DIG CHALLENGE #1 -
……Who is this AMAZING WOMAN and what is she known for? button 
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:40PM PST (-0800 GMT)
TO USE THE DIG - read the questions below and click on the BUTTONS to go find the answers. Then use your BACK arrow (up in the browser tool bar at top) to return here to the Dig room......... Type your answer in the MESSAGE BOX, and - IMPORTANT - then your name and School in the YOUR HANDLE box. Double check your message. Then click on CHAT to answer. To get back up to top of page, type a large number in the SCROLL BACK box and click CHAT.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:40PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #1 - ……Who is this AMAZING WOMAN and what is she known for? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:40PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #2 - What are the themes of the stories Camp Internet has online from the above writer’s work? button button button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:41PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #3 - Who is this AMAZING WOMAN and what is she famous for ? 
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Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:41PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #4 - 
What famous photographer took this picture of a Native American Woman at the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, and what can you tell us about the photographer? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:42PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #5 – Can you guess who painted these pictures and what are they pictures of? 
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:43PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #6 - AMAZING WOMEN of the WEST had to undergo many hardships just to get to the West, and then to survive in the rugged years of the 1800s. Where did this woman go in the West, why, and what did she do when she got there? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:43PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #7 – Some women who spent time in the West were inspired to champion the cause of Indian Rights during the 1800s. This woman was so moved by the plight of the Native Californians that she launched a campaign in Congress and then by writing a famous novel in the hopes of raising public awareness of the injustices done to the Indians. ……….What is her name, and what is the name of the famous novel she wrote? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:44PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #8 - These women were pioneers in photography – and X-Ray technology in California. What is the name of the woman who was one of the first in the world to experiment with X-Rays and who opened the first X-Ray lab in California? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:44PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #9 - Who is this museum named after? What do you like the most about her work? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:44PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #10 - One of the most famous women ever to live in California had a name know one ever really knew. Where did she live and why is she famous ? button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:44PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #11 – This woman is a famous Explorer and she has worked with Camp Internet on a very special Expedition. What is her name, where does she explore, and what is the name of her Expedition? button button button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 2:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG CHALLENGE #12 – Now, tell us a story about an AMAZING WOMAN in your family, or whom you have been honored to know.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 5:08PM PST (-0800 GMT)
…..I would like to start of the Family History Storytelling by sharing the story of an Amazing Woman from my Family’s History, Lorinda Bewley. When the West was first explored by white Americans, their treatment of the Indians was often not very kind or understanding. One of the pioneering missionaries – who came West to convert the Indians to Christianity – were the Whitmans. Narcissa Whitman was the first white woman to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1836. They set up a mission in what is now Walla Walla, Washington and were not successful in converting Indians as they were not able to be understanding of native ways. Marcus Whitman returned to the East when his church told him he would have to close the mission, and he brought back with him the first large contingent of white people into West – 1,000 people in wagon trains. 
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But these white people brought more than wagon trains ….. they brought diseases that the local native people had no resistance to. The tribe living where Whitman set up his mission were the Cayuse. When a measles epidemic struck both white and Indian children in 1847, many of the white children survived, but nearly none of the Indian children did. This made the Cayuse parents very angry and they suspected Whitman was poisoning them. Filled with rage over the loss of their children – and angry about the number of white people Whitman had brought into the area to settle – a small group of the Cayuse attacked the Whitman Mission and there were only a few survivors of what is now referred to as ‘The Whitman Massacre’, one of the most tragic events in Westward Expansion………………….……………….. 
My great-great-great-great-great Grandmother Lorinda was at the Mission during the massacre, and she was rescued and protected by one of the Cayuse Indian leaders who had seen her once before and was interested in having her become one of his wives supposedly because he admired her unusual blonde hair. She refused to marry Chief Five Crows, but he kept her for several months in the hopes she would change her mind, treating her kindly and respectfully. Eventually she was rescued by a soldier from a nearby Fort, and later she married that soldier who became by great-great-great-great-great Grandfather………………………… The Cayuse were not to survive the Whitman incident as a tribe – five turned themselves in as a self-sacrifice, knowing they would be executed, and doing so in the name of Jesus who “died to save his people” they said. They hoped that by sacrificing themselves, the whites would not destroy their entire tribe. But the tribe never recovered, and those that still lived, went to live in other tribes in the region. 
