This is not a traditional blog where each story happens in sequence. I write them as they come to me. I have more than a dozen at a time, saved as drafts waiting to be written. Each story here is true and written from my perspective – it is a personal blog after all.
The following is an approximate timeline of the events from 1976 when I moved to Central City until I moved to Florida.
1976
- Move to Central City / Sauer House – Fall
- Started 4th Grade at Clark School – Fall
- Sword Fights and Train Robberies – Various
1977
- Move to the Buck House – Spring
- Missouri Falls – Summer
- Barter for Horses – Fall
- The Duration – Winter
1978
- Exchanged five-acre mining claim on Kings Flats for five-acre claim further out
1979
- Tent Living
- Start Building the House – Spring
- The Jeep Pt 1 – Various
- The Jeep Pt 2 – Various
- Move Into Basement – Fall
- The “Curve”
- Fifty Steps To The Outhouse
- Raking Rocks and Watering the Floor
- Uncle Ted Visits for Christmas – Winter
1980
- Finding “The Cabin” – Spring
- What do I care what a goat herd? – Summer
- Got Milk? – Later summer
- Move into “The Cabin” – Fall
- Uphill In the Snow, Both Ways
- Goat Chili – Not Like It Sounds
- Aunt LeeAnna gets snowed in – Winter
1981
- Cousin Tommy visits from Summerville – Summer
- Bees in the Trees – Summer
- Moved back into The House – Fall
- Finally put the last part of the roof on the house
1982
1983
- Move to Florida – Late Fall