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Chapter 34 — The Outhouse Behind the House: Necessity and Order on the Schmieder Farm

A worn Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog hung within reach, its pages serving a second...
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Chapter 33 — From Stream to Well: The Water of the Farm

The Tonawanda Creek, bordering what would become the Schmieder farm, was a steady source of...
Dr. John Kneeler - Attica, New York

Chapter 32 —The Setting of the Bone

Dr. John A. Kneeler (1889–1946), a physician in Attica, New York, who began his practice...
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Chapter 30 — The Loan

Sarah Magdalena Mader Miller — Attica, New York, circa 1900–1910. Photographed in earlier years. During...
Prized Holstein bull side profile

Chapter 29 — On Hall’s Hill

The Rise and Passing of Highland Hall Farm (Brainardhurst) King Segis Pontiac Konigen — The...
Vintage multi-generational family portrait outdoors

Chapter 28 — On Hall’s Hill

The Passing of Highland Hall Farm Schmieder Family Photograph on Hall’s Hill, circa 1928.Front row...
Hilda and Fred Schmieder on the day of their First Communion at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Attica, New York, early 1930s.

Chapter 27 — “I Will Go to the Altar of God”

Hilda and Fred Schmieder on the day of their First Communion at St. Vincent de...
Wooden church confessional with red curtain

Chapter 26 — Preparing the Heart, Setting the Soul in Order

“Create in me a clean heart, O God,and renew a right spirit within me.”— Psalm...
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Chapter 23 — Every Wagon Counted

Photograph of Attica Prison Construction, 1930s In 1930, the construction of Attica Prison reshaped life...
Sepia portrait of family with three children

Chapter 4: A Year Apart – George in America, Rosa in Schönberg

Arnold’s Arrival Amidst Separation (Schönberg, Germany – November 1923) The November wind howled against the...