PROGRESS
SHOPTALK: On the shoptop this week is an old pic of what was perhaps the first horselesstractor demonstration in Vermilion. If memory serves me correction this took place on a farm that occupied the area where the village of Vermilion-On-The-Lake was soon after established. Note the crowd. These guys were seriously interested in this machine. Who wouldn’t be?
On top the desk of my home computer is another very interesting machine. It, obviously, is a logging train. But what’s so unique about it is that the train not only hauled logs – the tracks it ran on were also longs.
This is a rather poor copy of a Knott Family photograph. As some persons may know Nicholas Fischer, founder of Vermilion’s Fischer Lumber Company, did a good deal of logging in Kentucky.(In fact there is some Fischer kin still living in that state.) Members of Vermilion’s Knott Family worked for and with Mr. Fischer in his enterprise.
ROUGH WEEK: This week’s been a toughie for me. I was bogged down with a terrible cold since last Saturday. Consequently, I didn’t really accomplish much of note during the week - unless sleeping can be seen as an accomplishment. (And I did rather poorly with that.) By Thursday I was regaining some steam. I’m glad this doesn’t happen very often. I blame the crappy weather.
A 4-man team of church guys (George Spreng, Jack Johnson, Larry Howell, and myself) will be preparing and serving a wonderful French Toast breakfast from 7:30 to 10 AM. This is, beyond the shadow of any doubt, the very best French Toast you’ll ever have – and that’s no lie.
You don’t have to be a member of the church to attend the breakfast. We welcome all. The price is what you think it’s worth (i.e. a “free-will offering”).
So put it on your calendars and join us. You won’t regret it.
FOR THE ROMAN EMPIRE (AND EVERYONE ELSE): For Sue, a former high school classmate, who now lives in Italy (as well as everyone else): the date of the 1963-64-65 VHS Class(s) Reunion this coming summer is August 16 at German’s Villa Banquet Hall in (where else?) Vermilion. For more info the best bet would be to email – Ruthie Bauman Tanner. Grazie.
NEW MUSUEM SCHEDULE: Beginning now the museum will be open six days a week from 11 AM to 3 PM. We will be closed on Sundays and Holidays.
Private tours during those hours and during the evening can be arranged by calling the museum, or stopping in to see us.
FIVE-OH-ONE-CEE-THREE: The museum is a 501(c)(3) organization. Consequently, all donations to the museum are tax deductible. This is retroactive to November of 2011.
VISITING HOURS: We are located at 727 Grand Street in Vermilion across the street from Vermilion's historic E&R Church. The museum is open Monday thru Saturday from 11 AM to 3 PM. A small admission donation of $3 (for adults) is requested. Children accompanied with an adult will be admitted free. For Special Tours call: 440-967-4555.
We are closed on Sundays and holidays.
MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships to the VERMILION NEWS PRINT SHOP MUSEUM are now available. Funds generated will go toward the aforementioned renovations and maintenance of the shop.
If you would like to become a member the VNPSM you can send a check or money order to:
Vermilion Print Shop Museum727 Grand Street Vermilion, Ohio 44089440.967.4555.
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Historically,
MUH-BUDS: This pic pretty much speaks for itself. I note that aside from Coach Martin I’m the only one with glasses. Guess how many times they went flying when I was playing ball?
Oddly enough one of the shortest persons in this group years later became one of the tallest.
THE NEW ROAD: This aerial photograph of the west side of Vermilion Village is not extremely old. It may be c. 1950. (It should be noted that circa means that the date given is approximate as opposed to being specific). Due to the fact that this is also a winter photo, and the trees are bare, it is all the more interesting. In this particular instance it was also very useful.
As most folks already know, Ohio Route(s) #6 and #2 (a.k.a. Shore Road; Lake Road; Liberty Avenue) was, for perhaps some 50 years, the main thoroughfare to, through, and from Vermilion for all the auto, bus, and truck traffic that travelled along the southern Lake Erie coast through northern Ohio. The road was, in a word, busy.
