Alaska's Acquisition Inspires a Famous Dessert by Linda Hoover

                                            

                                                                                                                                                     Emperor Alexander II               

 

Emperor Alexander II of Russia was in a difficult financial and logistical position. The Crimean War left the country in debt, and their enemy, Great Britian had troops in Canada, just on the other side of Russian America, or what we now know as Alaska. In 1859, the logical thing to do was offer to sell Alaska to the United States. The matter was discussed, but when the Civil War started in 1861, it was put on hold. In 1867, Alexander told the Russian Minister to the United States, Eduard de Stoeckl, to open negotiations for the sale. Secretary of State William H. Seward was in favor of acquiring Alaska. The two men agreed to a price of $7.2 million, which amounted to 0.02 cents per acre, and signed the treaty ceding Russian America to the United States on March 30, 1867. The treaty was ratified on May 15, 1867. The United States officially took possession on October 16, 1867, in a Flag-Changing Ceremony. The small population of Russians living in Alaska moved back to Russia.

Alaska Timeline: Russian American 1733 -1867

Department of Alaska – 1867 – 1884

District of Alaska – 1844 – 1912

Territory of Alaska – 1912-1959

State of Alaska – 1959 - Present

    
                                 

                                                                  



Let’s travel back in time to Delmonico’s Steak House in New York City. It was known as the first fine dining restaurant in the country. Customers were actually able to order from a menu. Steaks were their specialty, but they created other unique culinary dishes as well. Chef de Cuisine Charles Ranhofer joined the Delmonico team in 1867 and was known for creating and naming dishes after famous or frequent diners. Some dishes commented on current events. The Alaskan purchase inspired a dessert made with banana ice cream, walnut spice cake with apricot jam covered with toasted meringue. He called it “Alaska Florida” because of the frozen ice cream and warm meringue. There is some debate about who officially created it, but most people agree it was to celebrate the purchase of Alaska. The most supported theory of the inventor is Ranhofer. He included it in a cookbook he published in 1893, still calling it “Alaska Florida.” In 1896, Fannie Farmer published it in her “Boston Cooking School Cook Book” with the title “Baked Alaska.” 

                                                                                                         Delmonico's 1890s
              

I, and other people I’ve talked to, have wondered why the ice cream doesn’t melt when the cake is heated. I found there is a scientific answer. When egg whites are whipped, they form air bubbles, which in turn insulate the ice cream from the heat. You can make Baked Alaska with any kind of ice cream, gelato, or sorbet, and any kind of cake. The writer of the recipe for the cake below makes it sound doable. Tap the link to see if you think so. The other picture is of the Baked Alaska served on the Alaskan cruise I took in June. It was delicious.

   

                                                                   Baked Alaska

  Linda, a retired librarian, lives in west central Ohio with her husband and grandson. An avid reader and writer since childhood, she began her publishing career writing columns and a middle-grade serial for the South Charleston Spectator. Her desire is to entertain, but more importantly, to encourage readers with God’s faithfulness.

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                                                                      JOEL & ELLA

1881 Boston. It’s been a year since Ella's fiancé left town on the eve of their wedding, and she still can’t bring herself to go to church or see her friends. To help her move past her hurt, her parents insist she get a job. In the process, she gets reacquainted with Joel, a neighbor who accompanies her on the trolley to and from the large department store where she finds work. They enjoy each other’s company, and Joel begins to think they might share a future.

Then, Ella’s ex-fiancé returns, asking for a second chance. He’s already broken her heart once. Can she trust him? Does she still love him? Her feelings for Joel pull her in another direction. Or maybe she should stay away from any man so she won’t get hurt again. Mama advises her to pray. Will Ella look to God for her answer or turn away from both men to avoid heartache?

Famous Horses in History…Trigger – by Donna Schlachter with Giveaway

Roy and Trigger courtesy MorganHorse.com

Trigger the horse was one half of a famous team that included Roy Rogers. So let’s spend a little time looking at the famous man whose untiring devotion to the horse, and whose acute business sense saw the benefit in marketing this animal to his audience (many of whom were children), made Trigger’s fame possible.

