MY TURN ON THE CORNER: In recent conversation with friends I thought that it might be a wonderful idea if some folks had to stand on the corner (any corner) holding an "I'm Stupid" sign for a couple of hours. One of the fellows quickly responded with "All of us would have to take a turn."
I concur. And I might even take the first turn.
I've been doing "VV" for years now - and sometimes I can't for the life of me understand how I can make so many dumb mistakes. I think I've checked and re-checked everything before I go to the ol' electronic press on Saturday a.m. - and I'll be darned. I begin finding mistakes almost immediately. The mistakes are distracting. So - so much for the quality of content.
Nonetheless I will soldier-on. Mistakes and all. So don't be too concerned if you see me standing on the corner holding my sign. "Incompetence", opines Vermilion's current municipal law director, "is not illegal".
Happily-Saved-by-the-Squirely,
The Fishermen
HARVEY: At moment I don't recall where I acquired this snap of Harvey (right) and Frank Krapp (left). I do know that this pic was taken while the boys were on a fishing trip in the State of Michigan.
It looks as though they were very successful.
I always like Harvey. (I never knew Frank.) Harvey (as I remember him) was a meat cutter. He worked in a shop next to the old Vermilion Banking Company / Williams Attorney building / an insurance office on Liberty Avenue in the main part of Vermilion's business district. Later Harold Moats kept a market in the same shop. And after Moats Ozzie (I can never remember his last name) something started a pizza place in the buildings. (Ozzie later owned and opeated a larger restaurant he called Pickle Pats just down the block in the old Okagi restaurant building.)
Harvey was a little guy (physically). But he was among the friendliest persons in the whole darn town. He was a charter member of the Vermilion Fish and Game club.
I have a terrible (but passible) audio recording of Harvey - in his later years - being interviewed Shirley "Betty" Reffner. I made a copy for myself, and gave the original to the Vermilion Area Archival Society. I took the tape and made a digital copy that I placed on a CD.
As I have said it's not a good recording. And there's not much I can do to make it better. But it's a very informative interview. If you knew Harvey you'd recognize his voice immediately.
I feel very fortunate to have both the recording and this pic. I sent a coph of the audio to his nephew who lives in Grafton, Ohio. It's nice that Betty have the foresight to take the time to make this record.
I would encourage families to take the time to record the memories of the elder folks in their respective families - for history's sake...
Memorial Day Morning
PAINTING THE TOWN: As previously mentioned this is a preview piece for a new webpage that I am currently developing. Using a new software program in conjunction with Adobe's Photoshop CS4 & 5 I am able to take some already wonderful pix of Vermilion, O. and make them (at least in my view) more "wonderfuller"
Veterans Memorial Clock
I believe (but don't know with any certainty at this time) that the inscription on the veterans memorial is a derivation of the official title of the Statue of Liberty. That title is "Liberty Enlightening the World" (French: La Liberté Éclairant le Monde). It was erected - primarily - by WW2 veterans at the beginning of the cold war (in the mid 1950's) when the words - "To speed the time when the light of Liberty shall brighten the world" - had a greater (or at least a somewhat different) meaning than they do today. Were they a part of a larger text that likely would have been noted on the memorial.
This photo-painting was accomplished on Memorial Day morning 2010 about 10 minutes before a wreath was set in front of it by the Vermilion Veterans Council.
Jun 3, 2010 11:05 AM
Beautiful.
AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW THING: This will not take the place of the "Macabre" stuff all the time - but will supplement whilst I search for more macabre stories to tell.
So stay tuned...
West Vermillion
Dec. 13,1890.
