Category: Family History
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Running with the saints: days 56 to 73 and the end
I did not plan to leave posting about the saints for so long. TIme passes so quickly when you are having fun, and running ultra marathons. In retrospect I should have put Bartlett’s entries up daily on the Facebook group devoted to the descendants of William Despain. These posts could have then been more supplementary…
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Running with the saints: days 52 to 55
Let’s get straight to Bartlett’s journal for July 22 through 25. Monday 22nd We started at 6 AM for a long drive. The road was hard and gravelly. We stopped for a few moments at Willow Spring for a drink and rest, but there was no feed. We passed over Prospect Hill, where there were…
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Running with the saints: days 41 to 51
It has been an eventful 10 days. Ultimately, it has meant that I’ve not given this project the time it deserves. It is hot here in Alberta. I don’t have air conditioning and forest fires have popped up all around us. The air quality is terrible. Still, these are quaint hardships compared to those the…
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Running with the saints: day 35 to 40
I continue to push through this odyssey. The saint’s lead has grown from 93 kilometers to 135 kilometers. Since June 1st I’ve run just shy of 600 kilometers. This deficit is unfortunate but couldn’t really be helped without too much risk of injury. I should catch up this weekend. I am running the 100 mile…
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Running with the saints: day 33 & 34.
A happy Independence Day to all my American friends and cousins. I have the great fortune of being a citizen of two nations (Canada and the United States). Really this means I get to pay taxes to two governments. Still, I find that I am truly blessed beyond measure to count myself among two great…
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Running with the Saints: day 31-32
It sounds like the Saints had a couple of pretty tough days: Monday, July 1 We set out at 7:20 AM. The roads in the morning were very good, hard and gravelly. The bluffs were rocky and covered with pines on the opposite side. We had dinner at a point where the bluffs approach the…
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Running with the Saints: day 30
We are a month into this adventure and I’m taking the day off again. I’ll fall another 20 kilometers behind. Sundays are generally my rest day. I find myself simultaneously grateful and irritated when reading Bartlett’s record. A man was shot Bartlett, but I am left without a name, or even whether that shooting was…
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Running with the Saints: day 22-29
The time between posts gets further and further apart. Still, I have not given up on this project. I intend to see it through. I’m going to try something a little different with Bartlett’s entries. I’ve cleaned them up a bit more for readability. I’ve used my friend ChatGPT to give them an initial smoothing…
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Centering on Christ: From Canada to the United States
It appears that my Dad has been only posting about running so I figured I would break up the running pains he’s been sharing with a post of my own about moving to the United States. In late December of 2018, I was kneeling at the foot of my bed in the basement of my…
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Running with the saints: day 17-21
Smallpox, dying ox, encounters with Sioux, heavy rain, bitter and sweet waters. Quite a bit happened on the trail these past few days. Let’s hear from Bartlett: Monday 17 Rolled out 7. Roads rough—crossed 3 bad ravines—cooler A.M. P.M. very hot. Met 3rd Mormon train at Buffalo Creek where we dinnered. In camp 6½ on…
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