List Readers: We are still in California but will leave on Tuesday and head back to Missouri so we should be back home by the end of the week. It is going to be pretty hard to leave this wonderful weather and the kids, too. Now down to business - Linda Stephens submitted a very interesting and nice photo that is going to be our featured photo for the coming week. Linda mentioned that they might have been best friends in her note. Since they are dressed similarly I would say that is a possibility, too. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm Pictured are these folks given below: Clara Stephens, Claude Frost and Lily Gardner, photo taken circa 1900, Cassville, MO ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Clara Columbia Stephens - Born 1887 to James Albert and Mary Susan (Wood) Stephens Claude Frost - Born 1884 to Thomas Simpson and Mary Jane "Deck" (Inman) Frost Lily / Lilly Gardner - Born 1885 to Robert A. and Jennie Gardner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All three families lived at Cassville at time of 1900 Census. Clara married Frank A. Rice in 1905 at Afton, I. T. - Claude married Leota Shepherd in 1904 at Spokane, WA Enjoy this great piece of Barry County history and have a good week-end! Donna Cooper