Rockbridge,    Richland County, Wisconsin    General  Merchandise Store A picture postcard of the General Merchandise Store In Rockbridge, the year 1909. Written on the sign beneath the eaves: IOOF 280. The postmark on the card is Rockbridge, Wis, July 24,1909 A.M., has a one-cent stamp. The message on the card was written by Inez Haseltine Breese to her young-adult children, all born in Rockbridge, but then living in Missouri. Inez Haseltine-Breese, youngest child of Alden and Catherine Haseltine, had returned to Rockbridge from Missouri, on this particular visit, to be with her sister-in-law, Lovina Breese Aber, during the fatal illness of Lovina’s husband, Daniel Aber. Message on card: "Dear Children, I will send you this and see if you know who the people are. If not I will tell you when I come. I have more views I will bring. All well, hope you are. Write soon. I’m wanting to get home pretty bad. By. Love from Mother. " Disappointingly, the identity of the people in the picture was not revealed, so it is asked of you now; "Can you identify anyone from the enlarged picture below?" If so, please e-mail Lori or Dee. Sixty years later, in October 1969, a grand-daughter, great-grand-daughter, and two great-great-grandsons of Inez Haseltine, visited Richland County, the place Inez had loved so much. In her lifetime of almost eighty-seven years, she lived in various places, but in her heart, Rockbridge remained forever home. 1969 Time changes everything 1999 Contributed by Dorothy Appleby Turner DeeAppleby@aol.com