Originally posted on Rosamond Press: One of the first colleges in Oregon was burned down – twice! Arson is suspected. I believe a man loyal to the cause of Joseph Lane is the culprit. Could it have been my hero, Joaquin Miller, who graduated from Columbia with about twenty others. There was a schism. John…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: ? The City of Springfield has the opportunity right a great wrong. I suggest Franklin Street be renamed Harry Lane Way, because Harry’s grandfather was one of the world’s greatest racist and pro-slavery candidates. Joseph Lane led wars against Native Americans. This renaming can get national attention. This is much…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: ? Happy Birthday Oregon! Thomas Jefferson hoped Astoria could one day be the seed of a separate West Coast democracy. He and industrialist Jacob Astor set forth an ambitious plan to make it a global trading hub. https://www.opb.org/news/article/happy-birthday-oregon-learn-18-facts-in-59-seconds/ I talked to my ex-fiancé two hours ago about my idea for the…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Last night I read the draft of the letter I am authoring to Ed Ray, President of Oregon State, to my good neighbor. I told her I am all alone with it, and am at the crossroads. Shall I give up, or, go forth. “As I read, imagine you are…

I am working on a proposal for a grant. I want to launch a Pirate Radio that will sit off shore from the old California Barrel Company site. I want to hand out free crystal radio kits, along with a poem, or page from a book, such as On The Road. A free stick of…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I’ve done more to promote Beautiful Resistance, than any writer alive or dead! Did I get paid? Nooooooooooooooo! Indeed, I am the Father of Beautiful Resistance. After The Wiccan Threats From Hell, I wanted to take Belle to New York to meet the founder of Fashion Moda, Stefan Eins, whose…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: The Sedgwick family married into the Samuel Merritt family a mayor of Oakland who made Lake Merritt where Bill Arnold and I spent most of our time, he living a block away on Athol. Kay Coakley befriended the Presco children, she the daughter of J. Francis Coakley, Oakland’s famous DA…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: There is a good chance Martha Coakley is kin to James Coakley who was the District Attorney of Alameda County, and the father of Kay Coakley, who befriended Vicki and myself. “The practice calls into question the validity of thousands of mortgage foreclosures across the country. Filings with various Registers…

Here is my father’s father. He was a professional gambler in San Francisco and Crockett. Vic took my brother and I to see him. He was living on a houseboat in the shadow of the Carquinez Bridge. He had a roommate who was a light-skinner black man. My father was disgusted and made a point…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: My great grandfather, Wensel, was named after Wenceslaus the Duke of Bohemia. Jon Presco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmT_Aw9xRJQ Preskowitz – Master Tailors Posted on December 11, 2014 by Royal Rosamond Press The Preskowitz family came to Hartford Connecticut and established Tailor shops in two location downtown. Wenzel Preskowitz came to San Francisco and worked at…