The Los Angeles Times, Friday, April 13, 1923

Eveline "Belle" Steunenberg

The "large amount of the widow's original property was given to charity" would be interpreted by me as meaning the Adventist Church.

"Idaho coal fields" should be silver, zinc and lead mining. Gold initially but had pretty well played out.

The Ogden Standard Examiner, Friday, February 13, 1931 

Each year the Idaho legislature would introduce a new bill to continue the annuity for another year. Monitoring and distribution of funds was handled by LA County. I assume this continued until great grandma Belle's passing on January 7, 1951. I had not quite arrived yet.

 

The Caldwell Tribune, Saturday, October 20th, 1906

I wonder if that was Frank Steunenberg's engraved 1895 Savage rifle? We know his brother Will had it after Frank's assassination and later mentioned the rifle in a hand written last Will and Testament.  

"see that the guns get good keepers. And if any of Frank’s Boys ever show any tendency to guns & will take care of same; give them the gun that belonged to Frank the 30-303 savage."

I don't know where any of the guns belonging to my great grandfather or his brothers ended up. Unfortunately none of them are in my gun safe.


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William L. Crookham 1933-2020

A few memories with Bill and talks about family history! This was back in 2005.

Bill left and John right at the family plot Canyon Hill Cemetery in Caldwell, ID

 

Serious discussion no doubt

No problem!

In the prior photo, Bill & I were "lifting" the piece of granite that would be made into this memorial. It stands  outside the Caldwell train station. Bill was the driving force behind this project.

More info: 
1930 Census - The Crookham, Steunenberg & McClain Family Connection

"STEUNENBERG DECLINES"

The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, July 24, 1902 

Idaho Penitentiary Token Set

Happened to have these old tokens out of the plexiglass holder today so tried to get some clearer scans.  From my personal JTR Collection.

'Trial of Century' film debuts in Boise

 Article I ran across recently on a newspaper archive site. We have seen similar before except this one actually mentions me by name!

A nice flashback, now over twelve years ago, to a great production and a wonderful group of participants and supporters.   

South Idaho Press, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007

"If the men now in jail are guilty, I hope they are hanged"—Julian Steunenberg

Stockton Daily Evening Record, Tuesday, May 14, 1907

Statement below is attributed to my grandfather Julian Steunenberg. It is cut from an article reporting on events at the Haywood trial. Julian was age 21 at the time.

Veterans Day 2019

Veterans Day
"The Service flag is an official banner authorized by the Department of Defense for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces during any period of war or hostilities the United States may be engaged in for the duration of such hostilities.

The Service flag, also called the Blue Star Flag, was designed and patented by WWI Army Captain Robert L. Queisser of the 5th Ohio Infantry who had two sons serving on the front line. The flag quickly became the unofficial symbol of a child in service. 

President Wilson became part of this history when in 1918 he approved a suggestion made by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defenses that mothers who had lost a child serving in the war wear a gold gilt star on the traditional black mourning arm band. This led to the tradition of covering the blue star with a gold star on the Service flag to indicate that the service member has died.

During WWII the practice of displaying the Service flag became much more widespread. Most flags were hand made by mothers across the nation. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau.

The Blue Star Mothers was founded as a Veteran Service Organization and was part of a movement to provide care packages to military members serving overseas and also provided assistance to families who encountered hardships as a result of their son or husband serving in the war.

In 1960 Congress chartered the Blue Star Mothers of America as a Veterans Service Organization and in 1966, the Department of Defense revised the specifications for design, manufacture and display of the Service flag.

The Department of Defense specifies that family members authorized to display the flag include the wife, husband, mother, father, stepmother or father, parent through adoption, foster parents, children, stepchildren, children through adoption, brothers, sisters and half brothers or sisters of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. The flag should be displayed in a window of the residence of persons authorized.

The Service flag may also be displayed by an organization to honor the members of that organization serving during a period of war or hostilities.

The Service Flag is an indoor flag and should be flown facing out from the front window of the home or organization.

If the U.S. flag is also displayed with the Service flag, the U.S. flag should be of equal or greater proportions and should take the place of honor above the Service flag.

