Early Education
Winter 2025
There was a new sheriff in town. A very new sheriff.
When the image (above) arrived in the mail from an ebay seller, I was taken aback by how young Deputy Sheriff Hans Hanson looked. Indeed. Because he was.
The Gardiner Industrial Colony
In researching Gardiner’s Industrial Colony noted in the photo’s caption, a New York Times article, “Boy Government on Farm,” transported me to New York City of the late 1890s.
The article, dated November 28, 1898, was a window into a disturbing world. I wanted to know more about how the boys ended up in Gardiner, what they learned there, and especially, what became of young Hans Hanson […]
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