After the demise of the Lake Shore Electric rail system in 1938, and the increased popularity of the automobile as the primary and preferred mode of transportation this main highway became even busier. As fate would have it, the early roads upon which this traffic had to travel were not designed to accommodate that type of traffic. When they were created they fell upon a more natural course. Like water, they followed the channel of least resistance. A road course designed for wagons and buggies being towed by one or two horses is not automatically suited for heavy steel machines powered by an engine equal to 200 or 300 horses.
In the Village of Vermilion, Ohio this was no more apparent than the course the road ran on the west side of town. The road was easy to follow until it reached the corner of Decatur Street (heading west). At that point the road abruptly turned south toward the steam railroad tracks. Then just before the tracks it, again, took an abrupt turn to the right and headed west. This was not an "S" curve. These were corners that required complete turns.
There were no traffic lights and no stop signs on these corners (although there may very well have been a single blinking light on Liberty at the intersection where the road turned south on Decatur and ran toward the railroad tracks). But even so, negotiating these corners required that one pay serious attention to the road and the arrows on the signs at the corners. (Unfortunately, that was not always the case.
Usually it was the eastbound traffic coming into town that had problems negotiating the turns. The speed limit coming from the east toward the turn onto Decatur Street was probably lowered from 60 mph to 20 mph some distance before crossing Edson Creek - but I think we all know how that goes. And many an unsuspecting motorist had the misfortune of abruptly parking their car or truck through the showroom window of. Kyle Motors (now Vermilion's Municipal Court). At one point in time Mr. Kyle built a concrete post to protect the gas tanks in front of his garage. The likelihood of more people missing the turns at either corner were as predictable as rain in the springtime. It was not a matter of if, but of when.
Finally, with a great deal of encouragement from Vermilion Village representatives, the state decided that it would be a good idea to build a new section of highway from Decatur Street westward, just past the city limits, to eliminate the problem. Moreover; the new section of highway would be a divided highway. The reason for that choice is unclear. However; at about the same time this was being done, so too, was the divided highway between Vermilion and Lorain being built. It may be that it was the intent of the State to turn the entire length of Lake Road into what was then perceived to be a modern highway system using the existing road ways.
In any case, this is the reason that one might hear many old-time residents of Vermilion refer to the" divided highway on the west side of our pretty city as "The New Road". That it, most assuredly, is.
AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW (NOW OLD) THING: Initially I said that "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." But methinks that it's carved out a niche for itself and the "Macabre stuff" with have to find another.
So stay tuned...
Vol. IX – NO.49 – May 17, 1906.
Country Auditor Kubach has been notified that C.V. Thayer has quit the saloon business at Huron.
In the probate court on Tuesday Elizabeth Krapp was appointed executrix of the will of her late husband, George Krapp.
Cornelius A. Nielsen, receiver of the Sandusky Fish Co and the Sandusky Tug Co., has filed a motion in the court of common pleas in which he asks permissions to operate 24 nets at Kelly’s Island during the spring fishing season of 1906.
A. Booth & Co. filed a petition in the court of common pleas on Friday against George Bauman and William Werner, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover possession of a gas boat called “Minnie R.” The boat is valued at $400 and it is claimed the defendants are wrongfully detaining it.
B.F. Pelton to albert A. Backus, lot No. 54, Vermilion Village, $30.
[VV. Ed. Note: This lot is on the northeast side of Ferry Street near the corner of Main street.
The most southern point on the great lakes is abut fur miles east of the mouth of the Huron river which means abut forty-six miles west of the business center of Cleveland says the Leader.
The point referred to is on the lakeshore beach about on the site of the Lake Shore Electric station at Ceylon Junction.
On June 2d the very popular resort at Cedar Point on Sandusky Bay, near the City of Sandusky, will open for the summer season. This is one of the finest summer resorts in America. Its newest hotel, the Breakers, contains 700 rooms, more than a quarter of a million of dollars is spent in improvements since last year. Reduced rate tickets are on sale daily over the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry via Sandusky and steamers June 1st to September 30th.
