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This summary ties together numerous pieces of information that I have collected over many years of research, into one comprehensive history about the Wagner family in Hausen. The tale begins with Hans Wagner (abt.1505-1575) who was the first Wagner to arrive in the village and explores the puzzling history of his descendants up to the immigration of Michael Wagner (1822-1903) to Lake County, Illinois in 1845.

Coalinga, California, began in 1889 as a supply center for a coal mine and became a boom town when oil was discovered nearby in 1896. Seemingly overnight the oil district attracted wildcatters who explored and proved the field making it by 1910 the largest producing oil field in California. As the supply center for this district Coalinga's population soared from a couple of hundred in 1900 to over 6,000 in 1910 making it the second largest city in Fresno County. | One consequence of this explosive growth was the desire of some residents to separate those who worked in the oil fields from their hard-earned money, so Coalinga attracted liquor dealers, gamblers, and fallen women. Those who ...

William Hall Catskill Mountains Minister is a biography of Reverend William Hall (1829-1878). He spent his life in the service of his fellow man as a Methodist Circuit Rider in the Catskill Mountains of New York, and at times in other nearby areas. This is the story of his dedication to the gospel and his efforts to bring it to those who would listen. Continually reassigned to new congregations every year or two, in the Methodist tradition, he served in Windham, Ashland, Prattsville, Roxbury, Walton, Andes, Bovina, Livingstonville and many other places. He was married to Sarah Jane Bushnell (1834-1909), and had four children, William Alvin, Flora Auguta, Sarah Kittie, and Leona.