We’ve read the Family Nibbles stories about our Maninger ancestors.
We know that Emily Maninger met Ned Cheney, and they planned to marry.
Here’s how they met.
Continue reading346 – Emily Maninger
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345 – Postwar Cheneys
World War I armistice officially ended the war in November 1918. By the end of 1919, most troops were home from Europe and out of the service.
By mid-1919, all the Cheneys were out of military service. Life returned to normal in Gypsum, Kansas.
344 – Cheneys In Service
By 1917, U.S. entry into World War I was imminent.
The United States had remained isolated from the world economically and politically, but was to begin a transformation into a world power. A mostly rural agricultural and small town society would start to be exposed to industrialization on a large scale.
People who had never ventured further than neighboring counties would travel to other states and other countries.
Continue reading343 – Mexican Expedition
On March 9, 1916, Pancho Villa and his troops attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing sixteen townspeople and burning the town.
250 troops of the U.S. Thirteenth Cavalry eventually drove Villa’s forces back across the border.
The Cavalry pursued Villa deep into Mexico, but were badly outnumbered by Villa’s 3,000 troops.
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