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Erma Peirson reflects on her early life, beginning in the late 1890's to the late 1940's through a collection of life stories. Beginning as a Country School student to her high school graduation, and later as a pioneer teacher in a one room school house. She tells of her tenderfoot sisters Mojave adventures. After her marriage in 1922, she became a rancher with her husband in Madera, CA. The stories end with Mojave family experiences during World War Two and describing the introduction of the Television to her family home.

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The author's lifelong interest in historical matters is reflected here, as it was in her earlier books, Kern's Desert (1956) and The Mojave River and Its Valley (1970). Following a decade of teaching, Mrs. Peirson turned to journalism and public relations work, becoming the editor of the weekly paper Rocketeer (1945-1950) of the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and later the editor of the Apply Valley Bonanza (1965-1967). Her experience has also been noted in her editorial work and historical feature writing for the newspapers of Apple, Valley, Hesperia, Victorville, Barstow, Ridgecrest, and Fresno. A member of several historical societies and of the National League of American Pen Women. In 2024, Fresno's Past was published posthumously which originally appeared as a column in the Fresno Guide newspaper from 1963 to 1965 and which she was cultivating it into a book at the time of her passing in 1971. Contributor on Fresno's Past in 2024. Retired Engineering Manager living in Orange County, California. Contributor on Fresno's Past in 2024. Retired Engineering Manager living in Orange County, California.

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