………. Today the Whitman Mission is a National Historic site with a web site that showcases Missionary and Indian life from the period of first contact. 
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Ms. Ward, Maple Elementary School: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 5:57PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello everyone. Maple School here in Fontana is here to learn about Famous Women of the West. How is everyone tonight?
Lisa Ward - Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 5:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello students and Camp Internet. I'm glad to be joining you today. I have been reading about Lorinda Bewley and the other woman pictured here.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:09PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Maple School and the Wards. I heard you hve an amazing young woman in your family who spent time working on a Kibbutz (not sure how that is spelled). Can some one from the Ward's tell us about that experience as a female 'pioneer' in the modern world ?
Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Good evening. Madison School in Indio has opened their computer lab for Family Night.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:16PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome to Madison School tonight - we are hoping to hear a few AMAZING WOMEN stories shared by your families tonight ... if there are Spanish-speaking-only parents there, perhaps Carl can help them share a story about a woman from their family by translating? We would also all like to hear stories from the teachers too !
Kiley,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:16PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 She is known for her writing. She wrote about pioneers.
Cesar from Maple : . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:19PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello every one.I am here with my mom Martina and my sister Blanca.
Erika from Maple. : . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi I am her with my mom and my babie brother.
Abraham Sahagun from Maplel: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I am here with my mom Francisca. It's my mom's first time time in a chat.
Ivan and his mom from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:23PM PST (-0800 GMT)
This is Ivan and my mom and brother. This is my mom's first chat.
TylerB,Mis.B,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:23PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 HER name is Willa cather.She was writer.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:24PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome Moms! We are happy to see your children becoming experienced online explorers. This is a great tool for their future .... glad you can be here to share it with them. If you have a woman's history story to share - please do!
: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Joan, this is Don the custodian. Are you having a good evening. Alot of interesting stories here.
: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Joan, this is Don the custodian. Are you having a good evening. Alot of interesting stories here.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:29PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Good evening. Hello from Santa Maria
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:30PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome to Jessica and students from Santa Maria. Enjoy the DIG and share a story ....
Lisa Ward - Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:34PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Marcy. My time in Israel living on Kibbutz Maayan Zvi was great. I was able to learn a little bit of Hebrew and Russian! Israel is a country made of many imagrants like the U.S. so there are many people and languages from many different nations. (Italy, Guadamala, Mexico, Germany, Denmark, Korea...)
Lisa Ward - Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:34PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Don. I'm glad you joined us!
Abraham Sahagun from Maplel: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:36PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Wille cather
pelicans/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:39PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Willa Cather respected for her novels set on the American frontier,she won the Pulitzer prize.
TylerB,Mis.B,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:39PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 HER name is Willa cather.She was writer.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:39PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #1 Willa Cather. She was known for writing novels about the American frontier.
kathleen, Madison School: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Willa Cather was a writer. She wrote about Pioneers.
Roger and Alba Reyes: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello, this is Roger Reyes and Mom from Maple School.
Kiley,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 She went to California.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Roger and Albs - enjoy the DIG and we hope you will tell us about an interesting woman from your family history ...
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:48PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Sorry Alba about the typo - welcome!
Roger and Alba Reyes: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:49PM PST (-0800 GMT)
My Mom is going to have a baby,and I am really happy.
Kiley,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:49PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 She went to California.
Kiley,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:52PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 She was Laura Gilpin. She did landscape photography.
TylerB,Mis.B,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:55PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Her novels were about pioneers in the Nebraska and the American southwest.
