An Email From Jim Sand About Allan Truax I recently received an unsolicited email from Jim Sand (who was previously unknown to me) about Allan Truax.1 The pertinent portion of that message follows: When I was 8 years old (1957) my family moved into a house across the alley from Mr. Truax. His yard was [...]
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Allan Truax, Jim Sand, The Forest, And The Trees
April 28th, 2008 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
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Crosby, North Dakota In The Time Of Allan Truax: Railroad Depot and Hospital
April 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
As part of my ongoing project describing the life and times of Allan Truax,1 I occasionally post photos or information about Crosby, North Dakota, the town to which Allan Truax, then 37 years old, and his wife, Evelyn, moved in 1908 and where they lived until his death in 1965. Train Depot Allan Truax was [...]
Another Allan Truax Avocation
January 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
Another Item Added To The Allan Truax To-Do List In Evelyn and Allan Truax Journey Through Life Together, mention was made of the variety of projects Allan Truax1 pursued, including Truax family genealogy, horticulture, American History, leadership within the Masonic Lodge, and travel across the continental United States, the Canadian provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, Cuba, Mexico, [...]
Crosby, North Dakota In The Time Of Allan Truax
November 8th, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
The Divide County Courthouse in Crosby, North Dakota The most imposing building in Divide County, North Dakota has been and continues to be the County Courthouse in Crosby, which was the city where Allan and Evelyn Truax1 made their home and spent their adult lives. Bids for the Divide County Courthouse were opened in March [...]
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Aloha, Allan and Evelyn Truax
November 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
A Journey Completed: Allan and Evelyn Truax1 Arrive In Hawaii In Evelyn and Allan Truax Journey Through Life Together, the most recent post in The Life and Times of Allan Lincoln Truax series, I noted that Allan and Evelyn first set and reached the goal of visiting all the states in the continental US. As [...]
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Evelyn and Allan Truax Share Life's Journey
October 5th, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
Baby, You Can Drive My Car – Please The Truax Projects To say that Allan Truax 1 was a man given to projects is like saying Tiger Woods is a fellow who seems to know his way around a golf course. Allan Truax’s interest in horticulture, for example, resulted in his planting trees and shrubs [...]
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Allan Truax Through The Eyes Of His Grandson: The Relationship
October 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
Note: Viewers currently asking themselves “Who the heck is Allan Truax?” may find it helpful to read the aptly titled introduction, Who’s Allan Truax? Truax Family Photo:1 from left to right, Top: sons, Merrill & Richard Truax; Bottom: Allan & Evelyn Truax From The Richard Truax Interviews As I noted in Publishing Allan Truax – [...]
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Publishing Allan Truax – A Change In Strategy
October 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax, HOAG Site
Another Unsolicited Lesson In Writing Biography More Efficacious Management Of Source Material In mid-July 2007, as part of my ongoing investigation into the life and times of Allan Truax,1 Richard Truax, one of Allan Truax’s grandsons, graciously spent most of the evening on the phone answering my questions about his grandfather although he and his [...]
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Canada Stakes Claim To Allan Truax
September 25th, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
The Birthplace Of Allan Truax Reconsidered Those readers who have followed my eccentric efforts to discover and organize information about the life and times of Allan Lincoln Truax1 may recall my agonized speculations about his place of birth. When I posted The Life and Times Of Allan Lincoln Truax on 9 May 2007, his birthplace [...]
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October 8, 1871: The Great Michigan FiresOctober 24, 1871: The Birth of Allan Truax
August 16th, 2007 · Comments Off · Allan Truax
Note: While facts about the Great Michigan Fires contained in this post are accurate and the importance of that disaster is undeniable, its significance re the birth of Allan Truax has shifted because of new information which has come to my attention since I published this post. The content below has not been changed, but [...]
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