Roy was born in 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the third of four children. Leonard Franklin Slye lived with his family on a hand-built houseboat, which they moved to dry land during the Great Flood of 1913 and continued living in it.

In 1922, when Leonard/Roy was 11 years old, he was given a horse and learned to ride. The family was musical, so Leonard/Roy learned to sing, yodel, and play several instruments. During the Depression, the family moved to California, and although Leonard/Roy worked as a fruit picker and other itinerant jobs, he longed to pursue singing. He eventually co-founded the Sons of the Pioneers, making their first records in 1934 when he was 23. The actor Gene Autry gave them their first break with singing parts in his movies. Sometimes, who you know matters.

Just a few years later, Leonard/Roy got a lengthy contract with Republic Pictures, who wanted to cash in on the popularity and recent passing of Will Rogers, so Leonard/Roy changed his name to Roy Rogers. His first movie, Under Western Stars, released in 1938, required the use of a horse. Several were brought to him, and he chose the third mount, Golden Cloud, not even looking at the rest.

Roy and Trigger (MorganHorse.com)

 

From the beginning, Roy observed that Golden Cloud was no ordinary horse. Smiley Burnett, a co-worker, said, “he is quick off the trigger”, and Roy thought that a good name.

Trigger’s ancestry has always been up for debate, but Roy did some research, and he learned that the sire was at least part Morgan, part Thoroughbred, and his dam was also part Morgan. Despite that, Trigger’s bloodlines included the work ethic of the Morgan and the intelligence and agility of the Thoroughbred.

Trigger doing tricks with Roy (MorganHorse.com)

 

Hollywood Horse Trainer Glenn Randall trained Trigger on more than 150 tricks, including his famous two-legged rear, sitting in a chair, covering himself with a blanket and taking a nap, and because of a hectic travel schedule, was even housebroken.

Although Roy carefully guarded the secret that there was more than one Trigger, the horses were not identical. Trigger had one white stocking, while Trigger Jr. and Little Trigger had four. Their sizes were slightly different, and had Roy stood them side by side, even the little children would have realized their beloved Trigger had look-alikes. Interestingly, because Trigger was never bred, neither of his stand-ins were direct descendants. When asked why he didn’t allow Trigger to breed, Roy said he didn’t want to risk losing the docile spirit of the horse, as that made him trainable and also able to stand quietly while inexperienced riders sat on him.

Here are some interesting facts about Trigger and Roy:

-- Trigger, as Golden Cloud, had first been used in a movie featuring Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marion in The Adventures of Robin Hood

-- Trigger and Roy appeared in 88 movies from 1938 through the mid-1950s

-- Trigger had his own fan club, with members worldwide.

-- Trigger and Roy have their prints in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre 

Handprints and hoof prints at Grauman's Chinese Theater (MorganHorse.com)

-- Little Trigger was the horse that folks called “the smartest horse in the movies”, but Trigger got the fame

-- The Denver Broncos NFL team received permission to use the mold that created the form for Trigger after he died, and Bucky the Bronco was used to create the blue stallion with the blazing orange eyes that is synonymous with the Bronco team. The mold was destroyed after that.

-- In 1999, actor Val Kilmer led a horse named Triggerson on stage at the 71st Academy Awards as a tribute to Roy Rogers and his cowboy peers. Triggerson was reportedly grandsired by Trigger Jr.

Trigger died of natural causes one day shy of his 30th birthday at Roy’s ranch in Apple Valley, California. Unwilling to let his long-time friend and companion go, Roy arranged for a professional taxidermist to preserve the hide on a foam likeness of Trigger. The likeness was put on display in the original Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Apple Valley in 1967, then moved to the new museum location in Victorville, California, in 1976, and then resided in Branson, Missouri, since 2003.

Classic two-legged stance (Courtesy of wikipedia)

 

When the museum closed in 2010, its contents were sold at public auction. Trigger’s likeness was initially purchased by a television station, which planned to include it in a western museum, but those plans never materialized. But that hasn’t stopped Trigger. Instead, he’s spent the years since greeting visitors at the station’s corporate headquarters, along with Buttermilk, Dale Evans’ horse, and Bullet, Roy’s companion dog. The trio are occasionally lent to venues like John Wayne: An American Experience, and The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, where they continue to delight audiences of all ages. 

