Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Iowa County Blog
“You’re thinking about that school teacher, are you?’ Will felt himself blush. ~ Giddyap Tin Lizzie For more than a century, on a hill on the east end of Main Street in Linden, Wisconsin, stood a school. A two-story, wooden frame school building with a tall belfry...
Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Iowa County Blog
In my O’Shaughnessy Chronicles novels, Mary O’Shaughnessy is a devout church-goer. Her husband, Will, attends church mostly to please her. Occasionally, he comes away with a bit of preacher’s wisdom that’s applicable to his life. Church was important to my...
Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Real life characters
Note: This article was written and previously posted before the Mitchell’s closed their hardware store in early 2020. In the O’Shaughnessy Chronicles, Mitchell Hardware is the inspiration for Mason’s Hardware. These award-winning books are available...
Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Iowa County Blog, Real life characters
“They began moving day in the rolling hills of Southwest Wisconsin, crossed the Military Ridge, and then slowly descended crests and valleys toward their new home on the Wisconsin River… At dusk a breeze swept down from the bluffs and cleared the fog away, and then he...
Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Iowa County Blog
“Catherine watched intently as the train pulled into the station – whistle blowing, drive wheels screeching, bell clanging. ‘Why can’t the train stop and let Gusta out at our farm?’ she said. ‘The track runs within fifty yards of our house.’” – Bittersweet Harvest...
Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Iowa County Blog, Wisconsin History
Downtown Mineral Point, Wisconsin, holds a special place in my thoughts and memories. In my O’Shaughnessy Chronicles novels, Mineral Point is fictionalized as Ashley Springs. “Ashley Springs’ main business district, High Street, ran uphill a half mile from...
Harold William Thorpe novels are now included on Goodreads! 