[fso301]

Events in American history seem long ago but when you pause to think about it, living memory of the Western frontier only died out a little over decade ago.

Some Freepers are old enough to have been able to meet Civil War veterans.

Many Freepers are old enough that they could have met former slaves.

Some Freepers could have met people who remembered the news of Gen. Custer at Little Bighorn.

Some Freepers have grandparents who could have sat on the lap of people having living memory of our founding fathers.

[Deaf Smith]

I’m only 62 and have known people from 3 different centuries.

[Inyo-Mono]

Events in American history seem long ago but when you pause to think about it, living memory of the Western frontier only died out a little over decade ago.

So true. My aunt (born 1916) used to sit on her grandfather's lap. He lost his hearing while firing cannons during the Civil War. My Father's step Father was born in 1852 and built a lumber mill in Denver, CO in the 1870s.

My Father sat in my great Uncle's lap as a child. My great uncle knew his grandfather well who was born in 1790 and fought in the War of 1812.