OFFICIAL PETERSON WEBSITE

Thanks to my son, Todd, I have a little space to play with. I would like to make some information and family photos available for everyone, in hopes of informing generations to follow. I have created a number of pages for my own entertainment. They were meant to be entertaining, and in many cases, humorous. Language and subject matter may be offensive to some readers. If you have a correction or comment, please contact pete@thepetersonranch.com. I encourage suggestions!

Index in order of creation

Table of Contents;

AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS WEBSITE! http://www.petesmemories.com/info.html

NEW 1-26-23

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME FOREVER? What a horrendously stupid idea.

http://www.petesmemories.com/sun.html

AND

DO YOU PAY FOR WEEKLY TRASH COLLECTION?

http://www.petesmemories.com/trash.html

New CHRISTMAS What does it mean to you? 12/23/2022 http://www.petesmemories.com/xmas.html

NEW DARK MATTER a dissertation 5-1-2022 DEDICATED TO MY SON, SCOTT. http://www.petesmemories.com/dkmat.html

NEW a dissertation; WHAT MAKES PETE TIC? 11-18-21 http://www.petesmemories.com/tic

Monday, January 18^th 2021 A discussion about the existence of covid-19, with a bible thumper, was the inspiration for this mini-study,

comparing scientific knowledge to knowledge of the ancients who wrote the manuscripts, from which the Bible was derived.

http://www.petesmemories.com/bible.html

ALSO NEW 11-19-2020 How are your balls? Rated G A short story about Eyeballs. http://www.petesmemories.com/balls.html

9-12-2020 Added my new living trust restatement: http://www.petesmemories.com/trustandwill.html

3-23-2020 My thoughts on the pandemic. http://www.petesmemories.com/covid.html

2-5-2020 100 year old family photos

I have finally taken the time to “piece together” these lovely old photographs, mounted on heavy paper. My grandpa Halvor is in both photos.

They were taken in 1920 in Finley North Dakota. http://www.petesmemories.com/halvor.html

2-3-2020 Some family history provided by my father’s cousin, Erling Boe. http://www.petesmemories.com/erling

8-29-2019 This small book belonged to my dad’s sister, Agnes. It is a religious calendar, and contains the birthdates of relatives (Boes) from the early 1800s,

handwritten. I donated it to the family genealogist, Christie Livingston. http://www.petesmemories.com/kriftelig

HUH? Check this out……………and STOP telling me I need a hearing aid. 2-21-2019 http://www.petesmemories.com/huh.htm

Did you know?? There are folks that believe that the earth is flat. I must have missed something! 2-2-2019 http://www.petesmemories.com/flat.html

REVISED Matthew’s family page. http://www.petesmemories.com/matt.html. Added new stuff. Enhanced photos.

(adjusted contrast and exposure) 1-31-2018

The “pilot” 1-29-2018 http://www.petesmemories.com/pilot.html

Here’s what I think! Readers strongly cautioned! 12-19-2017 http://www.petesmemories.com/hereswhatithink.html

Inappropriate behavior in the workplace. 12-1-2017 http://www.petesmemories.com/inappropriate.html

Whackypedia: A few words and phrases, defined. (reader discretion advised) 11-11-2017

http://www.petesmemories.com/whackypedia.html

Peteypedia: Warped version of whackypedia. (reader discretion strongly advised) in progress 11-19-2017

http://www.petesmemories.com/peteypedia.html

Sheep a look at my new herd; http://www.petesmemories.com/sheep.html 6-30-2017

A memorial for my son, Scott. 5-10-1969 to 7-11-2016 http://www.petesmemories.com/scott.html

Harold Peterson’s home movies (8mm) There was a total of fifty four salvageable reels. I had them converted to digital format, and uploaded them to YouTube. These are YouTube URLs. http://www.petesmemories.com/8mm.html

A short story: Freedom! http://www.petesmemories.com/freedom

I received an album made by my parents, almost exclusively our trip to Okinawa.

http://www.petesmemories.com/okinawaalbum.html

Added Aunt Esther’s photo album. http://www.petesmemories.com/ellis.html

Added bunch 24. http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch24.html

I uploaded my camera on 5-27-16. There are photos of some things that my parents treasured. The other photos are around the house recently. http://www.petesmemories.com/uploadcamera.html

Since I have reconnected with the Cutler family, I have found many things to add.

Talking with Anita Cutler/Hinks inspired this page. http://www.petesmemories.com/base.html

http://www.petesmemories.com/cutler.html

http://www.petesmemories.com/newfie.html

Also recently added:

thunderbowlcomet.html

When I rode dirt bikes in the 1970s, as we drove through Acton, on our way to Mojave, we passed an old race car called the “Thunderbowl Comet”.

