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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 4)

My fathers uncle Frank lived in Ashland, Oregon and had written to dad about what a nice country it was around Ashland and wanted dad to come to Ashland and raise fruit. Dad decided that we would go to Ashland … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 3)

One day while out with dad to fix fence, and this in my pre-school days, I had quite an experience. I would run along from post to post and shake the posts to see if they were rotten and had … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 2)

There were several large mulberry trees in our back yard that gave us all the mulberries we wanted. We would put cream and sugar on them at mealtime and a lot of them mother made up into mulberry jam. I … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 1)

In 1894 mother and dad were married. In May 1896, brother Fred was born, In February 1898 brother Ray was born and on September 11, 1899 I was born. The first part of this writing will consist of mostly early … Continue reading

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Meeting the Dalai Lama 1984

An invitation It was pure chance that had brought me to DC. My intention had been to simply visit Monticello, the estate of my boyhood hero, Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia. I arrived in the state on a back highway … Continue reading

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