On Oct 16, 11:11 am, wrote:
- Wayyyyyy back in the old Western days
- in America, kids used to take their shootin
- irons to school.
- Perchnce to shoot something to put food
- on the supper table at home, that's why.

My Daddy {1897} and his Brother did just that
carried a Boys Rifle {Level Action Carbine} every
day when they walked from Chili Gulch to the
one-room School in Mokelumne Hill, CA.

Chili Gulch CA State Highway # 49 (Milepost 26.4)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_Gulch
http://www.noehill.com/calaveras/cal0265.asp
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=11515
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/chiligulch.html
Used to be that you could stand by the Road
Side CA Historical Marker and see the remaining
stone foundations of his Parents and Grandparents
homes at Chili Gulch . . .
-here's-to- Dona Maria Estrella de Soto
the grand old lady of the family - bbhn ~ RHF
49er Partners : Frederick Otis Fisk & Hiram Clum
a story right out of Paint-Your-Wagon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Y...gon_%28film%29