Skip to content

The Sun Rides High

  • Home
  • Family Research
    • The Burright Family
      • Cornelius Burright (1774–1873)
      • Milton Burright (1815-1905)
      • Sarah Burright (1838-unknown)
      • Ora Burright (1893–1975)
    • The Muller Family
      • Louis Muller (1843–1877)
      • Elsie Muller (1893–unknown)
      • Matilda May Muller (1907–1997)
    • The Shreeve Family
      • Happy Shreeve (1811-unknown)
      • Charles Shreeve (1841-1864)
    • The Stewart Family
      • Lorne Stewart (1916–2000)
      • Alice Stewart (1920–2002)
    • The Mitchell Family
    • The Ricketts Family
      • Henry Ricketts (1736–1808)
      • Cyril Ricketts (1910–1962)
      • Florence Ricketts (1913–2002)
    • The Avera Family
      • Leo Rex Avera (1924–2014)
  • Resources
  • About
  • Home
  • Family Research
    • The Burright Family
      • Cornelius Burright (1774–1873)
      • Milton Burright (1815-1905)
      • Sarah Burright (1838-unknown)
      • Ora Burright (1893–1975)
    • The Muller Family
      • Louis Muller (1843–1877)
      • Elsie Muller (1893–unknown)
      • Matilda May Muller (1907–1997)
    • The Shreeve Family
      • Happy Shreeve (1811-unknown)
      • Charles Shreeve (1841-1864)
    • The Stewart Family
      • Lorne Stewart (1916–2000)
      • Alice Stewart (1920–2002)
    • The Mitchell Family
    • The Ricketts Family
      • Henry Ricketts (1736–1808)
      • Cyril Ricketts (1910–1962)
      • Florence Ricketts (1913–2002)
    • The Avera Family
      • Leo Rex Avera (1924–2014)
  • Resources
  • About

The Sun Rides High

Exploring the Stewart-Ricketts family history

Author: [email protected]

Orrin Burright, 1889, Arkansas City, Kansas

The Burright Family

September 9, 2017

 by [email protected] · Published September 9, 2017 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Orrin Burright Arrives In Arkansas City, Kansas

Arkansas City, Kansas, 1889. Orrin Ulysses Burright walks into the Derry Brothers photography studio to get his picture taken. One of the thousands of settlers who amassed in camps around this small city prior...

Reba burright train journey notes

The Burright Family

March 8, 2015

 by [email protected] · Published March 8, 2015 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Reba Burright’s Journey To Chicago

During the 1920s Reba Burright and Ivy Burright took a train journey to Chicago to meet up with their sister Ora Blanche Burright. Reba documented the trip in one of her notebooks. The notebook has several...

Mulhall Sunset on the Stewarts Farm

The Stewart Family

September 8, 2014

 by [email protected] · Published September 8, 2014 · Last modified July 26, 2020

Oklahoma Sunset at Midway Station

The warm colors of this Oklahoma sunset hide the cool air of a winters day as the wind cuts cross the open landscape. As the sun dips below the horizon even the gathering darkness...

ancient city of Samaria

The Muller Family

September 25, 2009

 by [email protected] · Published September 25, 2009 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Postcard from the Ancient City of Samaria

My grandfather Arthur Muller arrived in Palestine in 1920 as a soldier in the British Army. Whilst he was there he bought this postcard featuring the ruins of the ancient city of Samaria. Arthur...

First Court House In Van Wert County Ohio where counties first murder trial was held

The Burright Family

August 18, 2009

 by [email protected] · Published August 18, 2009 · Last modified July 13, 2020

Burright’s Role In Van Wert County Trial

We know where Orrin Burright and his brother Ashbell Burright [Asabel] were in 1840. According to ‘The History of Van Wert County’ they were members of the Indicting Jury, in the first murder trial...

  • « Previous Page

Recent Posts

  • Starr’s Hotel in Finsbury Square
  • The Ricketts Connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs
  • Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill
  • Gasoline, Texas and the Gasoline Cotton Gin
  • The Mullers in Easebourne Street – Notes from my Mum

The Sun Rides High © 2022. All Rights Reserved.