Alison-Madison-Bloomquist: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:56PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Her name was Willa Cather.She wrote about pioneers.
pelicans/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:56PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The professor's house,The Ancient People.
Kiley,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:57PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#9 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. I think her pictures were pretty.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:58PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig # 12...My mother is an amazing woman.
She is 77 years old and she volunteers in my kindergarten
class (not an easy job). Just taking the time to do this
and putting in all the effort and energy that she does,
makes her an amazing woman at any age, but at her age even
more.
There are many things that my mother is interested in
that she could be doing instead, but my mom choses to come
help me(I'm her baby)and gives her time, knowledge and love
to all of my students.
I think this is very special. I am very lucky and my students are very lucky.
Thanks mom :)
My mother
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:58PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Willa Cather is the woman in the picture and she is known for her novels set on the frontier.
Sam and Miguel from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 6:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
This is my dad's first time in a chat. Hola. Mi nombre es Miguel y soy el papa de Sam y estoy muy emosionado el estar compartiendo estos momentos con mi hijo.
pelicans/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:00PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Georgia O'Keefe, she won the League's William Merritt Chase still-life prize fore her oil painting Untitle (Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot).
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The themes are her biography, The professor's house, and Ancient people from the song of the lark.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:05PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Buenas noches Sr. Miguel. Que bueno que nos acompañe esta noche. Es muy bonito que acompañe a su hijo en sus projectos y con su aprendisaje.
Jessica/Bloomquist/Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:08PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1Her Name is Willa Cather and she is a writer.
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:08PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Georgia O'Keefe, one of my mother's favorite artists.
pelicans/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:08PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 Laura Gilpin, her interest in landscape distinguishes her from other women photographers.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:10PM PST (-0800 GMT)
My husband just saw the Georgia O'Keeffe
paintings and was very impressed. Maybe he can learn something tonight about amazing women ;)
Amanda/starfish/madison/Gallitin: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:11PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1.The amazing woman is Willa Cather and is known for her writing.
LAB29: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Her name was Willa Cathers.She is amazing for writing about Pioneers.
Jacky and mom Julia: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello this is Jacky and mom, Julia we just got here and we are very excited. It's the first time going on the computer with my mom.
pelicans/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:14PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Georgia O'Keeffe.
Amanda/starfish/madison/Gallitin: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:14PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2.The themes are filled with her personal first hand impressions of the ruins of an ancient dwelling community.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:14PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Jacky and Julia - we love to hear about students bringing their parents online for the first time ! Have Fun Together!! What school are you with ?
Johanna/Starfish/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:15PM PST (-0800 GMT)
!#1.Willa Cather is known for writing books about pioners.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:15PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Jacky and mom Julia. I am glad you are having a chance to do this together.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:16PM PST (-0800 GMT)
My students are off to bed now,
and I must make dinner or I will never be an amazing woman
to the people waiting to be fed at home.
Have fun everybody! Signing off...
Johanna/Starfish/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:16PM PST (-0800 GMT)
!#1.Willa Cather is known for writing books about pioners.
Jessica Rivera: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Buenas noches Sr. Miguel. Que disfrute con su hijo :)
TylerB,Mrs.B,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Her name is Georgia Okeeffe. She is an artist.
Seaotters/madison/Iman: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1Willa Cather was known as a American writer respected for her novels set on the American frontier.
Anna and grandma Vicenta from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
We like to study about famous woman.
Gaby Jackson: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Georgia O'Keeffe and she is a artist.
Amanda/starfish/madison/Gallitin: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3.Georgia O'Keeffe is the amazing woman and she is famous for her art.
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Good Evening Everyone, this is Mrs. Ruiz from Maple in Fontana
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Ms. Ward, how is everything going? Sorry I am late! :-)
Ediberto and mom Juana: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:21PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello this is Ediberto Sachez with my mom. This is her first chat and we are having a nice time.
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 The person is Laura Gilpin. She is known as a landscape photographer. She was "interested in the land as an environment that shaped human activity". She was born in 1891 outside of Colorado Springs. She opened a studio in 1917 and published several books.
