September 14, 1957
Friday, September 14, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
DOTY HOMESTEAD
In 1810, William Pack bought a tract of land north of Oxford, Ohio from the trustees of Miami University.


Sunday, September 2, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
SURF FASTER
If you use a broadband internet connection you might be interested in a tip given on today's Kim Komando website at http://www.komando.com/coolsites/
Her article refers to the Google web accelerator download found at http://webaccelerator.google.com/ which will allow faster downloading of certain web pages.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
1947 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY CONVERTIBLE

This week I completed an artwork of the car.
From 1946 to 1948 Chrysler produced approximately 8300 of these elegant convertibles. The model was produced by laying mahogany veneer and ash trim over the metal body of a Chrysler New Yorker. Power was provided by a 323.5 cubic inch straight eight engine that produced 135 horsepower. Adding to the cars distinctiveness and luxury was an electrically-operated top. RMB
Friday, August 24, 2007
TRI-STATE GAS ENGINE & TRACTOR SHOW



Tuesday, August 21, 2007
MARTHA G. BENKERT BRIDGE


Sunday, August 19, 2007
OLD SINKY
There was a time when part of Ohio was under a sheet of ice as thick as the height of any mountains existing today in the Eastern United States. The Earth began to warm and since there was, to my knowledge, no Pleistocene Al Gore to warn of the impending doom the ice melted leaving Western Ohio covered with swamps. Life, as it had been known, was changed and would never again be the same.

Often legends have a foundation on which they were built. It is a verified fact that the bog was a “killsite” that claimed the lives of many victims, however most were several thousand years ago. In the adjacent marsh area have been found the bones of mastodons, deer, sloths, moose, giant beaver and numerous other animals including fish such as perch and muskie. It is also a fact that the United States Army under the command of General Arthur St. Clair did lose a cannon to the bog in November of 1791 when they passed through on their way to be slaughtered beside the Wabash. Over 200 years later in 1995, a group of Kentucky archaeologists recovered the gun with its caisson 90 percent intact from under five feet of soil. Other peculiar events have been recorded such as in 1872, during a particularly dry spell, large areas of the bog burst into flame.

By the way, that locomotive actually did go into the bog but it wasn’t by accident. The railroad sank an old engine along with four cars filled with gavel intentionally to help stabilize the bed. In regards to ghosts, the Old Teegarden Cemetery is located just a few hundred feet away. RMB
Saturday, August 18, 2007
THE FAWNS ARE BIGGER


Friday, August 17, 2007
THE GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
This is opening day for the 2007 Great Darke County Fair. The county’s first fair was held on September 7 and 8 in the year 1853. The location was the Garst farm just to the east of the Garst home (Museum).
In 1858, the location for the fair was moved southwest of Greenville near where the Brethren Home is today. Oakwood and Oak Streets actually follow part of what was then the harness racing track. In 1870, the fair moved again to its current location.
In 1858, the location for the fair was moved southwest of Greenville near where the Brethren Home is today. Oakwood and Oak Streets actually follow part of what was then the harness racing track. In 1870, the fair moved again to its current location.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
HANNAHS WE NEVER KNEW



Wednesday, August 15, 2007
DAYTON HAY RAKES

The picture was probably taken around 1911 but the company was incorporated in 1884 by founders who had been doing business for several years prior to that. They manufactured a variety of farm equipment including rakes, tedders, binder trucks, and harrows which would have been pulled by horse or mules on the farm. Originally, manufacturing equipment used in the factory was powered by a 150 hp steam engine. At one time Ohio Rake was said to make a larger variety of hay rakes than any other company in the country and were also well known for their “Golden Age Disc Harrow”. They sold implements not only in the U.S. market but also in countries as distant as Australia.

Stoddard was first involved in the manufacture of linseed oil and varnishes, that company later became part of Lowe Brothers Paints. Stoddard began manufacturing farm equipment in 1869. Like Ohio Rake, Stoddard Manufacturing was incorporated in 1884. Their “Tiger” brand name became known the world over. By 1890, more than 200,000 Tiger hay rakes had been sold. In the mid 1890s the company added bicycles. Charles Taylor, who would become the chief bicycle mechanic for the Wright Brothers and builder of the engine that powered their 1903 airplane, first worked for Stoddard.
In 1903 Stoddard began building motorcars as the Dayton Motor Car Company. Their Stoddard-Dayton automobile won the first race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909 and was the pace car for the first Indianapolis 500 held in 1911. After various mergers the company became part of Chrysler Corporation. RMB
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
OCTAGON BARNS
Other than simply because you might like the uniqueness of the shape, why would you build an octagon barn? It seems that there was a time, around the 1920s, when the agricultural community promoted octagon barns as the buildings of the future. It was felt that the shape would be better to work out of and that it would replace three or four buildings on the farm.
Sears Roebuck & Company even sold different size octagon barn package kits in their mail order catalog. You ordered the barn you wanted, they loaded the materials on a flat car in Chicago and shipped it to you.
We’re still waiting for the octagon to become the agriculture building of the future but it’s not likely it ever will because in actual use it did not prove to be handy to work in and probably more importantly it cost more to build.
Sears Roebuck & Company even sold different size octagon barn package kits in their mail order catalog. You ordered the barn you wanted, they loaded the materials on a flat car in Chicago and shipped it to you.
We’re still waiting for the octagon to become the agriculture building of the future but it’s not likely it ever will because in actual use it did not prove to be handy to work in and probably more importantly it cost more to build.
Monday, August 13, 2007
TOM TURNS 47
Saturday, August 11, 2007
THE PLANTS SAY IT'S AUGUST
Even without a calendar these plants would tell you it’s August here in Ohio.


