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Milda & Pete's Family Album
VOLUME I
Please Excuse the Slow Download. These Are Really Old Photographs
Milda & Pete Enjoying The "Gems of Their Labor"
A Spot of Tea and Some Lovely Music, Too
Milda In Photograph Center, in Typical White
The Earlier Years In Missouri
Second Cousin Merle · Sister Blanche Brother Nathaniel [Junior]
Brother Caleb · First Cousin Francis Ann Cousin Agnes Jean · Friend Ruby Mae
Far Right in Photograph The Good Reverend Jedadiah Luke Johnson III
Milda With Little Esther
Winter of '71
The Following Spring Little Esther Was Taken by The Croup
This Little Angel is Now at Rest with Her LORD
RubyMae Ostergaard
Milda's Very Best Friend Forever [VBFF]
[RubyMae Always Enjoyed Big Hair]
As construction of the main house was nearing completion, Milda and J. Peter made their home available to the now down-and-out Ostergaard family recently of Minnesota. They had fallen on hard times.
Mr. Ostergaard, the founder and chairman of the Acme Buggy Whip & Curry Comb Company, [home office Mendota Heights], had experienced his national market share of "Class A-1" buggy whips collapse from 64% to practically non-existent as the new fangled horseless carriages began to proliferate the countryside. Mrs. RubyMae Ostergaard was a childhood friend of Milda's.
The Ostergaards and their brood of nine children brought immeasurable life, purpose, and joy to the newly constructed Queen Anne Manse on the hill.
As the children grew, they one-by-one went off to the best secondary schools and then on to lead productive lives as a pharmacist, a middle manager, a freight dispatcher, and a school teacher. Sadly, two of the children, those with emotional problems throughout their youth, became attorneys.
Some of the Young Ostergaards
With Their Pet Dog Blaze
THE SAD-SACK MISSOURI FARMING YEARS
Pete's Ol' Sad-Sack Homestead Left Behind in Missouri Territory
Pete in His Struggle as a Poor, Dry-Crop Farmer Back in Missouri Territory
Ol' Pete was a dreamer....a six-foot three and one-half inch beef and cornfed dreamer.
After years of sun-baked dry crop farming in the less than blessed lands of Missouri, Pete packed-up his belongings, his best mule, his dog, and his dreams and went prospecting in the gem-rich mountains of Southern California sometime around '62 [1862].
Jesse
Pete's Best Mule
Arnold, The Lad in the Picture is Believed to be the Brother of Col. Thaddeus William Anderson, Famous Hero of WW I .
Lucky Deux
Progeny of "Lucky", The Three-Legged Houn' Dog
Always his companion, "Lucky" the three-legged hound dog (he was named "Lucky" even before his ill-conceived attempt at "catching" the Butterfield Stagecoach), would grieve at the struggle his master endured. "These was hard times".
Year after year Pete would toil from sunrise to sunset, digging with his weathered and worn pick ax and his quickly exhausted shovels in those unforgiving, granite-laden mountains, always driven by the dream that one day he would strike the mother lode. Someday he could sit back and count the gems of his labor.
Hard Times at Pala Creek
But Lucky Was There [Chewin' on a Lizard]
Then,,,,,,,,
Success With The Discovery of The Tourmaline Bounty
Early Business History
Delivery Fleet
J. Peter
GEMOLOGIST EXTRAORDINAIRE
Good Tourmaline at Good Prices
Pala · Chicago · Paris · Frankfurt
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Other Little Railroad Communities
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Stage Coach Coming Into Pala Creek
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Delivery of Fresh Horses, Vegetables, Whiskey, Ammunitions & Explosives |
Some of Pete's Middle Managers
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Upon discovery of his mother lode, Pete began his business formation in earnest, with in-ground assets estimated in the low "eight figures" [1890 U.S.Dlls].
Now established as J. Peter, Gemologist, (his friends would now call him Jon Pierre) he initiated a search for a cadre of bright business minds to serve as upper and middle managers, with a continuing emphasis on customer care and service. A business plan was formulated with tourmaline interests being primary, lending and drayage secondary, and entertainment, lodging and hospitality, and viticulture being tertiary.
Strategic alliances were formed. A stable work force (Protestants and Republicans being favored) was imported from the grain belt of America.
J. Peter grew his business on service, honesty and integrity, courtesy, attention to detail, and a "money back" guarantee.
The tourmaline and companion tourmaline merchandise of J. Peter, Gemologist found it's way onto the shelves of all America and to more than forty foreign countries, not counting Texas and the Indian Nations.
Relaxing After a Busy Day of Bid'nizz
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The "Suits" Arrive Unannounced
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Mining Crew Six Enjoying the Appreciation Brunch
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Membership Committee
The Native American's Environmental Studies & Consultancy Society
NAESCOS
Each Fall-Season of the year, Pete would sponsor a seminar, and socio-economically supportive conference featuring dignitaries and other leaders of the Native American Environmental Studis & Consultancy Community. A good time would be had by all.......
Pete in Town at the Garden Centre
Purchasing a Catalpa, Some Wisteria and Two Lilacs
Some of Pete's Farming Friends Also Finding Success
Pete's Ol' Farmin' Friend From Bloomington, Illinois
George J. Mecherle
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At age 22, George J. Mecherle [pronounced Ma-herl] started farming his own land near Bloomington, Illinois.
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Unable to sit still, George Mecherle accepted a job selling insurance for a small company. He was successful as a salesman, but he didn't feel the rates or the business practices of the company suited the needs of farmers.
When he suggested a better way to sell insurance, his employer laughed and said,
"If you think you've got such a good idea, why don't you start your own company?"
So he did just that.
Mr. Mecherle believed that farmers should pay less for insurance because they drove less and had fewer losses than them "slickers" living in the cities. In 1922, using this idea, he started a mutual insurance company;
State Farm Fire & Casualty Company
This little company is still in business today, and has a real nice office in Bloomington with some secretaries, some potted plants, and lots of fresh, complimentary coffee.
Stop-in and visit some time, and tell them that Ol' Grubstake Pete sent ya.........
Then,,,,,,,,
Success With The New Recreational Vehicle [RV] Park
Some of the Milda's First "Recreational Vehicle" Guests
A Safe and Secure Family Oriented "RV" Parkland
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Milda Town's Early Security Service
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Milda's Queen Anne Victorian Manse
Milda Enjoyed Hosting Formal Dinners
Home fellowship was shared in the Queen Anne twice weekly. And, the "Assemblies" regional planning conference and pot-luck picnic was held on the expansive terrace overlooking Pala Creek and in overview of the Palomar Mountain Range several times each year.
Milda's Neighbors Coming to Dinner
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Chief Lightning Cloud |
The Cloud Family |
It is apparent by the photographs, the Clouds enjoyed the fresh salmon salad with asparagus tips, vine-ripe tomatoes, a hint a basil, a hint of dill, and profusely glazed with morbier and chevres goat cheese [a favorite of Milda's]
Also at repast, Gheimeh and Amerdeen Ramekin, festive with a garlic and red onion curry creme, a melody of a varied selection of olives, a Cioppino "to-die-for", and several fingers of Maker's Mark® .
The Little Non-Denominational Chapel & Sunday School
Down Pala Creek at the San Luis Rey River
A Note From The Author
A photograph history of Milda and Pete, the Grubstake Miner, is challenging as much of the written, photographic, memorabilia and other Missouri possessions was lost during the tornados of '79 [also sadly, the lives of nine of their neighbors].
However, as more becomes known of this storied couple, we will promptly publish the exciting discoveries.
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