By Eilene Lyon My new book, What Lies Beneath Colorado Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards, officially publishes on Tuesday, but it is available now! See link at bottom of the post. In the course of finalizing the manuscript for publication, I had to omit some material to meet my word count goal. The book contains 24... Continue Reading →
The Pines
By Eilene Lyon It’s that time of year when new and returning students head to college campuses: moving into dorms, apartments, sorority and fraternity houses. In honor of my niece moving into the dorm for her freshman year this week, I’m going to share a different living arrangement that my mom had in her college... Continue Reading →
From the Vault: The Footrest Error
By Eilene Lyon Pardon the unattractive photo above. Following up on my last post about Fred Ransom’s on-the-job accident, I thought I’d share my similar experience. Partly due to sheer luck, the injuries to my right foot did not result in the loss of any digits. I’m not so naïve as to think that workplace... Continue Reading →
Too Early for OSHA
By Eilene Lyon Though my great-grandmother, Clara Ransom Davis (1877-1953), passed down a lot of family history, she made a glaring omission: her own birth family. She wrote a brief story about her father, Robert Ransom, who died when she was six. But she left no tales about her mother or siblings. Everything I know... Continue Reading →