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Photograph of Elsie (Barbe) Conner standing next to an automobile from the 1920s era. The Hottle-Keller Homestead in Mt. Olive, Virginia, is visible behind her.

Elsie was born in Fishers Hill, near Strasburg, to Moses Walton (1878-1944) and Lillie…

Portrait of Frederick Lee Wright wearing a suit and tie.

Known as “Lee”, he was the third child born to John William and Edna Florence (Hamrick) Wright. His father farmed. The 1930 census found Lee living on South Water Street with his mother and…

Photograph of (l to r): Virgil Lee, Edgar Paul, and Anne Mae Hamrick. They were the children of Edgar and Estella Hamrick from Fishers Hill near Strasburg.

The children had a younger sister who was born after this photograph was taken.

Portrait of Joan Spengler when she was young. She was raised on Delray Farm in Strasburg but spent every summer from the time she was 14 riding for Pringle Brothers Stable of Oshkosh, Nebraska. She rode in local fairs and even competed in the Ladies…