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...
The Sun Rides High Blog
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...
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...
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...