As Billy Boy, of Union Corners, made hie arrival at this place on last Wednesday we have formed a copartnership in writing the items for this week...........Herbert Carkins, of Escanaba, Mich, is at present visiting his sister, Mrs. E. Minkler..........Mrs. Tina Carpenter has gone to Lorain, where she will remain with her daughter for a short time..........One of our intelligent young men, who has for a year past been troubled with that redundant exuberance called a beard, performed his first tonsorial ablution a few days since, vaseline being freely made use of in performing the operation. Believing the operation could not be performed scientifically without the aid of that necessary evil called woman, there was a certain school ma'am who offered her services in performing the ceremony by acting as the knight of the razor. For reference call on 0. P, R ............John Risden had the sad misfortune to wake up one fine snowy morning some several days ago to find his sleigh missing. He thinks it to be either lost, strayed or stolen and desires me to state through your paper that a befitting reward will be awarded to the party who will capture the strayed sleigh or which will lead to the conviction of the party taking it..........We had a very pleasant visit and communication with the spirits of the departed at the residence of Mrs. ----------- a few days since. The spirits conversed to us in five different languages. We listened to Robert Burns and to a very touching communication from Senator Alexander Stevens, from a German who spoke very flatteringly of Uncle Abe and wound up with a hair breadth escape with Black Hawk or Pawhatan (Woosh Hoo, big injun) for as they were about to scalp us we begged to be released till spring opened up for it is sad to be scalpless on a cold winter's day..........Wm. Coultrip is building a carriage shed which adds very much to the present appearance of his place..........W.N. Scharer, of Avery, your worthy correspondent, has been in this locality for several days past introducing his literature on travel and art. He is a very fluent speaker and we believe he richly deserves the patronage of the public as a ready writer and a prompt business man..........Geo. P. Wahl, of Vermillion, called in this vicinity on business one day this week..........Lincoln Lee, of North Kingsville, O., who has been visiting his patents, John Lee, baa jast returned to his home..........L. H. Sanders, of Vermillion, was visiting with friends in this place on last Thursday..........Les Greene, of Perkins, hae been a guest at the residence of H K. Riblet for the past few days..........Wm. Coultrip was in Sandusky on business one day this week..........Lawyer I. B. Poyer was called to Sandusky on special duty on last Wednesday...........It is rumored that C. H. Jenkins is about to go in search of another housekeeper. We wonder if his present one isn't about to step off in that mighty abyss that causes two to be transformed into one...........Frank Lewis and family, of Wakeman, were guests of Jobiel Thompson on last Thursday...........John Hauff, who baa been working on the railroad the past season, has resigned his position and is now at home to spend the winter—Rabbit hunters are now becoming numerous in this neighborhood.
It will soon be Christmas day
And the children are now at work
Saving money every day
To get a present with a chirk.
UNCLE ABE AND BILLY BOY.
P. S.—Since the above was written we are sorry to learn that John Lee met with a sad misfortune, his barn containing two horses, harnesses and other articles also his winter's supply of hay and fodder, having burned to the ground on last Friday at about 8 pm. John Lee had just returned home from Vermillion and put his horses in the barn and in a short time saw the flames but not in time to save any of its contents. It is supposed to have caught from (be sparks of bis chimney. The barn and contents are insured we know not for how much.
from the Sandusky Daily Register, Wednesday Morning, December 17, 1890
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CAPT. LEEDS H. WEEKS.
The Man Who Commanded the Ill-Fated Steamer Gilcher.
Last week’ issue of the Marine Review contained the following mention of the late Captain Leeds H. Weeks of Vermillion, who commanded the steamer. W.H. Gilcher:
Capt. Leeds H. Weeks, who was lost with the crew of eighteen men on the stear]mer W.H. Gilcher, was q thorough ship carpenter and might have found remunerative employment ashore, but a story told since the disaster by Mr. J. C. Gilchrist, managing owner of the Gilcher, will serve to show how men of many years service as navigators on the lakes, as well as the sea, entertain into old age an attachment for a life that seems to most landsmen entirely void of fascinations and fraught with great danger.
“At the shipyard in Vermillion where repairs are made to our vessels during the winter, the construction of a few wooden boats, and I asked Capt. weeks to remain ashore and superintend the work. His answer was that he was a sailor and could not be contented ashore. On his disposition in the matter the project was mainly dependent, and a steel boat, the Gilcher, was contracted for, Captain Weeks being placed in command. He was fearless as a vessel master, but a man of excellent judgement.”
Capt. Weeks was one of a large number of residents in the town of Vermillion, O., who followed the lakes from boyhood. His father, L. D. L. Weeks, was from Now England, and was also interested in in a small way in vessel property. In tho spring of 1880 Capt. Leeds Weeks, who had worked at ship carpentering for a number of years and had also sailed a small schooner called the Idaho, which was owned by his father, took command of the schooner Homer II Hine for the the Gilchrists. He was advanced the next season to the Schooner C. P. Minch and later to the P S Marsh, W. II. Crosthwaite and B.F. Bruce, His first steamer was the H D, Tuttle, from which he was promoted to the Oregon and then to the J C. Gilchrist, which he brought out in 1888. He was proud of the W. H, Gilcher, the flagship of the fleet, which he also brought out later, and in which ho had no thought of tear from heavy weather, It will be remembered that, a few years ago, while in the J. C Gilchrist, Capt Weeks towed the schooner Alverson down from the head of Lake Superior in December, and in making his way through Mud Lake had to secure the assistance of tugs to break a channel through the ice. He had just finished the details of a comfortable home in Vermillion, but had no thought of retiring, although he was about 48 years of age.
from the Sandusky Daily Register, Monday, November 14, 1892
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Hmmmmmm....
