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Remembering Who I Am and Where I Came From/For those who come after me.
Well while I've been planning this for quite some time, it's still in it's infancy so I'm probably premature in starting to post about it.
My great grandfather Watson Davis homesteaded in what would become Garfield County in Washington State in the 1800's. Those that know me well know how proud I am of who I am and where I came from and that's from simple folk who worked the land and were decent people.
My great grandfather who was known as 'Wat' registered his brand at the That Alpowai Post Office December 20th in the Washington Territory. I donated Wat's branding iron to the museum back home a few years back but have had it out on loan for a project for my children.
That branding iron was made by a man named Henry Krause, this is known as when Mr Krause would make a brand he'd heat it in his forge and then test it on the wooded walls of his shop. When that building was to be torn down the boards were saved and are today on display at the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum just outside Pomeroy WA. The branding iron fits perfectly in Mr. Krause's test brand.
Today with the help of my daughter's boyfriend, we heated the iron in his forge and branded some leather pieces that will become Christmas presents for my three children.
They are far from being done, with that said, here's how they basically look along with the branding iron.
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I hope all will enjoy.