 

As Roy would say, "Happy trails to you!"



Leave a comment about any fond memories you have of Trigger and Roy Rogers, and I will randomly draw from all comments for a free ebook of Hollenberg Hearts to be sent to one lucky recipient.

 

About Hollenberg Hearts: A mail order bride. A crippled stationmaster. No way out for either of them—except with each other. Can they surrender their hearts and find true love?

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A hybrid author, Donna writes squeaky clean historical and contemporary suspense. She has been published more than 60 times in books; is a member of several writers' groups; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, traveling extensively for both, and is an avid oil painter. She is taking all the information she’s learned along the way about the writing and publishing process, and is coaching committed writers eager to tell their story. Learn more at https://www.donnaschlachter.com/the-purpose-full-writer-coaching-programs Check out her coaching group on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604220861766651

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Resources:

Rearing image of trigger: (picture credit): https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/15871/)

https://saddleupcolorado.net/blog/-roy-rogers-horse-trigger-breed-facts-where-he-is-no/?srsltid=AfmBOorpRamQCZ0b9o7ULLbs7GjmUBPAbA46x6t732KOmF74aA9J4MS9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)

https://www.morganhorse.com/upload/photos/page_1144_4-tmh_oct2020_historical_morgans_in_western_films_iv_roy_rogers_trigger.pdf

Shopping Comes Home: The History of Store Catalogs

by Kimberly Keagan

I'm old enough to remember the excitement of receiving the Sears & Roebuck, JCPenney, and Montgomery Ward catalogs in the mail, especially at Christmas. I'd sit for hours looking at the toys and, when I became a teenager, the clothes. It was the golden age of mail-order. Sears sent out its last catalog in 1993—nearly a century after it published its first, closing a chapter that had shaped how generations of Americans shopped.

Photo courtesy of thecatalogblog.com

 

That chapter began in the late 19th century, when shopping as people had known it for hundreds of years shifted dramatically. Thanks to the rise of the store catalog, the pleasures of browsing and buying arrived directly at the household door. These printed volumes transformed commerce—bringing fashion, household goods, and modern conveniences to an eager public.

Early catalogs were modest publications with simple price lists intended for merchants or rural customers. But by the Gilded Age, they had evolved into beautifully illustrated publications filled with detailed descriptions, persuasive language, and carefully curated selections. Engravings and fashion plates allowed readers to see what they were buying or what they dreamed of buying. Catalogs became entertainment as much as utility. Families pored over them together, circling favorites and discussing possibilities, often long before placing an order. For those living far from major cities, catalogs were nothing short of revolutionary. Rural households could now access the same goods as urban shoppers—ready-made clothing, furniture, tools, musical instruments, and even entire house building kits. Choice expanded dramatically, and with it, a sense of participation in modern life. 

                                     

Photo courtesy of thecatalogblog.com

 
Urban customers, too, embraced catalogs. They allowed for unhurried decision-making and offered a preview of styles before venturing into stores. The catalog bridged distance, time, and social barriers.

Clothing catalogs played a particularly important role. They standardized styles, spread trends rapidly, and introduced customers to silhouettes and accessories once limited to elite circles. Detailed measurements and descriptions helped buyers select garments suited to their needs, while illustrations encouraged confidence—and imagination. Catalog fashion helped shape a shared visual culture, making style more accessible and more democratic.    

                                       

Photo courtesy of Pinterest.

The language of catalogs was carefully chosen. Items were described not merely by function, but by promise—comfort, elegance, durability, respectability. Owning these goods suggested participation in a modern, orderly, and aspirational world. Each page invited readers to imagine improved homes, better appearances, and smoother daily routines.

Store catalogs laid the groundwork for modern retail, influencing how people shopped, planned purchases, and even dreamed about the future. They also left behind a remarkable visual record of everyday life—one that continues to fascinate historians and collectors alike.