"An Old Sailor Remembers..."
MEMORIAL DAY 2010:
I feel very fortunate to have caught this pic of Vermilionite Luther Marquart saluting as the wreath in front of the Veterans Memorial Clock in Exchange Park was being placed on Memorial Day.
Luther, at 93, is one of Vermilion's oldest military veterans. According to a piece in The Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio, 6/01/10) Luther was leaving naval training when the end of the war (i.e. VJ Day) came. The uniform he wears for all the local memorial ceremonies is the one he wore when he served.
This pic was a part of a much large photo I took during the ceremony during the early morning service. I didn't really think that I had anything of interest until I got home and took a closer look. I did want a photo of Luther (because I know him rather well). And I was really pleased when I cropped the pic and discovered (as a bonus) that above the old sailor was the street sign "Liberty".
How poetic.
"Linwood denizens Louise and Otto Goetz peer out from inside the tree
whilst baby Esther Goetz (Shanks) patiently poses for this,
often copied and published, Linwood family portrait"
LINWOOD: On November 20, 1883 the following telegram appeared in “Der Christliche Botshafter” (translated: The Christian Ambassador) newspaper. It was the first religious newspaper (est 1836) written in the German language in the United States of America:
“Oak Harbor, Ohio November 20, 1883. Rev Wm. Horn! Linwood Grove has been purchased for $11,000. Hallelujah. Thanks be unto the Lord! C. Gahn.”
Hallelujah indeed. By March 31, 1884 the mortgage was signed, the deed transferred, and the place known as Linwood Park in Vermilion, Ohio was “officially” born.
It might interest some to know that the committee, elected by the Ohio Conference of the Evangelical Church to locate a new site to replace their “Haley’s Farm” Campground near Huron, Ohio, had also been offered a property owned by William Kolbe of Lorain, Ohio. It was just four miles west of that city. It is currently known as Beaver Park.
The origin of the name - “Linwood” - is somewhat elusive. Karen Boas in her book “Through These Gates” (1984) suggests that the name may have been derived from an abundance of Linden trees once found in the area. But whatever the case, the name apparently existed years before the Evangelical Church purchased the property.
The tree that came to be known as the “Linwood Tree” was estimated to be five centuries old by the time park officials found it necessary to have it removed. By that time it towered at least 85 feet over the park, and had a circumference of eight feet. The great tree had to be felled because many of its upper branches had weakened, and a substantial area at its base had become hollow. In the accompanying photograph Linwood denizens Louise and Otto Goetz peer out from inside the tree whilst baby Esther Goetz (Shanks) patiently poses for this, often copied and published, Linwood family portrait.
Early in the 19th century when Almon Ruggles, the Connecticut man who surveyed the “Fire Sufferers Lands”, (this includes Erie and parts of Huron and Ottawa County) determined the position of the northeast corner of the region it is said that he carved his initials in the bark of a nearby tree to mark that location. Later, after discovering his original calculations to be in error, he repeated the survey pushing the line 2 miles further to the east of the original locale. That line would later be used to separate Erie and Lorain Counties in Vermilion. In addition it also means that the tree in which he carved his initials probably stood near the Lake Erie shore in the place known as Linwood. Legend has it that those initials were carved in the bark of the great “Linwood Tree”.
Whilst the veracity of that legend is impossible to know - it is equally impossible to refute. But fact or fiction - it is an extremely charming story. And as the “whole story” of Linwood Park unfolded the great tree quietly watched.
On Sunday August 31, 1884 when the tabernacle (pictured upper left) was dedicated 2,000 people had to stand outside because it was filled to capacity. In 1886 a three-story hotel was built with 20 furnished rooms on the first and second floors. In 1895 an addition was added after moving the original a short distance to the north and west possibly to avoid a premature felling of the nearby “Linwood Tree”. The hotel was, as is obvious by the lower left inset photo, a very remarkable structure. And although the entrance to the park has changed a number of times during the last 125 years (inset upper right) it is still recognizable to passers-by familiar to the area.
