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Here's a wonderful women in power story

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Here's a story about my ancestor

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Criminal Genealogy Speaker

I have been hire to speak at several Genealogy Societies on Criminal Genealogy and even a Zoom for a Canada one. I am so excited that something I am so passionate about is taking off.

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https://criminalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/11/isham-frost-murder.html

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A Mystery I am trying to solve

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Criminal Genealogy https://criminalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/11/andrew-andy-johnson-highway-robbery.html

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Criminal Genealogy: Telling their stories 

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I would like to know what kind of mental disorder she had her death has been so hush, why did she hang herself??? Those that didn’t know her want to know why..Her facebook profile is missing why??? 

Just wondering if you knew Ciannon Basher. She was and always will be my best friend. Sorry if this was completely random but I googled her name just now and one of your posts came up.

Hi, sorry for the really delayed reply.

I didn’t know her, but as I have mental health issues and have very nearly committed suicide before I reblog suicide posts in memory of those who have taken their lives in hope that they have finally found peace, and so that they will always be remembered.

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Oh Hum

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My baby Theodosia 

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The Ambitious & Magnificent Sutro Baths

Adolph Sutro, the self-made millionaire who designed Sutro Heights and later the second Cliff House, developed the amazing Sutro Baths in 1894. With his special interest in natural history and marine studies, he constructed an ocean pool aquarium among the rocks north of the Cliff House. Sutro then expanded his ocean front complex by constructing a massive public bathhouse that covered three acres and boasted impressive engineering and artistic details. Sutro's dream for the Baths was to provide a healthy, recreational and inexpensive swimming facility for thousands of San Franciscans. A classic Greek portal opened to a massive glass enclosure containing seven swimming pools at various temperatures. There were slides, trapezes, springboards and a high dive. The power of the Pacific Ocean during high tide could fill the 1.7 million gallons of water required for all the pools in just one hour. The Baths could accommodate 10,000 people at one time and offered 20,000 bathing suits and 40,000 towels for rent.

Typical of Sutro's progressive spirit, he designed the Baths to provide its visitors with educational as well as recreational opportunities. The front entrance contained natural history exhibits, galleries of sculptures, paintings, tapestries and artifacts from Mexico, China, Asia, and the Middle East, including the popular Egyptian mummies. In addition to swimming, Sutro Baths offered visitors many other attractions including band concerts, talent shows, and restaurants. With several railroads providing transportation to the area by the late 1890s, a visit to Sutro Baths crowned an all-day family excursion to the shore, including stops at Sutro Heights, the Cliff House, and Ocean Beach.

The End of an Era

For all their glamor and excitement, the Baths were not commercially successful over the long-term. Adolph Sutro died in 1898 and for many years, his family continued to manage his properties. Over time, the Baths became less popular, due to the Great Depression, reduction in available public transportation and new public health codes. In attempts to make the facility profitable, the owners converted the baths into an ice-skating rink but Sutro Baths never regained its popularity and the ice-skating revenue was not enough to maintain the enormous building. In 1964, developers with plans to replace the Baths with high-rise apartments bought the site and began demolition of the once great structure. In 1966, a fire destroyed what was left of the Baths; the city did not pursue the high-rise apartment plans. The concrete ruins just north of the Cliff House are the remains of the grand Sutro Baths and have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area since 1973.