Excerpts from Francis C. Waid's Souvenir

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Excerpts from Souvenir

Francis C. Waid chronicled life in Crawford County and along the road in the late 1800s. He complied his family sketches, thoughts, impressions, and "little transactions of common events of life" into three volumes titled Souvenir. Excerpts from this work are presented here. Hundreds of Crawford County residents are mentioned throughout the excerpts. Thanks to David M. Waid for making this material available.

Highlights of the Souvenir

	Friendship
	The Bible, Books and Newspapers
	Visit to Island Home Farm, East Tennessee October 1883
	Trip to Lake Chautauqua and other places, August 1886
	Trip to Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio Sept 1886
	Trip to New York, Long Branch and Essex, Conn, September 1887
	My First Trip to Kansas, October 1888
	Trip to Athens, Penn, Elmira, NY, Etc, Dec 1888 - Jan 1889
	Retrospective Thoughts
	Trip to Washington, DC, February 1889
	Some Thoughts Before Leaving Home
	My Second Trip to Kansas, April 1889
	Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly
	Topeka Chautauqua Assembly
	Trip to Jamestown and Chautaqua, NY, Aug 1889
	Third Trip to Kansas, October 1889
	1886
	1887
	1888
	1889
	Centennial Celebration of Crawford County
	Care and Thrift on the Farm
	Money, A Defense
	Who Received the first 300 copies of Souvenir
	Letters to Francis C. Waid about the Souvenir
	Article from the Meadville Tribune about the Souvenir
	The Waid Twins Monument in Blooming Valley Cemetery
	The Bible
	Our Native Land
	Family Portraits
	More Letters about the Souvenir

A few words about Francis C. Waid by David M. Waid

Read the Excerpts from the Souvenir page by page

Biographical Sketches

Francis C. Waid

Franklin Waid

G.N. Waid

Robert Waid

George W. Cutshall

C. R. Slocum

Biography of the Phelps Family

Autobiography of Thomas W. Phelps

The Henry O. Allen Family

Highlights of the Souvenir

	Introductory Thoughts
	Family
	Sugar Making
	Steam
	A Monarch of the Forest
	Meadville
	School Record of Blooming Valley, 1851-52
	Advice to Young Men