To be sure, much has changed during the years. People have come, and people have passed along. The tabernacle is no more an open air facility. The hotel fell out of favor and eventually yielded to the wrecking ball. The front gate, as already mentioned, has been razed and rebuilt several times. And, of course, the “Linwood Tree” no longer watches over the ebb and flo of life in the park as time passes. But when one walks along its well worn paths - in the verdant shadows of the tall trees - time has a way of being set aside. That is perhaps the real magic of Linwood Park.
There are very few persons who have grown-up in our pretty city who are without at least one fond remembrance of Linwood in a yesteryear. It is, has always been, and will forever be, an essential part of coming of age in Vermilion, Ohio.
Hallelujah? Hallelujah indeed.
Ref: Special Thanks to Karen Boas; “Through These Gates” (1984) - soon to be reprinted as “Through These Gates And Down The Path: Linwood Park”; “The Evangelical Church in Ohio”; Roy B. Leedy (1959); Pearl Roscoe Photo Collection - Vermilion Area Archival Society; Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 7/31/08; Written 7/27/08 @ 2:40 PM.
Nothing ever remains quite the same...
SOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW: The idea for this piece began as an idea for a coffee-table book of historical photographs of Vermilion, Ohio and, hopefully, it will (someday) be realized.
Originally the concept - as previously stated - was just a picture book. But after mentioning such a project in an issue of my weekly web page - Vermilion Views - a reader by the name of Scott Dommin suggested that it might be interesting if it featured photographs of how people, places, and / or things in the City of Vermilion, Ohio appear today along with photos showing how they appeared in the past. Ergo; the title "Now & Then".
"What a great idea." I told both myself and Scott.
[NOTE: This is going to take take some time.]
VERMILION RIVER BRIDGE c.1929
In the mid 1920's it became obvious to all that the wagon bridge spanning the Vermilion River along LIberty Avenue was too narrow and rickety to handle the tide of automobile traffic that was building in America a new bridge was built several hundred feet north of the old. When it was finished in 1929 the old bridge was removed. The abutments of that old bridge can still be seen on both sides of the stream - along with the western abutment of the Lake Shore Electric Railway bridge that crossed the river just to the south.
In the 1980's the bridge was closed, raised, and resurfaced. In the 1990's sidewalks leading to the bridge walk were added on the south side of the bridge east and west.
June 3, 2010 11:12 AM.
"This township was named after the principle river
emptying into the lake through its territory..."
THE FIRE-LANDS: I found the following information re: the early inhabitants of our area to be extremely informative. Methinks you will also.
I am getting better at transcribing these passages so there are fewer mistakes. But I like to read as I go - and sometimes I fill in the blanks. So tread carefully this trail through yesteryear.
The following series will take thee to the south and west of Vermilion in the Berlin / Berlin Heights area. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
BERLIN - PART 2.
by Hudson Tuttle
VILLAGES.
There are three small villages in the township. Berlinville, on the old State road, in the old times of stage coaches, was a busy little centre, with good tavern, store, and the only post office in the township. Berlin Heights is the largest, and is the natural centre, towards which the people gravitate. It has three stores, an hotel, saloon, several manufactories, a saw and grist mill, three churches and a fine graded school. It is noted for its intelligence and enterimse. Directly north of the Heights, on the L. S. & M. S. R. R., is Ceylon, a place that started up and grew rapidly for a time. It has two stores, two saloons, an hotel, saw mill and post office.
MAIL FACILITIES.
The mail is carried by hack from Ceylon, on the northern divison, via Berlin Heights, Berlinville, East Norwalk, to Norwalk, on the southern Division, giving all these places the advantage of morning and evening mails. The L. S. & M. S. R. R. passes through the northern part of the township, and sends a spur south to the quarries and gravel bed. The advantages of extending this spur to the Heights are so apparent, that it certainly will be done at no distant day.
CEMETERIES.
There are six burial grounds in the limits of the township—two at the Heights, under the control of the township; one at Berlinville: one in the southeast part, known as the Chapel ground; one east of Harper's corners, known as the Peak ground: and one at the mouth of the Chapelle creek, directly on the lake shore, which is being rapidly washed away.
ABORIGINAL RACES.
