Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Joel's Corner ~~ New oehfamily web site feature
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Prince and Molly from Ron Huntington 9-20-2009
The team that worked on the J.O. Huntington farm were Prince and Molly. Molly's favorite trick was to put her E-flat foot (which was considerably larger in circumference than a dinner plate) on top of the sneaker clad foot of the 6-year old (said 6 year old helping Dad harness the team) and look around quizzically trying to figure out what all the fuss was about when the six year old was screaming and kicking her with the unencumbered foot. She never transferred enough weight to that foot to break anything,just enough to temporarily restrain the 6 year old!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Lunch with Aunt Florence 9-14-2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Comments from Corale 8-4-2009
the photo of the shower in my yard and the ladies with question marks, first ? is Cary Thompson, a very close friend of Tammy and Sophia, 2nd ? is Cathy Stehr, sister in law of Sophia, married to Sophias' 1/2 brother Carsten, the next ? is Molly Stehr, married to Sophias' 1/2 brother Bjorn, next is Abby Grieser, daughter of Rosemary, the next photo with a ? is an anniv. photo, the lady is Cathy Stehr, married to Carsten. The next photo with a ? is at a restaurant and the lady with the question mark is Donna Fink, Victorias' sister. The photo with George, Tammy , Corale and Chris is a photo taken in my back yeard , not a anniv photo. on the photo oEarl and Ed.....who is David Huntington?? The photo of the Huntingtons at the top of your opening page-----the small boys in front are Monte, Boyd, Van and Lonn, I think...I see Clara and Will are in the photo also, Van died at age 6 of heart trouble, "Little Earl sent me a photo of him and remarded it was the only known photo of Van...maybe you can verify the photo through Earl. If it is Van I feel he would love to have a copy of it .......I will forward his address to you in the next e-mail and let me inow if he says it is Van, if it is I would like a copy as well....where did hou come up with the photo?...I do not have one in my collection....Corale
Monday, August 3, 2009
Corale Picture Updates as of 8-7-2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Inland Empire Long Course Swim Championships, Wenatchee - TommyG Wins His Events!
TommyG won his boys age group 200 and 100 meter backstroke events at the Inland Empire Long Course Swim Championships at Wenatchee WA on July 23 - 26, 2009. It was very hot weather but the pool was fast and so was Tommy. He had cheerleaders and many team supporters. He also had some family supporters in attendance and they enjoyed a great Italian meal together on Saturday evening.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
JoelG Pictures of Family
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Big Earl and Ed Huntington
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Swimmer & Coach Tommy Goesch shown on Yakima tv KNDO on "KNDO Right Now"
Submitted and approved by Corale
Swimming for Life
Posted:
Updated:
But, Olympic champions aren't born, they train, starting at a young age. More than 40 children are involved in the Yakima Athletic Club swim team. The younger children learn basic skills and form. The older ones are training for competitions.
Most said they swim because it's fun, one coach and swimmer said swimming teaches life lessons.
"It not only builds character, it tests it. You know, when things get hard you just have to push yourself. You know, the skills that you learn in swimming also go on for you to use in school and in work and in everyday life," said Tommy Goesch, co-coach and swimmer, YAC.
If you're interested in joining the YAC swim club, there's a 90-day trial, so you can test the waters. While not everyone will go to the Olympics every kid in the pool tonight was an Olympian at heart. Tommy said you'll find him still swimming in his Speedo well into his 80's.
To learn more about the Yakima YAC swim club go to their Web site: www.yacswimming.com
To run video go to http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9348393&nav=menu484_2_10 and select on video box on top right. There may be a short commercial lead in then the KNDO tv segment with Tommy Goesch.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
1Comanche
A large framed orginial print of this picture hung in the Franklin Hotel lobby for years. This is "Comanche" the horse which was labeled the only living thing found on Custer Hill after the June 25th 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn or whatever it is called today. ~~DD
From Wikipedia 8/31/07:
Comanche was a mixed Mustang Morgan horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer's detachment of the US 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was bought by the U.S. Army in 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri and sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Captain Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry liked the 15 hand bay gelding and bought him for his own personal mount, to be ridden only in battle.
In 1868, while fighting the Comanche Indians in Kansas, the horse was wounded in the hindquarters by an arrow, but continued to let Keogh fight from his back. Thus the horse was named “Comanche” to honor his bravery.
Comanche was wounded many more times, always exhibiting the same toughness.
On June 25, 1876, Captain Keogh rode Comanche at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, led by Lt Col. George Armstrong Custer. The battle became famous when their entire detachment was killed. Comanche was found two days after the battle, badly wounded. After being transported by steamboat to Fort Lincoln, he was slowly nursed back to health. After a lengthy convalescence, Comanche was retired and orders were given that he should never be ridden again.
As an honor, he was made “Second Commanding Officer” of the 7th Cavalry. At Fort Riley, he became something of a pet, occasionally leading parades and indulging in a fondness for beer.
Comanche died in 1890. He is one of only two horses in United States history to be buried with Full Military Honors, the other being Black Jack http://www.aaa.com/aaa/006/EnCompass/2004/jun/jun_GuardingHistory.html
His remains were sent to the University of Kansas and preserved, where they can still be seen.
Comanche is often described as the sole survivor of Custer's detachment, but like so many other legends surrounding the Little Bighorn battle, this one is false. As historian Evan S. Connell writes in Son of the Morning Star: "Comanche was reputed to be the only survivor of the Little Bighorn, but quite a few Seventh Cavalry mounts survived, probably more than one hundred, and there was even a yellow bulldog. Comanche lived on another fifteen years, and when he died, he was stuffed and to this day remains in a glass case at the University of Kansas. So, protected from moths and souvenir hunters by his humidity-controlled glass case, Comanche stands patiently, enduring generation after generation of undergraduate jokes.
The other horses are gone, and the mysterious yellow bulldog is gone, which means that in a sense the legend is true. Comanche alone survived."
Email from University of Kansas 8/31/07:
Hello and thank you for your inquiry.
Yes, we have the preserved (taxidermied) remains of Comanche housed in an exhibit on the fourth floor of our museum in Lawrence, Kansas. He was preserved by naturalist Lewis Lindsay Dyche. You can read about our efforts to move Comanche from one exhibit into a modern one and see several photographs at http://www.nhm.ku.edu/Hdocs/Comanche.html
Jen Humphrey
Communications Director
KU Biodiversity Institute
KU Natural History Museum