Johanna/Starfish/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
##3.This famous women is Georgia O'keeffe and she is famous for art.
milan,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:23PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 She went to California.
Ediberto and mom Juana from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:25PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Ms.Ruiz you are not late.You are just in time.
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:25PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I hope everyone is having a good time.
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
This is a neat experience for the students and parents.
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:29PM PST (-0800 GMT)
This is the first time I have been to a site like this.
Amanda/starfish/madison/Gallitin: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:29PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4.Laura Gilpin,she was a landscape photographer.
Gaby Jackson: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:30PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 Laura Gilpin, and she is famous for landscape
Grizel and mom Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:30PM PST (-0800 GMT)
HELLO MARCY. THIS IS GRIZEL AND MOM .THIS IS MY MOM MARIA. THIS IS HER FIRST TIME ON THE INTERNET.
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:32PM PST (-0800 GMT)
How many Maple parents and studens do we have here tonight?
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:33PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome Grizel and Maria - so great to hear about a Mom getting online for the first time! Women understand, intuitively, the importance of the connectedness that the Internet can create. Great to see so many Moms online tonight!
CookCatz, Parent: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:34PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Georgia O'keefe
1 is a cactus flower
2 is a gazelle's horns
3 is mountains in Arizona
4 is a cow skull
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:36PM PST (-0800 GMT)
It is nice to see parents and students logging onto the Internet together.
Amanda/starfish/madison/Gallitin: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:37PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5.Georgia O'Keeffe did pictures of a flower,mountains and two bull skull.
Elizabeth and family: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:39PM PST (-0800 GMT)
HI, I am ELIZABETH Macedo. My mother is from CUBA. My
father is from PERU. My brother is 19 years old. He
was studying here at Maple when he was little.
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:39PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7 Helen Hunt Jackson wrote the book Ramona
TylerB,Mrs.B,madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:40PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 Laura Gilpin is the photographer.
Ms. Ward from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:41PM PST (-0800 GMT)
We have had a wonderful turn out. Lots of students have come with their parents to learn about Camp Internet. For many it is their first time using computers. They are learning to use the computer to communicate.
Seaotters/madison/Iman: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:43PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 Cather's best known works are O Pioneers! My Antonia,song of the Lark,andone of ours, for which she won a pulitzer prize in 1923.
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The stories and pictures on this website are very interesting.
Ms. Ward from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I would like to share a story about my grandma. My grandma, Sophie, was born in Odessa, Russia. When she was just 13 years old, her mother had to sneak her onto a ship that set sail for England, and then on to Egypt. She lived in Egypt for about five years before she finally was able to come to America for freedom. In Russia, my grandma was not safe, but in America she could live with the freedoms that were given to all of us by our Constitution. God bless America. We have so many wonderful people from all over the world.
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#8 Elizebeth Fleischmann
Amanda/starfish/madison/Gallitin: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6.California, to find a fortune follow in their prairie-schooner.
Ms. Ward from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:46PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Ms. Ruiz, I am so glad to see you have been able to join us and spend sometime online.
Ms. Ward from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I took lots of digital pictures and will post them on my schoolnotes website next week. If anyone would like to see our website, you can go to, www.schoolnotes.com. The type in 92335, our zip code. Then click the second Ms. Ward on the list. That is me. Please write me an email if you would like to correspons with my students. Email us at wardjb@fusd.net
Mrs. Ruiz (Maple): . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:49PM PST (-0800 GMT)
That is a great story Mrs. Ward.
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:50PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#9 I like Georgia O'Keefe
The thing like best are her elaborate designs.
Elizabeth and family from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:52PM PST (-0800 GMT)
My Mom is very special . She works 12 hours daily. She is a wonderful mother and wife.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:54PM PST (-0800 GMT)
CookCatz - thanks for taking the time to find the answer to the X-RAY woman - that was the hardest one to find tonight !
from Maple Eduwigis Razo and Jasihel Razol from Maple: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:54PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Yesterday was a terrible day because my mom fell and hurt her finger real bad. My dad got hurt too. But they are okay now.