The Indians were not the aboriginal race. They were preceded by that mysterious people, the mound builders. Interesting fortifications, referable to this pre-historie race, are found on the farm originally owned by Curtis Benschooter, on the summit of the high bank of the creek, and this earthwork has great interest as having evidently been built to protect against incursions of an enemy, who would come by water from the lake, and traces of works lower down show that at that time the water stood at a much higher level, and the wide marsh was then a bay, opening with a wide month into the lake. There were mounds on the farm of Jasen Thompson, with graves, and the present site of the residence of Mr. Henry Hoak seems to have been an ancient sepulcher. He has, in making excavations, brought to light several fragmentary skeletons, one of which has especial interest from its remarkable state of preservation and rare peculiarities. It was buried deeper than the others, so that it was enveloped in the clayey subsoil, and hence had been better protected than those enveloped in the loose sand. The skull of this specimen measures but nineteen inches in circumference, which would almost indicate it was idiotic, and is remarkably low. The arms are of unusual length, the under jaw extremely massive, and the iieight less than four feet. Yet the individual evidently was not idiotic, as she had attained an extreme old age, which the idiot savage cannot do.
In 1852, Mr. H. L. Hill, in cutting an oak, discovered three hacks, made by a small ax. and found that there were two hundred and eighteen annual rings on the outside of it. This would carry the age of the markings back to the earliest French voyageurs, in fact, much earlier than has been supposed those hardy adventurers penetrated this remote region. Now, the farmer, turning with his iron plowshare the mellow fields, often find's the flint arrow head, the stone ax, the spear point, alike of red man and mound builder, and if of reflective mind may moralize over the decay of races in that dim past, of which these mute weapons only remain.
THE EARLIEST PIONEERS.
A party of adventurers built and launched a rude boat at the mouth of Walnut creek, Pennsylvania, in 1808. They were John Hoak. John McLaughlin. George Miller, Nathaniel Burdue, Benjamin Pratt, Mr. Richie, and Howard. They sailed up the lake in the spring, bringing provisions, farming tools and thirty barrels of whisky. They encountered severe weather and had to cast overboard their whisky, but when the storm subsided, they cruised about and gathered it up again. When they reached the mouth of the Huron river, the sand-bar shut them out, so they had to dig a canal to get their boat in. They selected a field on the Kline and Minus farm, and planted eighteen acres of corn; after hoeing it, they hired an Indian to guard it, while they went after their families. They returned in the fall in their boat, but their families came by land, under the escort of Henry Hoak, father to John Hoak. He was, without doubt, the oldest of all the pioneers, having been born in 1745. He remained until his death, in 1832, at the age of eighty-seven, with his son, and was a most exemplary and pious man. The majority of this venturesome party settled finally in Berlin, in 1810-11, leaving the Huron bottom lands on account of overflows...
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 -
Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
"The Ford dealer, Frank Baker, was a Vermilion boy through and through."
F.E. BAKER FORD/ CFM: Persons who look at the photograph accompanying this essay and compare it to the way the building appears today may have a hard time believing that it is the same structure. But it is. We currently know it as Vermilion’s Convenient Food Mart on the corner of Liberty and Sandusky Streets.
On March 14, 1935 The Vermilion News reported that “construction on Vermilion’s newest building” had begun. The basement for the new garage for F.E. Baker, the local Ford dealer, was complete and work on the brick-faced first story was about to commence. The contractor, E.E. Koontz of Beulah Beach, guestimated that the garage would be ready for business by “Decoration Day”.
[As an aside it might be interesting to note that E.E. Koontz was the father of Richard “Dick” Koontz one of Vermilion’s very popular professional photographers. And for the edification of those who don’t recognize the term “Decoration Day” - it is the day we now commonly know as “Memorial Day”.]
The Ford dealer, Frank Baker, was a Vermilion boy through and through. He was born in Vermilion in 1898, the only child of Vermilion born parents Phillip (b. 1874) and Mary Bachman (b.1874) Baker. Phillip was a fisherman, and Mary was a dressmaker / seamstress.
Mrs. Baker’s father, Conrad Bachman, was a carpenter by trade. He built many of the older buildings about the village including the beautiful Cargo Warehouse that currently sits just west of the Buyer’s Fair Department Store on Liberty Street. While Conrad was born in Germany (1846), Mrs. Baker’s mother, Elizabeth (Ferber), was born in Vermilion in 1854. Ergo; Frank Baker’s Vermilion roots were - to say the very least - quite deep.
Although Frank Baker did not apparently share his maternal grandfather’s love for carpentry it does appear that he was no less industrious. By the time he reached his early 20’s he had become an accomplished machinist in a local garage (likely at Stone’s Chevrolet garage across from today’s Ritter Library Annex). And by the time he was in his early 30’s he had his own business; the F.E. Baker Ford dealership.
After Stone’s auto dealership the Ford agency had been one of the first in town. It was originally located in the old Guy Davis store on the northwest corner of Liberty and Grand Streets. When Mr. Baker moved his Ford dealership to his new building at the end of May in 1935, G.P. Martin (PJ 3-23-06) purchased it to house his Pontiac agency.
