I have contacted the Manataba Messenger to see if they could put me in contact with either Mary or Darci. I believe Mary is the mother so it would be interesting to find out who she married to get the name Luddington. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel bryan" <bryan.rachel@worldnet.att.net> To: <luddington@rootsweb.com>; <LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] Darci and a Mary Luddington >I think it's more Native American Luds: > > This is from the manataba messenger website: > http://critonline.com/index.shtml > > The Colorado River Indian Tribes include four distinct Tribes - the > Mohave, > Chemehuevi, Hopi and Navajo. There are currently about 3,500 active Tribal > members. > > The CRIT Reservation was created in 1865 by the Federal Government for > "Indians of the Colorado River and its tributaries," originally for the > Mohave and Chemehuevi, who had inhabited the area for centuries. People of > the Hopi and Navajo Tribes were relocated to the reservation in later > years. > > The reservation stretches along the Colorado River on both the Arizona and > California side. It includes almost 300,000 acres of land, with the river > serving as the focal point and lifeblood of the area. > > The primary community in the CRIT Reservation is Parker, Arizona, which is > located on a combination of Tribal land, leased land that is owned by CRIT > and land owned by non-Native Americans. There are other, smaller > communities > on the reservation, including Poston, located 10 miles south of Parker. > > Poston was the site in World War II of one of the United States' largest > Japanese internment camps, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were held > over a three-year period. The camp sites are now home to a monument > dedicated to those who died and suffered while in internment, and CRIT is > currently in the process of creating a museum to commemorate the era. > > The primary economic activity on the CRIT Reservation has always been > agriculture, going back to the days when mesquite trees were plentiful > along > the banks of the river and were relied upon for everything from food to > cooking to Tribal traditions and ceremonies. CRIT continues to have a > strong > farming and agricultural industry, including growing cotton, alfalfa and > sorghum. > > However, in recent years the Tribal economy has diversified greatly, and > now > includes forays and businesses in several different fields. Sand and > gravel, > real estate development and retail stores have all been part of the > Tribes' > economic development efforts. And over the past decade, a heavy emphasis > has > turned toward tourism, as CRIT opened the BlueWater Resort and Casino in > Parker and has endeavored to attract both cultural and recreational > tourists > to the area. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: luddington-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:luddington-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Barbara Campbell > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:15 PM > To: LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LUDDINGTON] Darci and a Mary Luddington > > > http://critonline.com/crit_contents/messenger/2005_06.pdf > > > There is a picture of a Darci and a Mary Luddington at this link. They > look > like Mexican descent? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Interest Rates Fall Again! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new > payment > http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-18679&moid=7581 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message