The Lakewood Yacht club of Cleveland is up and doing. The boats are being fitted out and the prospects are bright for this being a very active year with the yachtsmen. The locating of anew club headquarters is a theme being much discussed at present and many look upon Vermilion with favor.
Our harbor is quiet and well sheltered the west jetty is now in fine condition and good places can be found to pull out boats for the winter and for repairs. We fell assured that the club will not regret it if Vermilion is chosen for the harbor headquarters.
On or about June 1st The Vermilion Telephone co. will issue a new directory. If you are contemplating putting in a phone make arrangements at once so you will be in the directory.
Mr. J. Conley is ill at the ome of his daughter Mrs. Paxton.
Mr. Paul is reported very ill.
Harry J Reynolds plead not guilty to the charge of bigamy brought against him by May Smith of Norwalk and a motion to quash the indictment has been made.
BORN – To Mr. and Mrs. Wm Abel May 9th, 1906, a daughter.
Mrs. J.H. Baumhardt spent Sunday in Vermilion, with her mother Mrs. Krapp.
Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Marsh are rejoicing over the arrival of a little granddaughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kinnin in Amherst, born May 10th 06.
Geo. Trinter, who has been quite ill with the measles is improving.
Mrs. Abbe Kelly died Monday morning about 8 o’clock as a result of the terrible accident, which happened to her Sunday morning. While lighting her gasoline stove to get her breakfast her clothing in some manner unknown, caught fire and she ran out of doors [to] her near[est] neighbor. Mrs. Eliza Warner heard someone calling, and as she looked about she saw Mrs. Kelly with her clothing on fire. With great presence of mind and courage she rushed to the assistance of the burning woman. Mrs. Warner snatched a piece of carpet and wrapped around Mrs. Kelly smothering the flames. She got the woman into the house and onto a lounge and hastened to find someone to send for the doctor. He soon came and began to prepare for the relief of the suffering woman. Her burns were so bad that he gave very little encouragement for her recover. The house caught fire but so many men were around they soon put the fire out. Mrs. Kelly’s funeral will be held at the house Thursday.
Our schools will be out the 18th. The fifth grade has passed in the examinations and will be promoted to the sixth. We hear that our primary teacher is to be promoted too. He has been a very successful teacher and deserves all that he will get.
Miss Gertie Smith who lives near here is quite sick.
Miss ruby Waltman has a bad case of ivy poisoning to care for.
There will soon be a house famine again in Vermilion.
Milan boys are to have no firecrackers this year. So said the council at the last meeting.
Dr. Haugh will be electrocuted at the O.P. Aug. 29. The crime of which he is convicted was the murder of his father, mother and brother at Dayton.
[VV Ed. Note: The case of Dr. Oliver Haugh is very intriguing. Tried and convicted of murdering, by poison, both parents and his brother and sentenced to be electrocuted, he was also suspected of murdering at least three more persons - two in Lorain, Ohio and one in Chicago, Illinois. Haugh was not only a murderer, but he was a morphine addict (likely the root of his behaviors) and a bigamist. He was electrocuted on April 19, 1906. His wife, Anna, stayed in the spotlight for a time following his death when she sued his life insurance holder to collect on a policy she kept paying even after he’d been sentenced.
Huron has bright prospects The Wabash will spend an immense sum of money on the docks and with the prospects of a steel plant the citizens of that village should get up and hustle.
The saloon men of the state according to a Cleveland report are thinking of enjoining the enforcement of the Aiken $1,000 Dow tax law and in this way bringing the matter to the bar of justice for a test measure. No plans have as yet been agreed upon but it is admitted that they are in process of formation. They will hardly be announced before the suit contemplated as state in the Cleveland reports instituted.
Go to Cloudy’s boathouse and ferry. All kinds of boats such as canoes, Row Boats, Launches and Sail Boats. Near the Lighthouse foot of Huron St.