While my memory is still intact, I decided to research, and record. Here is what I found……………….http://www.petesmemories.com/thunderbowlcomet.html

Some handcrafted items, crochet by Patricia Jenkins. See http://www.petesmemories.com/crochet

We had to take down our giant cottonwood. See http://www.petesmemories.com/mike

I will add a list of albums here. Some of these have not been available.

http://www.petesmemories.com/albums.html

I have begun a page in memory of my father, Harold Edwin Peterson.

http://www.petesmemories.com/harold

A new page dedicated to Christie Boe’s offspring

http://www.petesmemories.com/wiger.html

Photos and construction records of the Oroville property.

http://www.petesmemories.com/oroville.html

For our friend, Francis Lyon/Paxton

http://www.petesmemories.com/fran.html

and

Our neighbor, John Peter Pibb.

http://www.petesmemories.com/john.html

Johnson/Matthews. I have compiled photos of Aunt Ethel’s family. See http://www.petesmemories.com/matt.html.

Some fun things to look at!

Whackypedia: A few words and phrases, defined. (reader discretion advised) 11-11-2017 http://www.petesmemories.com/whackypedia.html

Is there a God? http://www.petesmemories.com/chaos.html

Stupid! http://www.petesmemories.com/stupid.html

Racist! http://www.petesmemories.com/discrimination.html

Freedom! http://www.petesmemories.com/freedom

End of life decisions http://www.petesmemories.com/fireworks.html

I use these sites to edit photos, quickly;

http://www.petesmemories.com/find.html

http://www.petesmemories.com/picteditor.html

http://www.petesmemories.com/picture editor.html

http://www.petesmemories.com/gkids.html

http://www.petesmemories.com/todd.html

And: My personal photo albums.

Many of these photos will be seen on other pages. Rather than duplicate them again, I will insert an address.

You can click on the address and see the photos fully described on another page. J

http://www.petesmemories.com/bluealbum.html My place and my family!

Also: http://www.petesmemories.com/brnalbum.html San Bernardino, Iran, Poway. Mix

And; http://www.petesmemories.com/pics.html Pics around the house-2003-2005

And; http://www.petesmemories.com/pics2.html Pics around the house 2012-2014

http://www.petesmemories.com/slides.html

My slides from Iran. I thought I lost these!

http://www.petesmemories.com/comparison.html

Boe relatives, identified. I will continue to add to this.

http://www.petesmemories.com/flight%20training.htm

My fathers flight training photos (Probably from Eagle Pass, Texas) Early to mid ‘40s. I added some things I received from Dale.

Also new

Photos from Iran

My son Scott pointed out to me that my Iran photos were not available.

I am finished working on that page at this time.

http://www.petesmemories.com/iran.html

I was married to Pam, at the time, and when we returned from Iran, she put together a scrapbook. There are a lot of precious memories in this book.

http://www.petesmemories.com/scrapbook.html

plus-The 1961 Harmon Rocket; http://www.petesmemories.com/61rocket.html

Dale mailed his copy, and I uploaded it 6-10-13.

New favorite emails

My favorite emails!

http://www.petesmemories.com/email

Stuff from family:

This album was sent to me by my brother, Dale. It was put together by my mother.

http://www.petesmemories.com/Dale's%20Album

I also received a box with several albums, and some loose photos.

See the loose photos at http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt1.html.

The rest are in albums. The first album is in three parts. It was my mother’s album, and it is on a black background. It contains photos from the mid forties, to the mid to late fifties. There are over three hundred items to view. I will show them in groups of approximately one hundred items. This expedites the download, as I am using an older laptop to create these pages.

Mom’s album part 1: http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt2.html

Complete

Mom’s album part 2: http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt3.html

Complete

Mom’s album part 3: http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt4.html

Complete

http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt5.html

Album A-Gloria’s album

I don’t know Gloria’s people. I don’t know Gloria. Good photos of Jessica and my boys.

Photos uploaded. No text. I won’t work on this page!

http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt6.html

Album B:Photos uploaded-no text Work in progress

http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt7.html

Album C Incomplete: Photos uploaded- Gloria’s album

I don’t know Gloria’s people. I don’t know Gloria. Good photos of Jessica and my boys.

Photos uploaded. No text. I won’t work on this page!

http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt8.html

Album D Incomplete: Photos only uploaded

http://www.petesmemories.com/dlsbxpt9.html

Album E Incomplete: Photos and preliminary text uploaded.

Remembering Wallace Johnson

Only photo of Ethel Johnson/Matthews added to;

Remembering Wallace Johnson;

http://www.petesmemories.com/jmisc.html

See also http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch9A.html Many photos of Johnson family.

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Harold Peterson’s Stamp Collection

http://www.petesmemories.com/stamp.html

This is a collection put together by my father. I wonder if any of these are valuable, other than their sentimental value. They mostly predate 1940. I have added new scans of his ongoing collection.

Irma Johnson/Peterson

http://www.petesmemories.com/irma.html

This page is dedicated to my mother. I don’t have a lot of photos of the Johnsons, especially photos of my mother, before she graduated high school. This page starts with her graduation picture, which was signed on the back, I’m assuming by a teacher??

I will continue to add to this page.

Gram’s Pan.

Mom was a great cook. I’m struggling to learn to make things taste the way she made them. Here’s a page for my grandsons (four, so far). Some “one pan” wonders, to keep you from starving to death.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pan.html

After receiving a query about Boes from ancestry.com, I developed this page. All the folks you see are somehow related to the Boes.

http://www.petesmemories.com/boe.html

Oroville; In 2005 we were offered 440,000 dollars for our property.

