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Ask Bonnie!
Yes,
It includes monkeying around.
The first two story structure in Monterey, a town much older than San Francisco.
Read about the man and the times in "Thomas O. Larkin: A Life of Patriotism
and Profit in Old California" by Harlan Hague and David Langum,
Univ. of Oklahoma Press (c) 1990
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Sugar Grove historical bridge over Panther’s Creek.
Click for Sugar Grove Historial Society
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Paula Gumpman’s graduation
from her 1986 boot camp in Orlando, Florida.
Shown here with her brother, Glenn.
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So Young - a Time to Serve.
The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and itsCultural Landscape is located in
Counties Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath in the centre of Ireland. It is an
unparalleled and outstanding example of a relict early medieval Insular
monastic city unobscured by modern building development. It is set within a
superlative semi-natural landscape that deepens it spiritual qualities, adding
greatly to its authenticity and integrity.
Another beautiful photo from Patrick B Larkin
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News 2012
While working at the Sugar Grove July 4th
celebration for the Berne Union Alumni,
Bonnie sold Sugar Grove Pictorial History DVDs.
If your interested and would like to have one,
give her a call. It has pictures from the late
1800 hundreds to present day, with captions
for each picture. Berne Union Band provides
the background music.
........$20.00
Larkin History - San Francisco CA.
Signature of Thomas Oliver Larkin on the Constitution
of California (1849) - California was admitted to the
Union in 1850 -same year John’s father ancestors left
Kilquain, Co Galway.
Thomas O. Larkin - signature on California constitution -
"second in importance only to John A Sutter
in bringing California into the Union."
T.O. Larkin was very important figure from
the early 40's to the late 50's.
Niamh Larkin of Galway, John J. Larkin of New York (aka Seán Séamus) in front of portrait of
Thomas Oliver Larkin at the Larkin House National Historic Site. Thos. Larkin was "second in
importance only to John Sutter in bringing California into the United States" in 1848.
Niamh Larkin of Galway and Vancouver
in Carmel by the Sea
As a child, this wall seemed to me to reach up to the sky. It
surrounds the Kilcooly estate down in South Tipperary,
where my family, the Hogans, have lived for generations.
I would walk the whole length of the wall, right around the estate,
idling tracing my fingers across the old ivy-clad stones ...
I would stop and lean against it for a while and try to
conjure up visions of what lay behind it
... Kilcooly ... 'The Big House' ... a fairy wonderland in my mind,
a secret kingdom.
TEENY CAR ...
MIGHTY DREAMS ...
MY CHILDHOOD KINGDOM IS FOR SALE !!!!!
The sale includes the mansion house, five staff houses, excellent stables, numerous outbuildings
and 313 acres of wooland and grassland, beautiful avenues, walks and a five-acre ornamental
lake with boathouse.
Lynn Larkin Wilson
Finally, after i’mnottellingyouhowmanyyears,
I drive through the impresive gates
of the towering wall surrounding the house
which excited my colourful childhood imaginings.
Up the sweeping drive and, within a few moments,
my little red are is parked at the foot of the
BACKDOOR
steps, I get out and survey..
The Big House
Lori Liebold Combs and Peggy
Yvonne and Alex Boles
Taylor, Heath, and Marlo Grubb
Family Snapshots
From colorfully costumed dance participants parading in the Grand Entry to rhythmic dances
and chants, experience Kansas Native-American Indian culture first hand. It all happened
at the presentation by the Mid-American All-Indian Center at Century II Expo Hall in
Wichita July 9-10. The first-ever festival will serve as a showcase for the art, dance, history,
and song of the culture for which Kansas was named as well as an opportunity to renew American
Indian cultural ties and preserve their rich heritage.
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Included in the festival is a powwow, Native American people’s traditional way of
meeting together to share in dancing, singing, and visiting.
American Indian Festival
Marley James and family traveled to Wichita to experience the Ameircan Indian
festival
Among the photos:
Painted Pony Presentation given by Old Cowtown Museum’s Greg Hunt
and David Scraper and featuring “Tim” and “Barney” (Cowtown’s Percheron
Horses) and introducing, Kneehigh.
Marley participating in Indian Hand Games
Marley - very happy to be seven .
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