Thursday, August 9, 2007
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
A BLACK SWAN
The Black Swan is a large waterbird which can have a wingspan of six feet. Native to Australia, it is an official state emblem of Western Australia and also a symbol for the Aboriginal people.
Discovered in 1697 by Dutch explorer William de Vlamingh, Europeans were astounded that they existed as they had only seen white swans. Thus, in what is called the “Black Swan Theory”, a black swan is also defined as a large-impact, unpredicted event such as the 9-11-01 attack on the United States.
Discovered in 1697 by Dutch explorer William de Vlamingh, Europeans were astounded that they existed as they had only seen white swans. Thus, in what is called the “Black Swan Theory”, a black swan is also defined as a large-impact, unpredicted event such as the 9-11-01 attack on the United States.
Monday, August 6, 2007
GGGGGGGGGGGGREAT-GRANDFATHER’S BAPTISM
The Piscataway were a native people of the Algonquian linguistic group who once occupied the peninsula of lower Maryland between the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, northward to the Patapsco, including the present District of Columbia.
Kittamaquund (alternative spellings include Chitomachon) a name said to mean "Big Beaver", was an important Piscataway warrior and the younger brother of Wannas. Wannas served as the Piscataway's Tayac (a Piscataway word meaning "Emperor" or "ruler of all the chiefs), when Governor Leonard Calvert arrived in 1634.
Kittamaquund and his followers knew that Wannas mistrusted the English and believed that he might lead the Piscataway to war against the colonists so in 1634, Kittamaquund killed his brother and became Tayac in his place. Kittamaquund led his people to peaceful ties with the Marylanders as he sought the benefits of the English fur trade and a military alliance that might provide a degree of protection against their enemies, the Susquehannocks.
Jesuit Father Andrew White, superior of the mission, composed a grammar, dictionary, and catechism in the Piscataway dialect. Kittamaquund liked Father White, and invited the priest to live with his family. Later Kittamaquund became ill with a disease that tribal medicine men could not cure. Father White treated him with English medicine and he recovered.
Kittamaquund (alternative spellings include Chitomachon) a name said to mean "Big Beaver", was an important Piscataway warrior and the younger brother of Wannas. Wannas served as the Piscataway's Tayac (a Piscataway word meaning "Emperor" or "ruler of all the chiefs), when Governor Leonard Calvert arrived in 1634.
Kittamaquund and his followers knew that Wannas mistrusted the English and believed that he might lead the Piscataway to war against the colonists so in 1634, Kittamaquund killed his brother and became Tayac in his place. Kittamaquund led his people to peaceful ties with the Marylanders as he sought the benefits of the English fur trade and a military alliance that might provide a degree of protection against their enemies, the Susquehannocks.
Jesuit Father Andrew White, superior of the mission, composed a grammar, dictionary, and catechism in the Piscataway dialect. Kittamaquund liked Father White, and invited the priest to live with his family. Later Kittamaquund became ill with a disease that tribal medicine men could not cure. Father White treated him with English medicine and he recovered.

Kittamaquund's daughter Mary was entrusted to Margaret Brent to educate. When Mary became a teenager she was wed to Giles Brent. They had a daughter Katherine who wed Richard Marsham, whose daughter Mary wed Charles Beaven, whose daughter Catherine wed Henry Culver, whose daughter Margaret wed John Peerce, whose son Henry wed Verlinda Semmes, whose daughter Anna wed Peter Higdon, whose son James wed Delia ?, whose daughter Mary Katherine wed Thomas Higdon, whose daughter Mary Ellen wed William Coomes, whose daughter Susan Katherine wed Isaac Owen, whose daughter Sadye wed James McCellan Browne, whose son James Harold wed Helen Elizabeth Furnas. Which I figure makes me about one ten thousandth of a percent Native American and eligible to start a gambling casino in Baltimore should I care to do so. RMB
Sunday, August 5, 2007
GREENVILLE FALLS
Greenville Falls are located on Greenville Creek just to the west of Range Line Road near Covington, Ohio. From this location the creek flows northeast about a mile or two then empties into the Stillwater River which joins with the Great Miami down to the Ohio into the Mississippi and out the Gulf of Mexico.
The first mention of the falls are found in the journals of Anthony Wayne mainly because they were an obstacle to navigation for the supply line that served the Fort at Greene Ville.
The first mention of the falls are found in the journals of Anthony Wayne mainly because they were an obstacle to navigation for the supply line that served the Fort at Greene Ville.
Friday, August 3, 2007
CARRIAGE HILL FARM
Located north of Huber Heights, Ohio Carriage Hill Farm is part of the Five Rivers MetroParks System of Montgomery County.
In 1831, Daniel and Catherine Arnold bought land from Henry Harshbarger.
In 1831, Daniel and Catherine Arnold bought land from Henry Harshbarger.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
THE MODEL T FORD


If Ford ever said "you can have any color you want as long as it's black" is unknown. However not all Model Ts were black, in fact black wasn’t even available during the first year of production when the model selected determined the color, touring cars for example were red. After 1913 all Model Ts were painted black until 1926 when, due to declining sales, other colors were once again made available. RMB
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