domain.

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Sunday, March 29, 1874. Birth of a Great American, Lou Hoover.

 

Lou Hoover, Herbert Hoover's wife, and a great American in her own right, was born on this day in 1874.

Born in Waterloo, Iowa, just down the highway from Dyersville, where my paternal ancestors were then living, she became fascinated with geology (as I did at a similar age) and attended Standford, where she met geology student Herbert Hoover.  After she graduated, they married in 1899 and then departed for China, after having honeymooned at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, which I first saw as a child, as I had relatives native to that state.

She refused to leave her husband, and hence China, during the Boxer Rebellion.  She acted as a nurse, on the front lines, during the incident, surviving direct fire incidents.

She was a substantial human being, the equal of her husband, who was also.

She died, as we've already noted, of a heart attack on January 7, 1944, while staying at the Waldorf Astoria New York.

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Friday, January 7, 1944. Lou Henry Hoover passes away.

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Tuesday, March 24, 1874. Houdini born.

Towns and Nature: Dubuque, IA: IC Depots, Freight House and Roundhouse

Towns and Nature: Dubuque, IA: IC Depots, Freight House and Roundhouse: 1888 and 1945 Depots: ( HABS ;  Satellite , south of Jones Street. The land is now used by Arby's andUS-61.) 1873 Freight House: ( HABS ...

Posted due to being part of the old family stomping grounds. 

The Big Picture: Dyersville Iowa

Dyersville Iowa, where my father's father was born.