Gorilla Tamoo Joins Scheunemann Family in St Paul
The Scheunemanns foster Tamoo, a 23-pound baby gorilla born April 10, 1972, who has lived with them since mid July 1972. The infant gorilla, daughter of Casey from Omaha Zoo, may soon move to Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville Texas for nursery care, while awaiting a safe transfer. The family, including four teens, enjoys daily jungle gym play and weekend trailer trips with Tamoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarnov
Casey
Camo Zoo
Omaha
Henry Doorly Zoo
Joan
Commu
Tye
Scheinemann
Tamoa
Gladys Porter Zoo
Brownsville
Tex
Tampa
Pan
Texas
Arlene Scheunemann
Samoa
Scheunemann
Tamoo
Scheunemanns
Joe
Mrs. Scheunemann
Trollhaugen
Ile Gorilla
Mrs. Scheunemanin
Centenarian hotel clerk still working at ninety
Marvin L. Whitwell, 90, marks another birthday by working an eight hour night shift at Murray National Hotel where he lives. A former postmaster under Harding Coolidge and Hoover he still handles desk duties room assignments and daily reports. Whitwell recalls five wars and honors his dry county community while proud of family roots and support for Murray State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Marvin L. Whitwell
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Murray National Hotel
Whitwell
Marvin
Calloway
Robert Whitwell
Calloway County
Murray Methodist Church
Whithells
Kentucky
North Carolina
Murray State University
Murray State Normal School
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama
California Diary recounts Sonora town growth and early leaders
An informal history traces William Perkins’s 1849 arrival at Sexorian Camp, his partnership with Hiram Theall, and Sonora’s early development. It covers prices in 1860, hospital founding, town council acts, and gold discoveries, including the 1849-50 era, local laws, and Indigenous descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Perkins
Hiram Washington Theall
Songra
Sonora Creek
Theall
California
Jonathan Drake Stevenson
New York Regiment of Army Volunteers
Cape Horn
Monterey
Sonoriar Camp
James Fraser
Sonora
Perkins
Sonora Tnn
Perkins and Theall
Stockton
Rover
Miners ‘Andness Mens
C. F
John Hitfell
Pacific States
Columbia
Jamestown
Spora
Calaveras
Toulumne
Mariposa
Stanislaus
Carson Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott Sch
Sondra
Cooper
Galledge
Senora
Perkins Journal
Gut House
Stockton Times
Lineberg & Company
Alonzo Green
Joshua Holden
D&m
Mission Bluo
Bama
Witokintian
D&a
Leweting
Mission
Oller
Cher
D& Firestone
Firestone
East Bay
Hayward
Lewelling & Mission Blvd
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!