Stories
Narrative essays of people and places in American history.
Including why the subject is of interest to the storyteller and how the storyteller conducted the research.
Story 21: Sawney Brown: Cherokee or Not? (Essay)
How One Handwritten Date Cast New Light on an Old Legend
Story 18: The Town I Never Knew (Essay)
How Family Stories Shaped My View of Canton, Kansas
Story 16: A Bowl of Chili at the Merna Tap (Essay)
Memories and a Few Facts About a Tiny Town
Story 15: The Midwife in the Records (Essay)
My great-grandmother, Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, a North Carolina Midwife
Story 14: Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, Midwife
Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, 1855 - 1924
Story 11: A Quaker Englishman in America (Essay)
The life of Christopher Allen (1804-1876)
Story 09: Everybody Knows Her Name (Essay)
The obscure but celebrated life of Sacajawea (1788-1812
Story 07: Desperately Seeking Susan (Essay)
The short, eventful life of Susan Green Loyd (1832-1883)
