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Cyberbessie is in the middle of a research muddle and simply doesn't have the time to blog. Today's guest blog is brought to you by Tay Pay Terrana.

Today I moved my LIW collection to a larger bookcase. I have one shelf of non book items. A wooden spoon with the image of Carrie Ingalls in the bowl. Little mittens, red and Fourth of July colors. A "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" plate. An apple, full of cloves that still has not lost its goodness. Dresser Scarf, needle worked with roses, by Neta Seal. An ear of dried corn. Postcard of Ida Wright. A Big Green Book, bursting with tales of Esquimaux. Independent Fifth Reader. Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

That is one shelf's worth. Next comes the actual series books. The latest hardbound publication. A couple of Sewells. Little House in the Big Woods. In Finnish. Some Spanish, some French, some British. The colorized set. The Target paperbacks without illustrations. The stories on C.D.

A shelf full of Rose books. A shelf full of other LIW related books.

Five file crates full of LIW related papers. A bunch of microfilm, and reader to use it on. What am I going to do with all of this STUFF? [cyberbessie suggests you remember her in your will...]

I subscribe to the De Smet News. I could buy a bottle of wine from an area vineyard run by Mary Power's great-great nephew. Who knows my sister-in-law's brother.

I have attended mass at the same church that held Mary Power Sanford's funeral. I have visited her grave. I have visited the graves of Frank and Mabel Harthorn. Who knew that they were buried at the same cemetery where my folks are? I have visited the grave of Jake Hopp. I have seen the house lived in by the son of Reverend Alden.

I have not left Washington state. Washington is truly where many of those that paused in De Smet moved to.

MUMPS (My Unknown Mary Power Society) coined from the initials of Mary Power Sanford is a bit of a joke. But it is also very real. Research can be done here. There is a lot more research to BE done here.

Some answers to long standing questions await.

Where can I buy some art by Madalene Power? Was Ada Power school superintendent for the city of Yakima?

Why is Tay Pay buried in De Smet and Eliza in Bellingham?
- posted by pioneergirl at 12:23 AM