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The year was 1764, just a few years before the American Revolutionary War, and a little boy was born. His birthplace is uncertain, but probably it was in the northeastern portion of South Carolina known as the Cheraws District. His parents named him David. David Davis. Follow the story of David Davis as he grows up, gets married, and moves his young family to Richland County, where, about seven miles east of the new city of Columbia, he acquires several thousand acres, and raises his three sons and four daughters. See how the descendants of David Davis survive a huge civil war and two world wars. Hear exciting stories of a young couple eloping, of a school boy almost dying of a r ...

This book is a combination of life happings or Gods Amazing hands! Little things that cant be explained. Big things that are out of this world! Realization came that if I didnt write them down they would be lost forever. That is how this book came to be! Hope you enjoy Gods Amazing Hands.

Jessie Colby moved from Iowa to a homestead on the West Fork of Pine Creek in North Idaho. She hoped to make her fortune harvesting the timber from her claim. But danger was afoot. All during the hot, dry summer of 1910, fires were ablaze throughout the northwest. When the fires came close to Jessie’s homestead, she and her sister, Mary, were drawn into the drama. Her account of their experiences was documented in a letter she wrote to her mother back in Iowa. Now, more than one hundred years later, this letter has resurfaced, a gift from Jessie’s daughter to a community her mother once called home. It inspired this little story of the nearly-forgotten fire on Pine Creek and the br ...

Back Down Memory Lane. A look at our class from 1965 to graduation 1973 and what we look like now. It has been 44 years since our graduation but we still remain friends even from our days at Lincoln High School.

This fun nostalgic book is a collective history of the early days of Yacolt, Washington 98675.