Curly’s Gold by Don Burke on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 11:29am It all started with brother George and his barber Curly. I suppose barbers hear a lot of interesting stories and according to Curly, an old timer sitting in his barber chair told him of finding a gold nugget in the stream bed of […]
by Billy L. Fikes Jr on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 6:41pm Hatcher Pass was one of the largest gold mining areas in Alaska, and there are still operating mines in the area. The “Hatcher Pass Mine” was closed many decades ago and the shafts sealed off, but there are still other, smaller mines in […]
by Don Burke on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 5:38pm When I was a boy growing up, I was probably 12 or so, myself and a friend were walking into town, probably to see a movie. It was almost dark out and we were taking a shortcut across the school ground field. We had been […]
In the name of God, Amen, I George Fikes of the state of South Carolina and Newberry District, being sick and weak of Body but of “?” mind and memory thanks be to God the same, and Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed to men once to […]
November 20, 2009 o Billy L. Fikes Jr I think everyone tagged has seen, and possibly held, this item. o William A. Burke Your Grandmother had lots of little glass figurines, was this one of em ??? o Billy L. Fikes Jr Extra points for where he lived o William A. Burke On the Moon […]
