Schönhorst: The Most Intimidating Cemetery on the East Reserve
EAST RESERVE I was not fully prepared for what I encountered at Schönhorst. This is in the midst of private property. Like, in the midst of […]
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Jakob’s Final Resting Place (After Being Booted Out of Osterwick)
When I first read Peter Brown’s book The Brauns of Osterwick, I never expected to actually see the gravesite of my great-great-great-grandfather Jakob Braun. It […]
Return to Edrans
Periodically throughout my life, I’d heard references to a place distant in both space and time: Edrans. Somewhere on those Scot-settled hills, flits the memory […]
What’s the Deal with Glencross?
Don’t you just love how I run around the West Reserve, not really knowing much about the history (not the way locals do, anyway!) and […]
Found the Braun Cairn at Glencross!
Over a year ago, my mom told me about a cairn “somewhere near Morden” that was dedicated to my great-great-great-grandparents, Jacob and Maria (Fast) Braun. […]