In their crisp pages and confident prose, Gilded Age catalogs captured a moment when commerce met possibility. They brought the wider world into the parlor, proving that shopping could be as much about imagination as acquisition—and that sometimes, the most exciting journey began with turning a page. I still think about those hours spent circling toys and clothes on the pages of Sears and JCPenney, and I suspect that's exactly the feeling those first catalog makers were counting on.

 

Kimberly Keagan is a former investor relations consultant and corporate financial writer (not very romantic) who now crafts historical romances filled with strong heroines, swoon-worthy heroes, faith, and a touch of humor. Her debut novel, Perfect, released in May 2025. The fifth book in her Hearts on Display series releases September 9th. When not reading or writing, Kimberly enjoys baking, gardening, watching sports, and researching her family tree. Grab a free copy of her novelette, All Along, by subscribing to her mailing list here.

A Whale of a Tale by Cindy Regnier

I will begin this story by saying the truth of it is highly debated and mostly considered to be a myth by folks knowledgeable on the subject. That said, it’s interesting and a similar Biblical account makes us want to believe it. Let’s dig into the story of James Bartley who, in his day, was nicknamed the modern-day Jonah.

In 1891, a sensational story appeared in the St. Louis Globe Democrat newspaper that caught everyone’s attention. According to the report, a young sailor named James Bartley got swallowed by a sperm whale, and when the whale was killed and his belly cut open, out popped Bartley. He was, blind horribly burned by the whale’s gastric juices, but alive. Several newspapers picked up the story and it became quite popular. The public “swallowed it” so-to-speak.

The event was reported to have taken place in February of 

1892 about two hundred miles east of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. According to the article, a British ship named Star of the East spotted a huge sperm whale about three miles away. The ship lowered two small boats and they began chasing the whale as was the practice in those days of whaling. James BartIey was in the first longboat to reach the side of the whale. The harpooner leaned over and drove his weapon deep into the whale’s vitals. The stricken beast began to thrash about in the foamy waters in agony. Bartley and the other oarsmen rowed frantically to get out of reach of the struggling animal, but its lashing upended the boat, throwing the men into the water. The second longboat arrived and picked up the survivors. But two men were found missing, and one of them was James Bartley.

The ship waited to see if the whale would survive. Just before sunset, the carcass of the whale rose to the surface only a few hundred yards from the ship. The crew fastened a line to the whale and winched it to the ship’s side. The men immediately began cutting open the whale and peeled the blubber off its back. Late that night, when the crewmen tried to remove the stomach, they noticed movement inside the large sack. Believing some large sea animal was trapped inside, they sliced open the stomach and instead discovered that it was the missing sailor Bartley.

The ship’s doctor had Bartley drenched with sea water, which restored his consciousness but not his reason. He floundered about and babbled incoherently. He was confined to a cabin for several weeks and bound with ropes so he could not injure himself. Gradually Bartley regained his senses. Eventually he was able to relate what had happened to him.

 Bartley said that as he fell into the water, he saw a tremendous mouth open over him and he screamed as he was engulfed by it. He then felt sharp stabbing pains as he was swept across the teeth and then slid feet first down a slimy tube that carried him to the whale's stomach. He could breathe, but the hot, fetid odor soon rendered him unconscious and the last thing he remembered was kicking as hard as he could at the soft, yielding stomach.

As a result of his fifteen hours inside the whale's stomach, Bartley lost all the hair on his body and was blind for the rest of his life. His skin was bleached to an unnatural whiteness that gave the appearance of being bloodless, although he was physically healthy.

James Bartley never made another trip to the sea and settled down to shore life as a cobbler in his native city of Gloucester, England. He died eighteen years after his remarkable survival and terrifying adventure.

On his tombstone in the churchyard at Gloucester is a brief account of his experience at sea and a footnote, which says: James Bartley -1870-1909 - A Modern Jonah.

