Author: Ralph E. Huntzinger

  • Ida Elizabeth Sawyer

    In 1865, Father Bernard Donnelly, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church at 11th and Broadway, wrote to the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, near St. Louis, requesting the Superior send some sisters to open a convent school for girls. Father Donnelly promised the Sisters that a school built in 1859 from bricks…

  • What is the Family Group page for the Family Contact

    Ivon & Evelyn Huntzinger family The family group page is a quick and  “social way” to introduce your family to visitors.  “My parents are”, “There are so many kids in this order”, and “Here are brief comments on that. ” Pictures and words.  Family Tree genealogical details are fascinating but often are too dense, confusing,…

  • Homestead description

    A one room Adobe house built on the bank of the seasonally flowing Polecat creek was home for eleven years Bert and Louise Huntzinger pioneered a unique life style in the Southern Wilds of Cochise County, Arizona. Homestead ammmenadees included a corrugated tin roofed lean-to kitchen cum children’s sleeping area, a rustic corral with attendant…

  • Homestead

    On the left is a metal disc that resides on a patio in Salt Lake City.  When flipped to the “back side” it becomes an antique from the end of the 19th century.  Not too interesting unless its inner character is filled with life.  It is, of course, a “cover” or “plate” for a hole…