Friday Photo - 10 Mile Success

Thanks to Pacers Running in Alexandria for the finish line photo. On Sunday 26 April, I ran the George Washington Parkway 10 mile race (after arriving late the night before from Seattle). The race began at historic Mount Vernon, along with GW Parkway north to Old Town Alexandria. The last time I ran a 10 mile race I was 16 years old, on my high school cross country team in Indiana, and that was quite a long time ago.

Photo courtesy of Pacers Running. 2015 GW Parkway 10 Mile.

While I was pleased just to finish, I was more impressed that I negative split the 5 miles (running the second 5 miles faster than the first). This was a fun race, with well over 7000 others of all ages entered. I am not in any hurry to step up the mileage and run a half-marathon.

A Look at Markets

Farmers Markets have come up from time to time on this blog. I have written previously about my wife's 3rd great-grandmother Susanna Euler Rech selling eggs, fruit and garden produce at the Fourth Street Market in Evansville, Indiana. On a different branch of her tree, her 4th great-grandfather Francois Antoine Halter may have sold produce at the famous French Market of New Orleans, or he very likely shopped there. I have covered a smaller type of market, Musgrave Orchards, which sold cider and apples straight from the farm.

In this post, I have a collection of photos from two famous markets I visited in April, the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, and Pike Place Market in Seattle. Each were unique, with their sounds, smells, and samples to taste.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, 16 Apr 2015.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Fish Market, Pike Place, Seattle, 25 Apr 2015.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, 16 Apr 2015.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Istanbul markets.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Pike Place Market. Hot cider samples.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Grand Bazaar, Istanbul. Dried fruits and nuts.

Zocalo

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, two photos from Mexico City. And a link to an article worth reading on the holiday from the Smithsonian and Zocalo Public Square. For good measure, here's a link to my post from last year on my great-grandfather Plutarco Campuzano, reflecting back on my Mexican heritage and the holiday.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Mexico City, 5 Mar 2009.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Mexican Flag in Mexico City.

Setting up the next generation

In continuing with the review of Boone County land deeds involving my 4th great-grandfather James Vail, the next deeds in the set involved a land swap on 28 February 1865 between James, his oldest daughter Mary E. Vail and her husband, Thomas Wesley Lankford. In the first deed, James bought 20 acres in Boone County from Thomas Lankford in exchange for $600. On the same day, Thomas Lankford bought 40 acres to James and Selina Vail in exchange for $1400.

In the 1860 Census, the young couple of Thomas and Mary Lankford appear in Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana. James and Selina were living in neighboring Franklin Township, Montgomery County in the same year.

Source: 1860 US Census, Sugar Creek Twp, Boone County, Indiana

By 1870, Thomas (appearing under his middle name Wesley) and Mary were joined in Sugar Creek Township by Mary's brothers William and Leander Vail with their young families. The Lankford's land value had increased quite a bit from 1860, very likely this is due to the purchase from James and Selina Vail.

On 10 January 1865, James Vail bought the land he would sell to Thomas and Mary Lankford a month later. James paid $1400 for the land, so he got his money back in February when Thomas and Mary bought the 40 acres. Perhaps he purchased the land only to sell to Thomas and Mary.

Enjoy Cinco de Mayo

From the 4 May 1962 Tucson Daily Citizen (via Newspapers.com):

Source Newspapers.com