[VV. Ed. Note: This is the first mention of Cloudy’s that I’ve come across in reviewing these files. I note here that it places his business “at the foot of Huron St.” which means he was on the west side of the river. I wonder if he started business at this site and moved across the river when he got the Linwood Park franchise?]
Last evening at the Reformed parsonage, Rev. Wm. G. Klein united Mr. William Kosbah and Miss Mildred Meyer in the holy bonds of matrimony. May their journey of life be a prosperous and blessed one.
Geo Harris is reported very ill.
Opening dance at Ruggles’ Beach Friday evening May 25 for particulars see adv.
FOR RENT – Pasture for cow also barn room. Enquire of Mrs. F.H. Rae.
Wm. Leidheiser purchased a new piano this week.
Dr. Shackleton and Mr. Klatt expect to leave this week for a short trip on the yacht Half-moon.
The may friends of John Parsons will be pleased to hear that he has so far recovered from his illness as to be up and enjoying the fine weather.
Did you know that Foster has some of the finest canoes going. Help to keep them going and trying, one of them at your earliest convenience.
The yacht Frederick W. was launched here yesterday and the Half-moon Saturday. Both yachts have been undergoing repairs.
John Milliman of Petersburg lost seveal barns by fire Saturday.
Every Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Saturday evening. Dancing from 8 p.m. to 11:45 standard time. Gents Ticket 50 cents. Ladies free.. Mr. Decker will run two busses from 7:30 p.m. until close of dance. We solicit only the best of patronage. – Yours truly, F.J. Roth, Prop.
[VV. Ed. Note: Shadduck’s Park by this time was actually Crystal Beach – but folks still knew it by Shadduck’s. It would take a little time for everyone to get used to calling it Crystal]
Uncle Sam may be pardoned for proudly feeling his muscle after the victories his athletes have won in Athens and London.
[VV. Ed. Note: I believe this refers to the 1906 Intercalated Games a precursor of the Olympics.]
Speaking of frenzied literature, about a dozen complete and graphic histories of the San Francisco disaster are already on sale.
If the Standard Oil company contributed toward the election of the present administration it must wish it had its money back.
A Colorado man says that if you rub a raw onion of you head everyday it will keep your hair from falling out. It will also keep your friends from dropping in.
Booker Washington is advising his people to abandon expensive funerals and spend their money for living. The proper application of this advice is not limited to any race, color or previous condition of servitude.
Hmmmmmm....
SYLVESTER PELTON: Sylvester Augustin Pelton (pictured) appears to have led what some folks might deem to have been a rather ordinary life. He was born March 25, 1806 in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut. He was one of nine children born to Captain Josiah S. and Lucy Shepard Pelton. It was the same month and year the great English poetess, Elizabeth Barrett Browning first opened her eyes. And, across the channel, French Emperor, Napoleon I, was busy com missioning-the building of a new memorial to his imperial army in the middle of Paris. It would be called the Arc de Triomphe.
Near the turn of the 19th century the Pelton family migrated from their Connecticut home to Euclid, Ohio. Then in 1818, three years after Mrs. Pelton's untimely death at age 41, the family moved to Vermilion Township settling on a farm along Risden Road. There the oldest son, Josiah [r., assumed nearly all responsibilities for both family and farm. While the good Captain was not terribly old (62) his years as a sailor had taken their troll, and he apparently was not able/ready to begin a new career in the field.
Again, nothing about Sylvester's life appears to have been unusual. He took to farming at a young age. And he stayed with it throughout his life. What is extraordinary about him, however, are some of the people who surrounded him during his lifetime.
When he was 22 and she was but 18 years, he married a pretty village lass named Eunice Osborn Sturges. Eunice was born in Roxbury, New York on the 27th of July, 1810. She came to the place known as Vermilion when she was but 12 weeks old. Her mother carried her on a pillow all the way. It was a journey of six weeks.
