Effie Johnson and her brother lived west of the Old West’s Hotel. Neither Effie or her brother ever married. Her brother was a brakeman for the CB&Q Railroad (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad).
The Will and Marie (Laycock) Johnson home at 263 Main Street was constructed in 1906 for Lydia Finley, who never lived in the house. It was initially the residence of farm employees of the Finley farm. It was…
Shuttle tatting is the technique of creating lace by hand by tying double stitch knots onto thread that is shaped into rings and chains to form a lacy material.
Tatting Shuttle belonged to Lou Johnson's mother, Viola Jacobson. She did the yellow…