by Sears Homes | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized |
There’s no doubt in my mind that a “Pennimanite” left behind a personal reminiscence or journal or unpublished manuscript or something, telling about his war-time experiences at Penniman, Virginia. The problem is finding these people, and then...
by Sears Homes | Feb 17, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Bunny Trails: They’re one of the best parts of doing historical research. And while researching Penniman, Virginia, I read newspaper accounts from Pennimanites, talking about a house “sitting on stilts” in the York River. And while systematically...
by Sears Homes | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized |
A delightful anecdote from 1921 tells us that, when the Penniman houses were shipped to Norfolk, some of the workers went into one of the houses – as it made the slow 36-mile trek across the water – and made a full breakfast, using the oil cook stove in...
by Sears Homes | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
For four years, I’ve been researching Penniman, and still, the most wonderful surprises keep popping up. Last week, fellow history buff Mike Powell discovered a wonderful article in the Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac, Virginia) about moving houses from Penniman...
by Sears Homes | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized |
In that process of rummaging through my notes on Penniman, I was reminded that I’d been looking for photos taken by Drewry Jones of Williamsburg. Despite lots of poking around, I never have been able to locate those photos (originals or reproductions), or anyone...
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