Eunice's mother was Charlotte Tuttle Sturges (PJ 1-2000). Charlotte's husband, Frederick, died in April - the same year Sylvester's family came to the area. The following year (1819) she married a fellow named George Austin.
George's father, Captain William Austin, is very likely Vermilion's first settler. His mother, beyond the shadow of any doubt, was the first Caucasian woman in the area. This fact, by the way, was not cause for much celebration on her part. (And that is a story unto itself.)
But back to Sylvester and Eunice. They were the parents of eight children. The oldest, a girl they named Anna Maria, developed a great friendship with another young lady named Phoebe Goodell and her family.
Phoebe's father, Jotham W. Goodell, was a Presbyterian minister and led the congregation of the first church in the village (PJ 6-30-05). This relationship eventually-led her to marry Phoebe's big brother William Bird Goodell in April of 1853. The marriage' produced 3 children, but ended in catastrophe within a decade (PJ 9-29-95). William lost his life in a flash flood while working at a customs house in Port Angeles, Washington.
Grief stricken, she returned with her children to Vermilion to tend to the needs of her aging parents, Sylvester and Eunice, and to operate their boarding house on Huron Street (now the home of Jim and Cathy Weber).
While all of the aforementioned folk (i.e. Charlotte Tuttle Sturges, Captain Austin and his wife, Rev. Goodell and his daughter Phoebe) have more than' some passing import in our nation's his tory, it is Sylvester's nephew, who is most prominent.
Lester Allan Pelton, born in Vermilion on September 5, 1829 (a year after his aunt and uncle had married) became, and remains, world famous as the "father of hydroelectric power".
I know, I know. None of these people or things makes the good gentleman in the picture worthy of note. But as one of my favorite American philosophers, Will Rogers, once said, "We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. In yesteryear that'd be Sylvester. Today it'd be me.
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 townships south of Vermilion. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
…county. The origin of the name is not known, but it is thought by some to have been derived from a red clay found in many places along the banks of the river. The stream flows through the eastern part of the township, its general course being north, and empties into Lake Erie. La Chapelle creek, the only other water course in the township worthy of mention, rises in Townsend, and, entering Florence from Wakeman about a mile and a quarter east of the west town line, flows through the west part of the township, and finally into Lake Erie.
For a number of years after the arrival of the first settler in Florence, deer, wolves, wild turkeys, and smaller game too numerous to specify, were found in great abundance. Bears, though not infrequently seen, were not so numerous as in more marshy townships. The honor of killing the first bear naturally fell to Richard Brewer and Christopher Shaeffer, two of the best shots in the county. Shaeffer was out with his gun one evening, when a bear suddenly loped across his path a short distance in front of him. Just as he raised his rifle to fire, a little snow dropped from the branch of a small tree above him upon the barrel of his gun, obscuring the sight, and the bear got away. The next morning he obtained the assistance of Brewer, and with two good dogs they tracked the bear into Berlin, where they found him in a marsh. The bear ran to a log, which he had no sooner reached than Brewer fired, but only wounding, not killing, him. The report of the gun was the signal for the onset of the dogs. They seized the animal as he tried to escape, but were being badly worsted in the encounter, when Brewer grabbed the bear by the fur and plunged a hatchet into his head. He released the dogs, rose upon his hind legs, gave one piercing howl, and fell over on his back dead. The bear was an unusually large one, the flesh on his sides, it is said, measuring six inches. Shaeffer subsequently killed a bear in Florence, the only one ever killed in the township. He has probably killed more deer than any man in the county, often following them by day and by night. He killed by actual count one thousand deer, after which he kept no record. The last year that he hunted, and when deer were less numerous than formerly, he shot seventy. One method of his hunt at night was to fix up a torch of some kind, which would attract the deer within range of his gun.
The first family that settled in the township was that of Ezra Sprague. Mr. Sprague was born in Alford, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, March 27, 1785, and emigrated to Ohio in 1807. The same year he married Harriet A. Griswold, of Windsor township, Ashtabula county, and resided in the vicinity of Grand River until the spring of 1809, when, with his wife and one child. he came to this township. Lie settled where his daughter, Laura, now lives on lot number thirty-eight in the fourth section, and resided on his original location until his death. He died January C, 1856. Mr. Sprague was a man of strong traits of character. He was the first Justice of the peace in the township, and afterwards held the position of associate judge of Common Pleas for fourteen years. In the early years of his official duties he rode to court on horseback with a blanket doubled up for a saddle and strips of basswood for stirrups.
Mrs. Sprague died January 23, 1853, aged seventy-one. They had a family of seven children, only two of whom are living, viz: Mrs. H. F. Merry at Sandusky City, and Laura Sprague in this township on the old homestead. The sons, Simon H. and Solomon G. Sprague, were well known residents of this township for many years. The former was the oldest of the family, and was born prior to their settlement in Florence. He died January 17, 1874. His widow still resides in the township. Solomon G. Sprague was born May 9, 1816, married Mary Collins December 15, 1857, and died January 27, 1876. His family still resides in Florence.
In July 1809, Eli S. Barnum and his sister, Rachel, Rufus Judson and family, Charles Betts and Joseph Parsons, arrived from Danbury, Connecticut. Barnum located on the southwest corner of what is now called Florence Corners, and was the first settler at that place. He subsequently married Miss Root, then of Henrietta, sister of Mrs. Calvin Leonard. He was the proprietor’s agent for the sale of the lands of this township, and was a justice of the peace and postmaster at Florence Corners for many years. He finally removed to Cleveland, where he died,
Rufus Judson, after a residence for a few years near Florence Corners, moved to the lakeshore, as did also Judge Meeker, who, for a short time, lived in Florence. Charles Betts took up his abode in the south part of the township, where he lived alone for many years, being a bachelor. His brother, Isaac, finally came out, and occupied the house with him. One day, while Charles was sitting at the table, eating his meal, Isaac, impelled by a desire to secure his property, struck him upon the head with the sharp edge of a post ax, cutting through his skull, and killing him instantly. He then concealed the body under the barn, where it was, a short time after, discovered. The murderer was sent to the penitentiary, and died there.
Joseph Parsons settled a short distance west of Ezra Sprague,' afterwards called Sprague's corners. He kept bachelor's hall there a number of years. His wife could not be induced to exchange 'the old home for a life in the woods of Florence, and she always remained in Connecticut. His son subsequently came out with his family, and occupied the house with his father a number of years, when they all removed to the lakeshore.
In 1810, John Brooks, Sr., Joseph Sears and Jeremiah Wilson, and their families, were added.
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 - Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
THE VERMILION & WESTERN: The Vermilion & Western Railroad Club was a club organized in the basement of Vermilionite Fred Harpley’s home on the southwest corner of South and Decatur streets back in about 1959. Fred and his son “Corky” Bill were the club advisors. The membership cards were used to generate funds. That’s why (my brother) Bill had a card. It was, more or less, a donation.
The group pooled their resources – their electric trains – and put them together in an operating display in Harpley’s basement. It was actually very nice. There was a pop machine, and chips could be purchased. It was a good place to hang around when there was no place else to go.
The group sponsored “Sock Hops” at the Fire Hall and took field trips to rail yards etc. It was fun – for a while.
Fred and Cork ran the Railway Express business in town. They kept offices in a building that sat – albeit temporarily – on the northeast side of the tracks between Perry and Washington streets.
Scientists were excited this week at having isolated a brief sound which occurred immediately before the Big Bang. Apparently, that sound was "uh oh."
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'".
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.
Another great book with Vermilion Roots is, "Grandmas’ Favorites: A Compilation of Recipes from Margaret Sanders Buell" by Amy O’Neal, Elizabeth Thompson and Meg Walter (May 2, 2012). This book very literally will provide one with the flavor of old Vermilion. And ye can also find it at Amazon.com. Take a look.
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