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Last Look at Sierra Blanca (for a while)

My pilgrimage to Sierra Blanca was signficant on so many levels that you may have gotten the impression it was my first trip there. Not so! Back in 1970, Mom, Aunt Lou, cousin Molly and I made a trip there and visited the Williams hotspots — alth…

My pilgrimage to Sierra Blanca was signficant on so many levels that you may have gotten the impression it was my first trip there.  Not so!  Back in 1970, Mom, Aunt Lou, cousin Molly and I made a trip there and visited the Williams hotspots — although I don’t recall stopping to meet Tom D.  What an oversight on our part! Continue reading “Last Look at Sierra Blanca (for a while)”

A Christmas Census, 1946

Another unique find in Tom D’s garage among Julia Mae’s papers was this set of autographs and birthdates of the Williams family in Sierra Blanca on Christmas day in 1946. What if every family had a Christmas book and we each signed it every Decemb…

Another unique find in Tom D’s garage among Julia Mae’s papers was this set of autographs and birth dates of the Williams family in Sierra Blanca, Texas, on Christmas day in 1946.  What if every family had a Christmas book and we each signed it every December to keep our own census?  Wouldn’t our descendants thank us one day? Continue reading “A Christmas Census, 1946”