Third article by Casey Gauntt about his family connections to a WWII disaster: the munitions explosion at Port Chicago, California, on 17 July 1944... (Read More)
Second article by Casey Gauntt about his family connections to a WWII disaster: the munitions explosion at Port Chicago, California, on 17 July 1944... (Read More)
An article by Casey Gauntt about his family connections to a WWII disaster: the munitions explosion at Port Chicago, California, on 17 July 1944... (Read More)
An article about an explosion on the USS Princeton that killed 8 people including 2 Secretaries from President John Tyler’s Cabinet on 28 February 1844... (Read More)
An article about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986, killing all seven crew members and stunning teachers and students... (Read More)
Casey Gauntt tells the story of his 3rd Great Aunt, Mary Elizabeth Sawyers Swan Cook (1839-1924), one of the early pioneers and “mothers” of California... (Read More)
An article about the mystery of the “ghost ship” Mary Celeste, found near Portugal sailing along in good shape but utterly abandoned on 4 December 1872... (Read More)