Illinois Fonda’s
Photo album from family of Hamilton Giles Fonda of DuQuoin, IL: Photo (scan) credit Jon Yinger (album owner). The photographer is Mangolds, Mangold and Cochran and City Gallery of DuQuoin and R.F. Adams of St. Louis,…
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Tennessee Fonda’s
The Fonda Family of Chattanooga, Tennessee Obituary from Chattanooga Times, 10 Jun 1922 - Jeremiah D. Fonda, 89, died yesterday morning at 8:10 o'clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Sue Fonda Scholze, at 1017…
1947 Fonda Train Wreck
A moment in history... Fonda, NY Train Wreck "The wreck occurred on July 18, 1947 at Fonda, NY. My grandfather was the engineer operating engine number 2775, an L2a Mohawk I believe. He was the only…
1909 Fonda Hotel Fire
A moment in history... Hotel Roy Burned Fonda Landmark Destroyed - Night Porter Injured While Escaping Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY, 26 Jan 1909 Fonda, NY - Jan 26 -- The most disastrous fire that has visited…
Fonda’s Freaky Friday
A Most Unfortunate Ending Here's an interesting series of articles I ran across... that might make a good story line for The Twilight Zone. The incident actually happened on July 20, 1866 which was a Friday...…