Making Our Skeleton Dance: Where We Came From…

George Bernard Shaw said, “If you can’t get rid of the family skeleton, at least make it dance.” That’s one of our favorite quotes. In fact, Sabrina once designed a charm with that written on the back. We love it because it tells part of the story of who we are and where we came from.

Homesteaders. Hardscrabble. Hungry. Tough. Tenacious. Those are all words that describe Glena and Sabrina’s great-great-grandparents. The Osborns and Johnstons traveled to New Mexico from Missouri in 1906 in a wagon train with several other families, headed west with a promise of prosperity in their steamer trunks and saddlebags.

Logan, New Mexico (circa 1907)
Logan, New Mexico (circa 1907)

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