Speaking of Colorado peaks, Mt. Evans in Colorado is named for Gov. John Evans, the first territorial governor (named by Lincoln) for whom Evanston, Ill., was also named. (Evans was involved in the founding of Northwestern University.) John Evans was a product of the Quaker Evans family of Montgomery Co., PA; Surry Co., S.C. (Cane Creek MM); and Warren Co., Ohio (Miami MM). If anyone cares, I can provide details. Unfortunately, Evans' historical reputation was colored by the fact that he was in office during the Sand Creek Massacre (of Indians by Colorado militia). I once mentioned my distant relationship to a Mt. Evans ranger who, I soon discovered, thought it was a shame to have named a beautiful peak after a "mass murderer." Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: <TEXTIQUE@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Quaker Ancestors > Hi Jackie; > > We are fortunate in Colorado Springs to have two very active genealogy > groups that wholeheartedly support the Pikes Peak library which offers Ancestry > Plus, Heritage Quest, Newspapers.Com, New England Gen. and Historical site plus > many others. Heritage Quest is free to home computers from their site. > They work hand-in-hand with the LDS centers. The Quaker reference material at > the library is extensive and the founder of Colorado Springs is considered to > be General William Jackson Palmer, a Quaker (is that an oxymoron). ( We have > some fabulous Quaker costumes (clothing) at the Pioneer Museum here from > their family.) PPLD provides free genealogy classes several times each month > with the help of the local gen-society. I happen to have Ancestry.com at home > because I do hours of research every day but I couldn't live without our > library. I guess you could say we're on a Rocky Mountain high. > > Cheers for Chester Co. Library! > > Jan Thomas > Textile Specialist & Independent Researcher > Colorado Springs (by way of OH, PA & MD) > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >