Congrats to Patty Olsen and Bette Hull for correctly knowing that last week’s photo was taken at the Gingko Park in Vantage. And thanks to Roberta, Opal, Barbara and Jim for guessing!

Today’s mystery isn’t much of a mystery as I post this pix. Ever heard of Frenchtown here in Washington? Settled by descendants of the French-Canadien voyagers and their Metis wives, this was a real place near Walla Walla. I enjoy reading/learning American history above all else, and a friend told me about this story and this place. Fascinating!  The story of how this place, and other similar places, came to be, is told wonderfully in the book Songs Upon the Rivers by Robert Foxcurran, Michel Bouchard and Sebastien Malette, published in 2016.

The cover of this book states: “The buried history of the French-speaking Canadiens and Metis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific.”

I think we need to more about this “buried history”!!