The Story Collection

All Stories

Browse Don’s published memories. This collection will continue to grow as more stories and photographs are prepared for the family archive.

Don’s 1947 family home
Growing Up · Pike County

My First Home

Don remembers the small sharecropper house where his family lived through the Depression and World War II, and the new home that finally arrived in 1947.

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Illustrated Route 66 family road trip
Travels & Adventures · 1971

My First Big Trip

A green Oldsmobile, Route 66, two tire blowouts, the Grand Canyon, Disneyland and a family adventure all the way to California.

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Caterpillar tractor at sunset
Career · 1960–2001

My Career at Caterpillar

Forty-one years of engineering, machines, patents, people, leadership, travel and the opportunities that shaped Don’s professional life.

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More stories are coming.

Don’s archive includes many more memories from childhood, family life, Caterpillar, Japan, travel, faith and everyday adventures. We’ll add them here as each story is prepared.