The unpacking of the archives continues. For some strange reason, I always grab a box of loose papers and photographs. Sooner or later I am bound to find boxes of organized files destined for a waiting file cabinet. More about that later.
Early in my research years, I met a wonderful person, Betty Barry Deal (1921-2017). She was a daughter of two pioneer families – Barry and Elledge.. * While they were not hoarders in the typical sense, they kept documents and other historic memorabilia. For years, Betty gave me boxes of records. Many I catalogued, but for some unknown reason, there were two I had not.
Assorting the boxes while tedious, there is a treasure trove. There are letters that gives an insight of behind scenes such as the formation of Standish that we will explore later. Then, some documents I am just plain dumbfounded as in today’s first illustration. In all my years of research I have not ever come across a reference of the Pyramid Salt Company.
Tim
*One of Betty’s first cousins was JoAnn Elledge Uptegrove, who shared a striking family resemblance. I would normally see JoAnn at the grocery store, and I would automatically think of Betty.
This is a special Tuesday Tidbit to compensate for Sunday’s rant. The Odette family were carpenters and they operated sawmill. When they had a printer print invoices, the said printer misspelled their name, leaving off the “e” at the end of name. It should be noted that the family patriarch Charles Odette was builder of the Leonard residence at the west end of Main Street that became the local Elk’s Lodge for nearly a century.
