Panama
Stories set here
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The Panama Crossing
Crocodiles in the Chagres, fever in the air, two boys lost from sight all day on the jungle trail — the family's 1852 shortcut to California.
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Navy Pilot Parachute Failure in Panama
Myrtle Sans's son jumped from his crippled plane over Panama so the others might make it. His parachute failed.
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Sarah Plaskett Honored as Pioneer Mother at 1915 Exposition
Sarah Plaskett, mother of twelve, was honored among the pioneer mothers at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.
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Sarah Plaskett Lived in Tent in San Francisco
Fresh off the Panama steamer, the Plasketts lived in a tent on the San Francisco sand while they built.
The people of Panama
Everyone the family archive records in the story of this place. Descendants: if one of these is yours, we’d love to hear from you.
- Cape Horn
- Charles Harrison Sans 1914–1979
- Charles Sans Sr 1838–
- Sarah May Barnes Plaskett 1827–1923