Bev Starr's original intent for The Other Side of the Bridge is to ensure that her children and grandchildren would have a better understanding regarding the history of their ancestors as well as a more personal feeling of having actually known them. This came from Starr's desire to know more than just the names of her ancestors, but to know what their interests, vocations, and dreams might have been. Along with knowing more about them in a personal light, Starr also wanted to know what role they may have played in the development of our great nation. We often forget that our prosperity and lives today didn't just happen. Starr has always wondered if any of her great-great-grandparents or their ancestors were actually a part of the history of the Civil War. Starr remembers what she has heard somewhere down the line, but has no factual documentation, which would mean so much to her as well as the ability to pass it on to my children.