Where We've Been: Knowing where we're going

Forty years ago this July, Foster County celebrated its Centennial – 100 years of existence. Parades, reunions and special activities throughout the area not only marked a simple date, but the perseverance, foresight and hope of those pioneers who settled wild and unclaimed ground as their own.

Our ancestors. People from five or more generations back, who relocated from burgeoning eastern cities,...