[Vision2020] Moscow old and new

[Carl Westberg]

1812?  Kai wins.  On the subject of old Moscow, a book recommendation if you 
are not aware of it.  "Buffalo Coat" by Carol Ryrie Brink.   She changes the 
name of the town, and of the people, but most copies I've seen have a pocket 
in the back listing the actual names of the Moscow people she writes about, 
including a doctor that was murdered while driving his horse and buggy back 
to his office about 100 years ago.  A murder that happened right in front of 
the house I live in now.  Sometimes late at night, I swear I hear horses and 
gunshots......but that could be a frat party.                                
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                 Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor" <editor at lataheagle.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Moscow old and new
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:47:14 -0800
>
>Well, I guess I'm a newcomer then....I've lived "in" Moscow for all of 
>about
>two weeks, now.
>But I do have a family connection to the general area(in-laws
>notwithstanding), an uncle of mine, several generations removed was a
>trapper/trader with the Pacific Fur Company and opened a trading post near
>Lewiston in the early 1800's. Yup, that's right, MacKenzie's Post (My
>grandmother is a MacKenzie; red hair and temper to match).
>That was in 1812-13. The Moscow area wasn't settled until about 1871. So I
>guess since I had family wandering around here half a century before the 
>sod
>turners and tree cutters showed up, MY opinion counts for more than anybody
>elses! <Grin>
>
>
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