When the new Ford garage opened for business just down the street it was état de l’art. It was a 60 x 100 foot fireproof brick building with 72,000 sq. feet of floor space, and featured 1,500 square feet of glass. There were two entrances - one off the Liberty Street side, and another off Sandusky Street - both equipped with roll top doors with hydraulic lifts conveniently located near each. The lighting equipment, provided by the F.W. Wakefield Company just up the road, was also state-of-the-art. All materials used in the building of the facility were purchased locally. The cost was (for the times) a hefty $12,600.
The accompanying photo shows the dealership just a handful of years after it was constructed, for the rails from the last days of the Lake Shore Electric interurban railway had not yet been removed. In the years to come F.E. Baker’s Ford dealership would prosper - as did the town surrounding it. But in time - as things changed - the village became a city; the Ford Motor Company built a large auto assembly plant just a few miles east of town; larger dealerships moved into the region; old preferences were replaced by new; and new faces replaced the old - F.E. Baker’s Ford dealership simply and rather quietly faded into the yesteryear.
And today it is really quite hard to imagine that the building that is now the home of Vermilion’s Convenient store is actually the same as the one in this photograph. But it is. It really is.
Ref: Vermilion Area Archival Society; P. Roscoe Photo Collection; U.S. Census, 1900, 1920, 1930; Descendants of Conrad Bachman genealogy courtesy of Sharon Swanson, Erie, PA.; Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 9/27/07; Written 9/23/07 @ 3:55 PM.
ANOTHER HISTORICAL FIRST
Once upon a time there was a very poor Indian tribe. No one had ever graduated, much less gone on to college. The elders of the tribe realized that in education lay the future of the tribe. They scrimped and saved and managed to amass enough money to be able to send one person off to college.
They met with applicants and reviewed qualifications. They selected an applicant who wanted to be an engineer and sent him off to school to study engineering. The only condition was that upon graduation, the youth must return to the people and spend 4 years using the skills he learned to help his people.
After graduation, the young engineer lived up to his commitment, and returned to the land of his tribe. Being the first of his tribe to ever graduate from college, he was given the place of honor and assigned to live next to the chief, an elderly man who was going blind.
One night, the chief needed to go to the outhouse to relieve himself. As there was no electricity to serve the tribe, the chief could not see as he walked to the outhouse several hundred yards away. On his way back to his lodging, the chief fell and hurt his leg.
The next day, the engineer, upon hearing of the injury to the chief, began drawing plans and stayed in his room for several days, not even pausing to eat.
Soon thereafter, the engineer pronounced he was finished with his project.
In the weeks to come, boxes and boxes began to arrive. The engineer spent day after day directing workers in cutting and splicing cables,attaching fixtures, and setting up electrical equipment.
Finally the time arrived when the project was done.
As a sign of respect, shortly after dark in a ceremony attended by theentire tribe, the honor of throwing a switch was given to the chief. Thechief threw the switch and a path of light brightened the night illuminating the path from the chief's hogan to the outhouse those many
yards away.
No longer would members of the tribe have to worry about their safety in
the dark nights.
Now this may not seem like a huge accomplishment to you and me, but this was the first time anyone had ever wired a head for a reservation.
Can I have a drumroll - Please?
PODCASE #184:This week the Vermilion Views Podcast #184 takes thee to another "old football field". This one, however, is in Columbus, Ohio. It's a very brief history of Buckeye Stadium at O.S.U.
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends Dennis Lamont and Albert Doane. It'd make a nice gift.
Also, please note that all the video (MP4) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4" format. If you don't have "Quicktime" it's easy to find and free to download.
NOTE NOTE:Past podcasts are not available in the on-line archive. They just take up too much disk space. But if one really, really, really wants to acquire a copy of a past cast it can be had by contacting me and I will place it on a disc and send it to ye for a minimal fee.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
Pay particular note to the "Hope Homes" page during the next few months. They are constantly improving the lives of their youngsters and those around them. This is an exciting project accomplished by exciting people.
Although this years Vermilion High School Class of 1959 reunion is over classmates may want to stay connected with each other through organizer Roger Boughton. Ye can connect by mailing him @ 2205 SW 10th Ave. Austin, MN. 55912 or you can just emailRoger.
Where's Alice? I found this link interesting. You just never know what Vermilion expatriots are up to - or where their up to doing it. Alice Wakefield is one of those people. So check out his link. Methinks you'll be surprised: Alice.
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