Trails Thru Time

SURNAMES

ALLIED FAMILIES INCLUDE:

DALTON, HANING, MADDEN, BISSET & CALL

WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!!

I'm Doranna Huartson and I'm researching my family's history. My purpose in establishing this website is to contact other descendants for the sharing of family information and pictures. I have quite a few old unidentified family pictures of folks I would just love to identify.

Having a face to associate with a name surely does make all this research more fun….

On pages you can access from the links at left, I have briefly outlined some basic family history and presented some of my family pictures. Please contact me if you have any questions or recognize someone. Who knows-- We may be cuzzins!!

Please check out my Unidentified Pictures Gallery--I've listed photographer and possible years for some of these wonderful old pictures. You'll be as fascinated with them as I am.

Also check out my History Trivia page…….read the exciting story about Francis Scott Key and how he came to write our national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner".

I'm one of the founding members of the Settle-Suttle Family Research Association, dedicated to the protection and preservation of the "Settle-Suttle Family" by William Emmett Reese, copyright owned by Christine Settles-Contos, all rights reserved; and continued research of the family lines descending from the book. Be sure to check out our Settle-Suttle website and associated pages.

Updated February 2007

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

9 Jan 1793: George Washington is among the spectators in Philadelphia when Jean Pierre Blanchard and a dog lift off in a balloon to a height of 5,800 feet and travel fifteen miles in forty-six minutes.

2 Feb 1811: Russian settlers establish Fort Ross, north of San Francisco, as a trading post for sea otter furs.

3 Mar 1820: After furious debate and passage in the House by 90 votes to 87, the Missouri Compromise becomes law with the hope that it will resolve the conflict between opponents and advocates of slavery.

10 Apr 1790: The Patent Act creates a three-member board of approval, one of whom is Thomas Jefferson, to consider licenses for new inventions.

9 Jun 1943: The Internal Revenue Service introduces tax withholding, calling it the Pay As You Go Act.

29 Sep 1789: Congress establishes the United States Army, 700 strong, in response to Article I, Section 8 of the new Constitution, which gives it the power "To raise and support Armies."

10 Dec 1832: Reacting to South Carolina's attempt to nullify the tariff laws within its borders, President Andrew Jackson reinforces Fort Sumter and warns the state that secession would not be tolerated.