We attended an auction, and won a piece of property as a door prize

See the Alturas property at

http://www.petesmemories.com/alturas.html

We purchased (with Bob’s help) five acres in Oroville.

We had a well drilled, septic installed, and power brought in.

http://www.petesmemories.com/orowell.html

The well being drilled, and pump and tank installed.

http://www.petesmemories.com/orosep.html

The septic being installed. tank, leach lines, etc.

http://www.petesmemories.com/oropwr.html

Installation of transformer and meter.

How about some Pitneys?

Agnes Pitney Photo Album

Agnes Peterson made two albums that I have scanned. There are others I am aware of.

This is part a of the first.

My aunt Agnes was married twice. Her second marriage was to Willard Pitney.

They loved the outdoors. Fishing, first, then rockhounding.

The photos that you see showing the lapidary shop and display cases were passed on to my father. When he passed away, they came down to me.

Most of these photos are of their favorite fishing spots.

Album 1 was done in two parts.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pitalb1a.html

This is part a of the first.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pitalb1b.html

This is part b of the first.

Album 2 was done in four parts.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pitalb2a.html

This is part a of the second.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pitalb2b.html

This is part b of the second.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pitalb2c.html

This is part c of the second.

http://www.petesmemories.com/pitalb2d.html

This is part d of the second.

The Terry H. Peterson Living Trust. http://www.petesmemories.com/trust.html This trust is obsolete.

See new version at;

http://www.petesmemories.com/trustandwill.html

Remembering Wallace Johnson;

http://www.petesmemories.com/jmisc.html

See also http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch9A.html Many photos of Johnson family.

http://www.petesmemories.com/testing.html

Several sensitive subjects will be discussed.

http://www.petesmemories.com/early.html

This is an early group of photos of my Mom and Dad. Elsie, Irma, Bud, etc.

http://www.petesmemories.com/jmisc.html

A group of photos with Johnsons (before and after marriage). Many are duplicates. Also http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch9A.html Johnson Family almost exclusively.

http://www.petesmemories.com/dadspage.html

This page will list the photo albums and scrapbooks that are available.

Morocco

I had the pleasure of working for Northrop as a technical publications analyst. As validations coordinator, it was my responsibility to validate the procedures for maintenance on the inertial navigation system, on Morocco’s F-5 fighter aircraft. I took a few photos.

http://www.petesmemories.com/morocco.html

Okinawa; My first trip overseas. I went to kindergarten, and first grade in Okinawa.

http://www.petesmemories.com/okinawa.html

These were pictures taken in Okinawa in the late 1940s and early 1950s. There is a military awards presentation shown, also, the Quonset living quarters, and fun on the beach. There are some new things I received from Dale. They can be found in Dale’s Album, and Dale’s box. See above.

Newfoundland

See this first!

I originally put this up as http://www.petesmemories.com/nfld.html but it took so long to load, I divided it into two parts. The original part was modified to show my personal photos. I will add to this as I find them.

I attended High School in Newfoundland my freshman and sophomore years. (1961-1962) These are yearbooks from Harmon High, from those two years.

This is My brother, Dale’s copy of the 1961 yearbook.

http://www.petesmemories.com/61rocket.html

I am unable to find my copy. It was signed by all my friends, and acquaintances. A tragic loss!

This is my yearbook from 1962 in two parts.

http://www.petesmemories.com/nfld1.html pages 1-108

http://www.petesmemories.com/nfld2.html pages 109-end

The Petersons

A scrapbook by Martha Peterson

http://www.petesmemories.com/template.html

This is a scrapbook, put together by my grandmother, Martha Boe/Peterson. The main subject is a return trip to Norway. This trip was made in 1948. If you check out bunch 13a, you will find Grandma and Grandpa’s passport. In the back pages you will find where Grandpa became a citizen of the U.S.A.

http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch13a.html Grandpa Peterson’s passport is among these images.

http://www.petesmemories.com/gpalb.html

There are two small albums, put together by my grandmother. My Uncle Egbert is the subject of one, and my dad is the subject of the other.

There are many photos of all the Peterson family of the 1940s.

http://www.petesmemories.com/hist.html Check this out!

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This is a document written by my Grandma’s sister(?), entitled “My Heritage”.

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http://www.babynames.org.uk/norwegian-baby-names.htm

Norwegian Baby Girl Names				Norwegian Baby Boy Names
Agnes Agnete Alfhild Amalie

GENERAL ELECTRIC

http://www.petesmemories.com/ge.html After working for Lockheed, I worked for General Electric a couple times. The second time we worked on the prototype G.E.90. These photos got wet, and I was lucky to save them. For all my friends I worked with at G.E.

Loose photos etc. in bunches;

http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch1.html

Mixed-Groups of approx. 40 images- Identified if possible.

http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch2.html

Mixed-Groups of approx. 40 images- Identified if possible.

http://www.petesmemories.com/bunch3.html