Rmccamey
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The Field Marshal looks like a hungry human bird of prey.And the prize for the coolest fur hat ever goes to...
August von Mackensen, fieldmarshal in WWI for Germany. The hat belongs to the regiment of the Leibhusaren or rather the Braunschweigisches Husaren-Regiment Nr. 17.
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Here's a colorized picture of him. Very interesting fellow and not someone you'd want to mess with; he was not cosplaying!
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My maternal great great grandfather Henry Wells Hoxsie
I manage all of the historic records for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation including all of the Highway Condemnation Plats. The files contain information on the owners and pictures of their land, business's or houses taken for highway projects including I95. About a dozen times a year I receive requests looking for images of the house they grew up in, or their grandparents house they remember visiting as a child. These are always tough.Ditto, Dave .. interesting and unfortunate story made even more compelling via great pics and documentation. I don't know about the SOB part but your Great Great Grandad was definitely a charismatic man.
I had a friend who's family lost their home in Newton MA when I95 was built. Difficult to get your head around how it'd ever be possible.
Thanks for sharing,
Mike
My maternal great great grandfather Henry Wells Hoxsie 1862-1939. Described by my grandfather as a "rotten son of bitch" The State of Rhode Island took his Charlestwon RI farm, that had been in the family since the late 1600s, in the mid-1930s by eminent domain to build the CCC/WPA constructed Burlingame State Park. He fought them for years until he was removed from his land.
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Jerry Johnson, well known prospector & trapper in Western Montana. When age & work took its toll he become an owner of a hot springs & mineral bath.
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According to my grandfather he was always a rotten SOB long before they took his landI'd probably be a rotten SOB too if the state stole my family's land and heritage.
According to my grandfather he was always a rotten SOB long before they took his land
Yes, particularly when we drive by the house and the park. It's about 40 minutes from where I live.That's still too bad for the family, though.