FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

👉Jesse Perse Harmon👈(family tree 🌳 link)
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWJH-BL8

In part one of this fabulous story, we begin at the turn of the 19th century as an international pissin match turns into the conflict known to history as The War of 1812. Jesse Perse Harmon (17 years old) and his older brother both enlisted. This is a portion of Jesse’s story and some of his most notable experiences from that ...

Howard Leon Whetten: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWCB-QL4
Family Tree 🌳 ID: KWCB-QL4

In this final installment of a life story from Howard Leon Whetten…After their B-24 Bomber crashes into the ocean near the Solomon Islands, some unsuspecting angels make an inexplicable rescue when it is needed most. The “coincidences” begin to stack up 🥞 in ways that are undeniable for Leon.

PEOPLE:
Howard...

Howard Leon Whetten: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWCB-QL4
Family Tree 🌳 ID: KWCB-QL4

In part 2 of this story, the “ordinary life” of Howard Leon Whetten evolves into some extraordinary experiences as he faces certain death in the midnight plunge of his B-24 Bomber into the dark watery grave of the oceans surrounding the Solomon Islands. This very first bombing run turns the simple life into a battle for l...

Howard Leon Whetten: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KWCB-QL4
Family Tree 🌳 ID: KWCB-QL4

From ordinary lives often comes extraordinary experiences. Such is the simple life of Howard Leon Whetten. From his birth in Southern Arizona, to life in old Mexico, and then school and enlisting in New Mexico, Howard’s life does as many did during the days preceding WWII, as it goes from seemingly normal tasks, to nearly...

SPECIAL THANKS to Collett Carter for the family history story lead.

The Boykin Mill Pond in South Carolina has been the hub of regional industry for processing grains and timber. In 1865 it was the scene of one of the last battles of the Civil War. And in 1860 it was the hallowed grounds of one of South Carolina’s saddest tragedies.

Flatboat history:
https://peoplesriverhistory.us/blog/history-of-flatboating-...

In an “off script experience” tales both wild and wacky are told from the research of the Boardman history. The wild unbelievable story is told of the widow who lost more husbands than one can count. And the engineer Boardman who on his death bed was given a supernatural power of extra sensory perception. 

CHARACTERS
Cynthia Boardman
Willam Rawlings
Cincinnati Enquirer
Henry Ladd
Mr. Henderson
Mr. J...

Life in the late 1800’s was frequently just inexplicably tragic, as Edward Augustus Boardman and Catherine Fitzsimmons discovered in their lives together. Though they had financial success, attempting to raise children was nearly the end of them emotionally. The plans we have aren’t always what God has in mind for us. As hard as we try, sometimes we are just called to go through things. Such was the life of the Boardman family from...

Brothers are an indispensable part of country life for me. Mine has been ready at a moments notice for just about any wacky idea, adrenaline moment, project, rescue, or emergency. Its important to note that family history isnt just something that happened 50 or 100 years ago. Family history is a daily event. If you’re apt to retelling a story 3 or more times, and its recounted at family reunions, make sure its written up and preser...

Life in the valley of the Great Salt Lake was rough. From weed soup, cold winters, and the new life. 1857 was a year of turmoil and invasion in the territory of Utah. Thompsonian botanical Doctor Priddy Meeks recounts from his journal, how he treated one of the “invaders” for frostbite that had consumed both feet several inches above the ankles. He only lost 5 toenails in the ordeal. This unheard of treatment for frostbite is a mir...

The Grand Canyon is a place of connecting with nature, finding one’s center, and in this rare account, airing one’s grievances. In 1968, newlywed and rookie Park Ranger Mel Heaton was tasked with an impossible undertaking…to disarm 5 hostile men…by himself.

CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
García López de Cárdenas
Alonso de Cárdenas
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Pedro de Tovar
Pedro de Sotomayor

The strategy of planning, the thrill of the heist, pulling your hat down over your ears during the galloping getaway, and the adrenaline of lining your pockets with nare a few moments worth of actual work. For those of you who might have been a little titillated by the previous story, this is what Mr. Harvey would refer to as “the rest of that story”, and it ain’t perty. In the final years of Bub’s “Flash-Bang” life he quickly real...

Life without structure leads to trouble. How many times will we be told to “choose our friends wisely”? Bub Meeks lived hard and fast, and paid the price for it. Life in the late 1800’s was tempting for folks who didnt have the patience for working and saving. So they took balloon withdrawals anytime they were low on cash.

CHARACTERS:
Grover Cleveland
Albert Edward VII
Henry Ford
George Burns
F. Scott ...

From the life and times of Heber Jesse Meeks. While living a prominent and involved life at the turn of the 19th century Heber dealt with the nature of old horses, driving new fangled automobiles, and teaching children how to subtly but firmly deal with troublesome neighbors. Whether its devotion to spouse, love of family, or commitment to country, God, and small town traditions, Heber Jesse Meeks lived it to the fullest.

The Journey from Nebraska to the Territory of Deseret was an adventurously long one. And in the early days of settling the Wild West, there was never a destination. The only place you could permanently call home was your final resting place. From Conestogas to Cavalry, from rivers to mountains, from Chiefs to Governors, from freezing winters to striking summers, from Sasquatch attacks to buried Mummies, from hidden treasure to Egyp...

In the early years of the 12th century in north western Scotland, the rise of a great king is taking place among the most uncommon of men, in the most peculiar of circumstances. Somhairle Mór Steps into an unexpected role, at a low point in his life, rising to fame, and  power. The story of the origin of the clan Donald (MacDonald) was through the grandson of Somhairle Mór. 

Characters (in order of appearance):
Norseme...

Mountain Lions, Black Bears & Brothers. What a crazy combination. These are stories  from the colorful lives of Alfred & Heber Meeks. Special thanks to Willford Meeks Halladay for recording these events as told to him by his Uncle Alfred. Contributions that clarified the events were also made by Mel Heaton, who recounted one of his great Meeks uncles telling him the story.

PEOPLE & CHARACTERS
Ranchers
...

Whether its the year 1883, Near Yellowstone, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, or North Carolina, You are gonna enjoy sounds of the Steam Locomotives on the Railroad, Learn about Infant Mortality rates in 1883, and mourn at the Maternal Mortality loss that was so frequent in that day

CHARACTERS
Alonzo Cook
William Cook
Henry Cook
Joseph Wolcott Cook
Wook
Phinehas Wolcott Cook
Catherine McCleve
Elizab...

What Enthusiasm…Aint: its not adrenaline, its not excitement, its not red dye #40, its not psyching yourself up for something. And its definitely not a false belief that our glee can bridge a skills gap that we haven’t yet earned. 

✅ Meaningful Enthusiasm and desire are what change mediocrity to excellence. 

✅ Enthusiasm carries you 

✅ Enthusiasm leads you to or assists in helping you find your flow 

✅ The clarity of your Enthusiasms a...

✅ I guess what I would say is that dreams can really make your morning bizarre and meaningful.

✅ There is more than one Dante in the world

✅ Miserable mornings can still be magical, stay engaged and look for the magic

✅ Being a Daddy….is just the most amazing thing ever for me.

✅ Being called daddy by a sweetheart is really affirming and attractive…dont make it weird.

✅ And finally….a...