Could a man really survive for fifteen hours inside a whale’s stomach? Scientists say no. While there have been a handful of instances where sailors and divers had fallen into the mouth of a whale (to be spit out), nobody has passed through the esophagus and into the stomach. Some say it is physically impossible because a whale’s throat is very narrow, about the size of a human fist, and can only stretch to about 15 inches in diameter to accommodate a bigger meal. Others say it is possible, especially if this was a sperm whale, whose throats are much wider than a blue whale.

The naysayers point out that even if a person did manage to survive the swallowing and slipped into the stomach, he would find himself in a hostile environment. Sperm whales have four stomach chambers, like a cow, full of digestive enzymes. Besides, there is no air inside the stomach, which would make survival an impossibility. But the Biblical Jonah…?

So there you have it. What do you think? True or ‘sailor’s yarn’? Personally, I believe the Biblical story of Jonah without question, but James Bartley? Hmmmm……

Scribbling in notebooks has been a habit of Cindy Regnier since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Born and raised in Kansas, she writes stories of historical Kansas, especially the Flint Hills area where she spent much of her childhood.

Her experiences with the Flint Hills setting, her natural love for history, farming and animals, along with her interest in genealogical research give her the background and passion to write heart-fluttering historical romance.

 

The Women of the U.S. Postage Stamps—Part 6

By Jennifer Uhlarik

 

Hello, readers! It’s time for the next installment of women who have been featured on our American postage stamps. In previous posts, we’ve explored nearly 90 years of U.S. Postage history, with many interesting women who have graced the postage stamps. 

 

Today, we jump in with the postal history of 1985. The first lady we’ll see on the postage stamp is a literal First Lady—Mrs. Abigail Adams, the wife of the second U.S. President, John Adams. Interestingly, due to a sickly childhood, young Abigail never attained a formal education. However, that didn’t stop her from learning. Her mother and other family members taught her to read, write, and cipher, and she availed herself of her extended family’s extensive libraries. She read much on many topics. When she was fifteen, a young country lawyer named John Adams came to her house with a friend—the man engaged to be married to Abigail’s sister. Eventually, John and Abigail married, and John whisked her away to an adventure she probably never imagined in her childhood. She birthed six children in twelve years, watched from afar as her husband served in the Continental Congress. During this time, she ran the family farm and wrote many letters to her husband, helping him hammer out ideas on the founding of this fledgling nation. In the 1780s, she accompanied her husband to Paris on a diplomatic mission, served as the very first Second Lady of the United States when John became Vice President under George Washington. Once Washington stepped out of the presidency after two terms, John was elected President, making Abigail the second-ever First Lady. They served only one term in the Presidency, though twenty-four years later, her second-born, John Quincy Adams, was elected as the country’s sixth President, making her one of only two women in American politics to be both the wife and the mother of an American president. (The other is Barbara Bush).

Also featured in 1985 was Mary McLeod Bethune. Born in 1875, Mary was the fifteenth child of seventeen. Her parents had both been former slaves and continued to work as sharecroppers for their former owner, eventually earning enough to purchase five acres of land from him. There, they built a cabin and raised their extensive family. She desired to be a missionary in Africa, but after the mission board turned her down, she became a teacher instead. Eventually moving to Florida, Mary started the Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904. Initially, the school had six students—five girls and Mary’s son, Albert. A year later, the school had thirty students, and a year after that, the number had swelled to two-hundred-fifty. She sought rich benefactors for her school, grew the institution, and eventually merged it with the Cookman Institute in 1923, making it the first Black college in Florida. Mary Bethune served as president of the college until 1942. In addition to this prestigious work, she also went on to work for many other causes including women’s suffrage and civil rights, among others. 

