The Swanström brand, H Lazy S, was first registered in 1914 with the Wyoming State Livestock Commission by my great uncle, Hugo Swanström, of Marbleton, Wyoming. He probably had registered the brand a decade earlier with officials in Sublette County. When he moved to California, he allowed the Wyoming registration to lapse. In 1942, the…
Walliser
Anton Walliser (1729-1800) was a German mercenary who served with the 60th Royal American Regiment, and later settled in New York. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. He and his family fled to Ontario, where they anglicized their name to Wallace. A generation later they returned to America, settled in Ohio, then moved…
Astrological Lore
In astrology, a prominence of Cygnus is said to give a contemplative, dreamy, cultured and adaptable nature, with ill-regulated and unsteady affections. Talents are said to develop late. There is some love of water and swimming and the arts. Manilus, writing in the 1st century CE analyzed the influence of Cygnus as follows: “Its down…
Swedish Names
Scandinavians didn’t use hereditary surnames in most cases until about 1900. Their customs would surprise many Americans. Swedish Priests’ Names Swedish Soldiers’ Names