Sacramento Love

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Photos from Day 6-7

Wyoming and South Dakota!
Mount Rushmore
Us and Mt. Rushmore
Jesse and the T-Rex at Wall Drug


The Corn Palace
Me and the Corn Palace
Jesse at Cabela's
Jesse's mountain lion
The house my grandfather grew up in
The house my great-grandfather grew up in.  My great-great-grandfather Oscar was the first rural postman and Marshall (chief of police).
The post office where my great-grandpa, Frank, was Post Master.
This is the building my adult grandfather got busted in buying booze by his dad.  He told Dorothy, "I felt like a little kid!"

Me and the post office
Jesse, me, and Aunt Dorothy at the bowling alley that lives on the site that Oscar's home and livery barn stood on in the late 1800s

The Mellette House that houses my great-great-aunt's bed
Aunt Dorothy, Aggie Johnson, me, and Jesse
Donald Vaux 1923-1925...he was the fourth son of five Vaux boys :(

Frank and Frances Vaux: Frank 1882-1948, Frances 1885-1965

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!!  I also have some hard copy pictures of Dad & Uncle Jim's visit in 1952 and one of Frank and his boys when grandpa looks about 15 years old.  :)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

We loved the photos, especially of your dad's family!

Dennis said...

I have a photo of Frank sitting on the steps of the post office with two coworkers from around 1915 or so.