Robb Was Here
by Jon Burch Photography
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Robb Was Here
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
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Photograph - Digital Capture
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It's interesting to pick a name on the rocks and see what you can find. J. W. Robb stood out and I spent a small while on the internet to see what could be found. I suspect that if one were to spend more than just a few minutes, something more could turn up. However, I did find this:
According to the History of the Class of 1857 from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, edited by C. B. Downs: "The 21st of September, 1853, was not duly appreciated by the then passing generation. To them it was as other days had been. On that day, however, the class of '57, from nothing, came to be something. Souls entered into the Fosters, Jones, McIlvaine, Snowden, Vance, Dodd, Hays, Hoge, Kennedy, Orr, Richie, Robinson, J.W. Robb and W. L. Wallace, who from being clodhoppers and the like, came to be students. To us at least that day was the birthday of the class feeling, which I undertake to say is one of the most cherished friendships of all our lives."
And, there was evidently a J. W. Robb in Tacoma, Washington about that time as he attended some funerals of others.
Well, whadda know!
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July 22nd, 2014
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