CookCatz: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:54PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#10 The girl from the Island of the Blue Dolphins
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:55PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK ……………………
Adeline Soto was my grandmother. She was born in the Wild West town of Wilcox Arizona.
Her mother’s name was Bell Haggi and her father’s name was Mariano Soto. Adeline was born about 1888 and had two sisters.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:58PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I think you will all agree that ALL of the Moms who showed up tonight ARE just the type of AMAZING WOMAN who pioneers unfamiliar territory to help improve the chance for her families future - - - Congratulations to all of these AMAZING WOMEN online tonight - and - what lucky kids to have such great Moms !! And thanks to Joan Ward, Janet Gallatin, Lynda Bloomquist, Jessica Rivera, and Gabrielle Jackson - our brave Camp teachers pioneering the Internet !
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:58PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK (continued)
Mariano and his brother Pablo owned a short distance from the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks along the main street. The area was an important stop in the desert southwest because of the abundant grass that grew in the Wilcox playa (dry lake) and the fact that there was an abundant amount of water not far below the surface. Cattle was the mainstay of this southwest town. The area was known for the excellent grass that grew as high as a horse’s belly. About a days ride to the southeast of Wilcox was the gun-toting town of Tombstone. Arizona was still a wild place even after the turn of the century.
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 7:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK (continued)
For many years the front of the store read “Soto Brothers” in big black letters above the entrance. They mostly sold dry and canned goods. Adeline would help in the store. One of the things that Adeline would do was to measure out sugar or beans into bag enough to equal a nickel in value. This was important for the Indians since the concept of using money was very new to them. The Soto family would help them by providing goods in a bag that would be equivalent to a single coin. The store traded in some goods from China and some Navajo rugs.
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:00PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK (continued)
My grandpa Paul Cook arrived in Wilcox around 1900. He met Adeline and the two were soon married. His new father-in-law Mariano took him to trade with him to trade with the local Apache Indians. The Indians respected Mariano. The two men headed off to the mountains where the Indians lived. They were riding their horses up a wash when Paul noticed a man hanging from a tree a quarter mile away.
Paul said “Mariano! Mariano! There is a white man hanging in that tree!”
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:00PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK (continued)
Mariano responded in a calm manner, “I see him. They hung him for a reason. Don’t pay any attention to him and let’s go on about our business.”
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK (continued)
And so the two men went on their way, traded with the Indians and went home without any other incidents. On another time Paul saw a real western shoot-out on the main street of Wilcox. One of the men was killed deader than a doornail.
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Eduwigis Razo and Jasihel Razol - sorry to hear about your parent's injuries, but glad they are better. Things like this make us realize how important our own family really is ... our parents are like the walls and roof of the homes we live in - they protect us as we grow up ..... and keep us safe ....
Joe Cook, Parent at Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
ADELINE SOTO COOK (continued)
Soon Paul and Adeline had their first son Paul. The second son John Cook (my father) was born in 1916. The Cook family moved from Wilcox in about 1910 and started a store in Calexico California. This store was also a dry goods store like the one in Wilcox
Madison: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:03PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Carl is uploading pictures of the kids and parents. Thank you Camp Internet for a fun Family Night!
Good Night!
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:05PM PST (-0800 GMT)
THANKS EVERYONE - good to see the successful work in the DIG and to 'listen' to the stories about women important in your lives and families. We will add pictures from tonight soon and then archive this so you can come back and read it together later.
Carl, Camp Trainer at Madison Elementary: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Here are some photos of Family Night at Madison Elementary in Indio, California. Parents and students had a great evening! -------
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Carl, Camp Trainer at Madison Elementary: . . . . Thu, Feb 28, 8:21PM PST (-0800 GMT)
...............................................................................Good night, all!