Our next lady is one I’d not heard of before—Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood. She was born in 1830 New York to a farmer and his wife. By age fourteen, Belva began teaching at the local elementary school, and four years later, she married her first husband, Uriah McNall. Unfortunately, their marriage was short-lived. After five years, Uriah died of illness, leaving Belva a widow with a three-year-old daughter in tow. Fearing her present education level would not serve her well, she fought to enroll in college and, after a semester, was granted a seat at Genesee College. It was there, she gained an interest in the law and began taking private lessons with a local lawyer who advertised for students wanting to learn law. After graduation, she became the headmistress of a school, but still found she was paid roughly half of her male counterparts. Upon meeting and getting to know Susan B. Anthony, Belva’s theory on education changed, particularly in regard to young women. In the schools she oversaw, she began expanding curriculums to include business classes, math, science, and more, so that her female students could do more than manage a household. She married for the second time in 1868, this time to Reverend Ezekiel Lockwood. Lockwood was substantially older than Belva, and supported her unusual goals of wanting to become a lawyer and run for political office. After much difficulty, she fulfilled all coursework and testing to gain her law degree but had to fight for her diploma. It required a letter to then-President Ulysses S. Grant to get the diploma issued, which then allowed her to join the District of Columbia bar. She was the first women to run for President of the United States, but as a member of the Equal Rights Party, she had no real chance of being elected to the highest office. Despite that, she had a forty-three-year career in law, became the first woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, fought to be sure the Cherokee Nation was given the $5,000,000 promised them by the government for land they ceded to the nation, and many other interesting cases.

 

Next up is Margaret Mitchell, who you might recognize as the famed author of Gone with the Wind. Margaret was born in 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia, and lived her entire life in that state. Her childhood consisted of hearing grisly stories of the American Civil War from her extended family, who fought for the Confederacy during the conflict, as well as seeing the old brick and stone fireplaces of many of the plantation homes burned in Sherman’s March to the Sea. She took up storytelling and writing at an early age, and by the time she went to college, her mother had many of her stories collected in boxes in the family home. As an adult, she worked for a time as a journalist for the Atlanta Journal but left the job when she injured her ankle. It was during this time that she began writing Gone with the Wind. It took her three years to complete, and it was quickly picked up by a publisher. Other works she wrote and submitted at the same time were rejected, although in 1996, a romantic novella she wrote in her teen years entitled Lost Laysen was discovered among the belongings of a former boyfriend and was published posthumously, to great acclaim. 

Our final lady of the postage stamp for today is Isabella Bomefree. In case that name doesn’t ring a bell, she is better known as Sojourner Truth. Truth was born into slavery around 1797 in New York. In the 1820s, New York made a move toward abolishing slavery, and her owner promised to free her when the statewide abolition took place a year later. However, when he then reneged by stating an injury had made her less productive, she fled with her infant daughter to freedom (leaving several other children behind). A kindly couple took her and her daughter in and, when word came that her son had been illegally sold to another owner, helped Truth fight in court for her son. After months of legal battles, she won the case—a first for any black woman. In her newfound freedom, she became a Christian and believed the Lord called her to preach the truth that was in her. Thus, she began making the circuit to various camp meetings. She became a well-known speaker and singer, lending her voice to various causes from abolition of slavery to equal rights, women’s suffrage, and more. She lived to be eighty-six years old and spent the bulk of her life speaking out on these causes.

 

It's Your Turn: Which of these amazing women do you find the most inspirational or interesting, and why?

 

 

 

Jennifer Uhlarik discovered western novels at twelve when she swiped the only “horse” book from her brother’s bookshelf. Across the next decade, she devoured westerns and fell in love with the genre. While attaining a B.A. in writing from the University of Tampa, she began penning her own story of the Old West. She has finaled in and won numerous writing competitions and appeared on various best-seller lists. Besides writing, she’s been a business owner, a schoolteacher, a marketing director, a historical researcher, a publisher, and a full-time homemaker. She lives near Tampa, Florida, with her husband and fur children.

 

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Separated as children when they were adopted out to different families from an orphan train, the Braddock siblings have each grown up and taken on various jobs within law enforcement and criminal justice.

 

Youngest child, Callie, has pushed past her insecurities to pursue a career as a Pinkerton agent. Middle child, Andi, has spent years studying law under her adoptive father’s tutelage. And the eldest and only son, Rion, is a rough-and-tumble bounty hunter. 

 

When the hunt for a serial killer with a long history of murders reunites the brother and sisters in Cambria Springs, Colorado, they find themselves not only in a fight for justice, but also a fight to keep their newly reunited family intact. How will they navigate these challenges when further complicated by unexpected romances?