When we last looked in on William C. Bernard and Thomas R. Bard, Bard had two big reasons for feuding with Bernard. First, Bernard, tapped as postmaster in 1869, had deigned to name the settlement “Wynema,” after his Wynema Lighter Company. But that’s not all. By the summer of 1870, the lighters or rafts owned by Barnard, Charles H. Bailey, Christopher Christensen, and Daniel Dempsey had eff...
Jun 24, 2022