Each blue star on the flag represents a service member in active duty. A gold star is displayed if a service member is killed in action or dies in service. If several stars are displayed by one family the gold star takes the honor of being placed at the top. The gold star should be slightly smaller than the blue star to create a blue border surrounding the gold star.

Display of a Service Star Banner is done during times of war. Once again families are displaying banners at home. Blue Star Flags may be purchased through the internet, at stores, or made by hand."

Above from: https://www.bluestarmothers.org/service-flag

The flag below was displayed by my grandmother and grandfather, Julian & Frances Steunenberg, to signify two sons (Cal and Jule) serving in WWII and has an honored place among my family keepsakes. Symbolically it represents many other family members too.

THANK YOU to all who have or are serving on this Veterans Day 2019.

"Nine-O-Nine"

In remembrance of Nine-O-Nine and those lost and injured. Please click on link below for previous post: 

Sunday, May 24, 2015 Memorial Day & visit to the Warbirds 

"Slayer of Ex-Governor of Idaho Gives Sermon in Boise"

The Minneapolis Star 4/16/1934. A few minor errors but overall a decent summary of events.

 

Below: Perhaps a mass murderer like Orchard should have taken his steps up to this pulpit at the Idaho Pen. Photo ISHS.

Orchard Dies at the Idaho Penitentiary at 88. From The San Bernardino County Sun 4/15/1954. 

Photos from the Caldwell Public Library

A few Steunenberg related photos from the Caldwell Public Library online collection. I may add more and additional comments as time allows.

Caldwell Public Library (Flickr)

"Caldwell was designed to be a railroad center of commerce and banking was a big part of its early business. The towns second bank, the Commercial Bank, opened in 1894 with John C. Rice, president, and A. K. Steunenberg, cashier. This 1895 view of the bank at 707 Main shows it flanked by the Caldwell Club on the left and the Oakes Brothers Dry Goods Store on the right." -- Early Caldwell Through Photographs by Elaine Leppert & Lorene B. Thurston

Caldwell Public Library (Flickr)

"Commercial Bank Interior. The bank directors included John C. Rice, Jacob Plowhead, S.S. Foote, Robert Aikman, W.S. Bradley and A.K. Steunenberg, (cashier)."

Detail view of A.K. Steunenberg behind the "Cashier" window.

Caldwell Public Library (Flickr)

"The Commercial Bank built a new building across the street on the corner of Main and Seventh in 1903-1904. The old Danilson Drug building was simply moved over into the street to make way for the new structure and Greenlund's moved into new quarters. About this time the bank became known as the Caldwell Bank & Trust Co." -- Early Caldwell Through Photographs by Elaine Leppert & Lorene B. Thurston

JTR Collection

I am going to sneak in a couple of my own photos to help complete this series. They are also elsewhere on this blog as family related banking interests have been covered quite a bit. Above RPPC was mailed by Owen M. VanDuyn. It seems Owen is enjoying the extra office space he got after Frank's assassination almost exactly one year prior to his sending this card. We can see the drug store that had been moved over into the street is now entirely gone.

JTR Collection

JTR Collection

Above and link with more info: Automatic Recording Bank.

JTR Collection

Here is the main floor showing the cashier's cages inside the new Commercial Bank/Caldwell Bank & Trust. That is A.K. Steunenberg at the rear window and I believe L.S. Dille in the near window.

JTR Collection

On the back of the photo above this one. 
"Caldwell Commercial Bank about 1900" 
"Property of Carrie M Steunenberg", (wife of A.K.).
 

Caldwell Public Library (Flickr)

And before the bank: "Frank and A.K. Steunenberg bought the paper (Caldwell Tribune) in 1887. 'The aim of this paper, like all others, will be to furnish a readable re-hash of events occurring daily in our midst, and to educate the East, or a portion of it, to a proper conception of the manifold glories and advantages of Idaho in general and Caldwell in particular.'" --Caldwell Public Library

Caldwell Public Library (Flickr)

Also in Caldwell, Will Steunenberg's shoe shop. "Fitters of feet."

I believe this is an earlier photo of Will standing in the door window of the store. Not sure of the exact location in Caldwell.