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Dels Ancestral Pedigree of note
* Pocahantus
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Welcome traveler...Del makes his home on the central coast of California in the " Valley of the bears ", But one could say Del's home "is the west " having lived in Arizona, California, Oregon, Hawaii,and Mexico. As a boy, Del was raised in a enviroment which promoted creatvity and independent thought. " My mother was a art teacher and art and music was incuraged in my home enviroment. " At the age of 6 after watching an all-boys marching drum band in San Miguel De Allenda, Mexico, Del took an interest in playing drums. " Soon after I signed up for drum lessons .....12 yrs. later I became a professional drummer." For the next 20 yrs. this is what I did. " Del once said, "I didnt realize how much time I would spend on the road criss-crossing the states." On the road left me time in the day to persue other artistic endeavors...which led to my art work ..Del also enjoyed hiking and backpacking ." We would search out the local trails and wilderness areas in what ever area we were in or traveling through ". Del once said, "while traveling down the trails and Being emersed in the grand landscapes of the west, I was inspired to capture these beautiful natural places with my art work .".... Del's art is an attempt to share this untouched natural world,To capture the experiance one has alone in the wilderness, To maybe spar k someone to go on an adventure into the natural world to discover ones self & ones place in it. " Traveling on foot, like the pioneers, trappers & homesteaders of the not so distant past, with a pack filled with necessities, we can feel the geology beneath our feet, witness the intricate beauty of a cactus flower or lost redwood grove, wonder over the life of some ancient cliff dweller. Hear the scream of a red-tailed hawk against the silent sky. Only on foot, close to the land, away from the mechanized world, can we truly appreciate our natural world given us. Like the pioneers of the west,in the1800's, we enter an untouched landscape of luminecient light, full of hope and wonder for the future. Del's art reflects this spirit of the west & the way things are far off the road......
Del Hopkins 7yrs., San Miguel De Allenda , Mex.
Del's Water powered- 62' chrysler 300
The good old days...
Del - 43
Del (right) - 10
Del - 36
Del - 16 yrs.
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* Chief Powhatan-"Wahunsonacock"- Chief of the Algonquian League of Nations,Father of Pocahantus
* Johnathan Edwards- President of Princeton University, preeminent theologian of his age.
* Arron Burr- Third Vice-President of the United States,1801-1805/ Revolutionary War hero,1756-1836
* John Rolf- Resident of Jamestown Virginia, Husband of Pocahantus.
* Sir Francis Drake- English Pirate, & Explorer
* Martin Van Burren- Eighth President of the United States,1837-1841,"Red Fox of Kinderhook"
* Del Smith- General Chairman of our brotherhood of the Union Pacific Railroad.
* William Tuttle- One of the original Co-Founders of New Haven conn.,Came to America with family on the "Planter"1629-30, landed in Boston,
* Maj Gen. Jacob Brown- Hero of war of 1812, U.S. bronze coin minted in his honor.
* Benjamine Franklin Brown-
* Thomas Tuttle- Lord mayor of Exeter,Devon, England
Dels Ancestoral Pedigree
* Thomas Tuttle- Capt.Tuttle & 5 sons were all minutemen of the "Green Mnt.Boys" of Vermont, who were at the taking of Fort Ticonderoga with Sunderlands raiders, under Col.Ethan Allen .also at the taking of fort St.Johns with Gen. Montgomery,1730-1800
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- Chief Powhatans daughter, saved Jamestown of certain disaster.
* Solomon Tuttle- Solomon and sons were Minuteman who took arms on that fateful mourning at Lexington & Concord .
* Silence Sperry- Owner operator of first grain mill in America,Sperry Mill
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