"Where &  What" you are doing these days?

Rex Booth

Sherry,

Know what you mean by the change from picture prints to digital camera images. 

Well, here's picture for you. It's a black tea cup poodle that looks like it just got out of  the hair salon!

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

AWH, Rex How CUTE!! Looks a lot like Bug!!
Thanks!!
 

Rex Booth

Tommy has pictures of his dog... 

Rex Booth

Classmates,  

Rumor has it that some of you have been holding their breath and others with baited- breath...for truth to come out about Roswell's first female teacher.

I am very impressed by those historians who contribute historical articles in the Roswell Daily Record.

This is what was found... drum roll, hair rising on back of necks in anticipation..

1. Roswell first femaie teacher  1885.  First moved to White Oaks then Roswell (article by Georgia Redfield 1938)    Click Here

2.  RDR - Janince Donnahue article on Sara Lund: “Historical Anecdotes”

"Click Here"

3.  RDR  - "Honoring Roswell Pioneer Women" (see last paragraph of article)

"Click Here"

As Paul Harvey usta say:  "And now you know... the rest of the story."  

John Landess

WOW!!! at last, the rest of the story!! 

I was asked a question the other day and I wonder if our classmates know the answer???

Why were cowboy hats rolled up on the sides back in our early days??

"It allowed a real cowpoke to keep his hat on while washing his face and ears..." ~ The Shadow

Joe Treat

Joe Treat

There is my 35 pounds of trouble, Barney.

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

Ok Rex. I'm confused. White Oaks is a long way from Roswell and i thought we were asking about Roswell teachers. Explain please. I'm confused 😵‍💫 

Rex Booth

Paula,

Sara Lund had just moved to from Greenville, Michigan to White Oaks with her family for her brothers health. Judge Edmund T. Stone of Roswell, upon hearing that Sara Lund was a "recent graduate", quickly travelled to White Oaks and offered Sara Lund a teaching position in Roswell. She accepted and returned with the Judge to Roswell to teach at the new one room adobe school (built 1885) near the Hondo River (on south Virginia St). Thanks to Judge Stone's timely efforts, Roswell now has their first female teacher in 1885. 

Several years later Sara Lund  married Mr. Bonney who owned the merchantile store on the east side of south Main street. The building was sold to Roswell Feed and Seed in the 1940's.  It is still in business at the same location.

Refer back to the #1 line item. See Library of Congress article by Georgia Redfield look at page 3 paragraphs 1 & 2 for reference.    Click Here

Rex Booth

Joe,

Barney has an intelligent look. Does Barney have any Jack Russell or mix?

Joe Treat

Barney is quite smart and outsmarts me all the time.  His DNA showed he is 1/2 Chihuahua and part Australian dog.   He does look like terrier. He loves nipping at our heels.  He has saved us from being murdered by the FedEx man and the UPS man  and the mailman innumerable times.  He knows when their trucks stop by, but ignores other trucks.  We adopted him 5 years ago after losing our Rat terrier of 14 years.  He was 2 and had been in other homes, but was returned to the pound.  He is very sweet and knows what we are going to do before we do.  We have had dogs for years, sometimes 2 at a time and we seem to keep them alive for years. We also had cats, but stopped after the last one died and we were tired of the cat box and furniture destruction. These companions help keep us sane and engaged.

Rex Booth

From the Garden... east of Eden

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

The yellow Iris is beautiful!  My mother had purple iris' that I always considered stunning. Unfortunately I did not inherit a green thumb so I just admire beauty from afar. 
In regards to Lund as the first official teacher in Roswell I agree. Her story is very interesting. 

Fred Miller

Centerpoint Energy is the electricity provider in the majority of Houston....and also, apparently, the dumbest company in Houston.  In a new development, this townhouse was completed and just went on the market.  

Centerpoint was still working on completing the infrastructure of this new development, which they finally did after the townhouse was completed....with this result.

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

Well, Fred. Getting in and out of that driveway ought to be easy if you're a kangaroo! Hmmm. 

Rex Booth

Sara Lund Bonney and her husband C.D. Bonney took their four children Cecil, Don, Elsie and Doris on the California vacation. Elsie and Doris are seen with Sara in the photos. C.D. Bonney was an Indian scout and owner of Bonney Stables and Livery in Roswell, New Mexico. His wife Sara was the first female schoolteacher in Roswell, New Mexico in the 1880s. The Bonneys were married in 1888, the same year that the Hotel del Coronado opened for business. 

