The old cliche that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb is certainly proving to be true. Here it is, the 28th of the month, and I woke up to snow covering the ground and the mailboxes and the trees… looking very wooly, white, and lamblike. When I pointed this […]
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There’s nothing like something hot and yummy and comforting to eat on a cold day, especially after the day that the calendar announced that spring had sprung! My mom’s lasagna is certainly that, with all of that ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella cheese!
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When I walked through Beaver Island State park on November 7, I took pictures of the exterior of River Lea, which was President Grover Cleveland summer home. The building was closed so I did not get a chance to go inside.On March 9, I got my opportunity. I went with members of the Friends of
Curt Nestark, president of the Grand Island Historical Society, displays a painting by James Montanari, who was an artist in residence when Zora and Edward Hussey owned River Lea. The couple acquired the house in 1908, and they provided a home for two artists, Montanari and Eugene M. Dyczkowski, to give them the opportunity to
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Folks in the 19th century had to go to the bathroom, just like us! This is what their bathroom might have looked like. It must have involved a good deal of work to lug all of that water upstairs to fill up the bathtub!!!
This is a replica of the earliest post office in Grand Island. W. Cleveland Allen, son of Lewis Allen, was Grand Island’s first postmaster.
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This is one of two silver services that were donated to River Lea. The wheeled cart on which the silver service is displayed is the type of cart that would be used for tea parties and similar functions.
If you were to take a tour of River Lea, this is the first room that you would see. It is full of interesting memorabilia of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The mannequin is especially interesting, mainly because of her size. She is unusually skinny! The fashion statement that she is sporting would
