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| Could this be the very spot of Great-grandpa and Great-grandma Crane's Monterey Landing, on the Black River in Monterery, Louisiana? Monterey is about 28 miles from Natchez, across the Mississippi River. The building burned down nearly 100 years ago. I wonder if the vacant lot remains in the family? |
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| Next to the Monterey Landing site is the family cemetery. Great-grandpa Crane was born in Christmas Day 1861, about 8 months after the Civil War began, and lived to be 93 years old. Great-grandma Crane lived from 1866 to 1950. Oh, the changes they must have seen during their lives! I thanked them for raising Amy Bertha Crane, my grandmother, who was a sweet, thoughtful, loving person. She was the 10th of 12 children. As a child, did she run and play on the very spots where I stood? One of my favorite memories of her occurred when I was in first grade. We were back in the States from Peru for a 2-month vacation and were staying with Grandma and Grandpa Hogan. I started first grade in Coushatta, Louisiana, catching the school bus in front of their house. Every day, after school, she'd welcome me home with a package of M&Ms pulled from the floor freezer in the kitchen. 
Wasn't I cute?
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