Tent City was wonderful for those who could not afford to stay at the Coronado Hotel built in 1888. Teddy Roosevelt and other notables could afford to stay at Coronado Hotel.  Tent City opened in 1900 and closed in 1938.   "Click Here"

So nows ya knows a lot more than the "rest of the story"... 

Rex Booth

I first visited Coronado Hotel in May of 1969. The only way to reach the island at the time from San Diego was by ferry. A huge Victorian hotel, with a high ceiling rotunda lobby, and a huge ballroom. Very romantic setting. We couldn’t afford it then, but enjoyed a cocktail in the patio with a view of the pool and the surfers ‘hanging ten’ in the ocean. We returned in 1996, this time taking the huge bridge which was over 200 feet in height for Naval ships to navigate. We enjoyed dinner, dancing, staying for two glorious nights.

See pictures below

 Click >>    Hotel Del Coronado – cira 1888

 Click >>   Hotel Del Coronado 2026

 Click >>   Hotel Coronado Yard

John Landess

THE ANSWER to the curled cowboy hats is:

So three could ride in the front seat of them old pickups!!!

The Shadow may be partly right!!

Rex Booth

John L,

It is true cowboys in them-thar olden days wore hats that were almost big as sombreros! These large brim hats gave a cowboy's shoulders and back protection from the intense heat of the sun, especially on those long 500 mile treks moving cattle to the stockyards where train stations were located. Many cowboys who worked on ranches in brush and tree country began rolling up the brim on both sides to keep branches from damaging the edges of the hat. Rolling up also helped keep the hat from being knocked off by a branch as well. But one never saw rolling up the sides of the hat kept a cowboy from being knocked on his keister for messing with another cowboy's girlfriend in some dance hall. There are many other reason for the roll up's.... 

Anyone know more about cowboy hats or have cowboy stories??
 

Rex Booth

Paula,

Were your Mom's Iris similar to these?

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

Yes the dark purple. They were in our back yard in our Lea Street home. I've always loved them. 

Rex Booth

Fred,

Regarding post # 8950.  It does appear the infrastructure was done "after" the townhouse was built. After copying the image and magnifying, it looks like the power pole suffered damage from a Hurricane. 

Hurricane Beryl caused extensive damage to power poles, transmission towers, and electrical infrastructure in the Houston area in July 2024. The storm toppled at least 10 transmission towers and snapped numerous power poles, leaving over 2.2 million customers without power and causing long-term outages.

One can see three guy wire cables attached to the power pole for support. In addition, the pole is wrapped with steel for support around the lower area of the pole. One can see the telephone and cable TV wires near the pole are damaged.

Did this picture come from a site that showed various "bloopers"?  Thanks for posting!
 

Fred Miller

Rex,

It was from a newsletter I subscribe to, The Texas Flyover.  It has about 18 -20 news blurbs with links to the full article.  See below...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/driveway-obstacle-course-houston-home-214626131.html

Below is the ad the realtor ran.  He took it down a few days later when told you could not get in the driveway.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5801-Hardy-St_Houston_TX_77009_M95595-40503

Rex Booth

Fred,

That was a humorous story you posted about those power post "guy wires"!!   

I looked at "Texas Flyover" and found an interesting article below. Thanks for the tip!

This Tesla ran through a RR crossing bar that was down!! Check it out!!

https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-tesla-autopilot-drives-through-railroad-crossing

Patrick Riley

Rex, thanks for the photos of the Hotel Del Coronado one of my favorate hotels next to the Broadmoor here in Colorado Springs. It's affectionately called "The Del" by locals.

I've had the opportunity to stay there a few times over the years ... it's quite the experience. I highly recommend Sunday Brunch in the Crown Room!

My most memorable experience at The Del was in ~1979. They were filming the movie The Stunt Man there but no one had informed us. There were soldiers in World War I German military uniforms on the roof, grounds, and beach; early 1900s bi-planes in the air, etc. This was puzzling at the time but we shortly found out what was going on. The stars included Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hersey, and others though I never encountered any of them.