“From the Marietta Register:” “Our community was surprised, last Saturday morning, by the intelligence that our townsman, Jacob Cram was dead.” “When the call was made for the militia of this district to assemble at this place, to repel the Morgan invasion, Mr. Cram felt it his duty to respond. Continue Reading
360° Timelapse Ride on the Valley Gem Sternwheeler in Marietta, Ohio
During our visit to Marietta, Ohio, we took a ride on the Valley Gem sternwheeler. I also recorded a short 360° timelapse of the trip, because apparently I cannot just enjoy a boat ride like a normal person. The cruise started on the Muskingum River, then headed out onto the Continue Reading
Wilford Bouts Found Dead at Argonne Road Home
When relatives conducted a search Friday night for Wilford W. Bouts, 37, electrician, they found his body suspended by an electric wire in the basement of his home at 2321 Argonne road about 10 o’clock. He was missed about 4 p. m. Friday and Coroner Virgil Fowler said he died Continue Reading
Race to the Infirmary Won by David Kirk
“Newton Byers and David Kirk, two expert oarsmen ferrying with different skiffs over the back water of the Scioto, had an opportunity of testing their skill with the paddle, recently. After reaching the shore, they decided to try it on foot, and pulling off their boots started for a half Continue Reading
Ephemera Friday #29:A Summer Gathering at Grandma Halves’ Home in Otway, Ohio
In 1912, someone gathered members of the Halves and Hubbard families together in the yard of the Halves home in Otway, Ohio, and captured a moment that would outlive them all. The photograph, labeled “Grandma Halves Home, Otway, Ohio,” shows six individuals standing in front of the family home in Continue Reading
The Graves on the Mountaintop: An Unsolved Georgia Mystery from 1866
“Last Tuesday morning a farmer named Wilkens, living in Walker County, Georgia., whose hogs had strayed away, was searching for the lost animals among the mountains in the vicinity, when he discovered two newly made graves on the extreme summit of a hill, far away from any known habitation. Marking Continue Reading
Reading the Grave of Hiram J. Jordan with Raking Light
The gravestone featured in the video belongs to Hiram J. Jordan, the son of H. and S. Jordan. The inscription reads: HIRAM J.SON OFH. & S. JORDANBORN JAN. 29, 1912DIED JAN. 1, 1914 Although the marker is still structurally intact, the deeply shaded location where it sits makes the incised Continue Reading
Forgotten Revolutionary Soldier Said to Rest in Unmarked Annapolis Grave
“Colonel S. H. McBeth in his search for unmarked graves of soldiers in the county, comes across some interesting reminiscences, not the least of which is one furnished by Mr. Amos Lacey Myers, of Annapolis, in the western part of the county. In the cemetery at that town lie the Continue Reading
Hunted Adams County Man Found Dead in Barn After Shooting Wife
“A former Adams County magistrate who had been hunted since Sunday for shooting his wife was found dead shortly after noon Monday on a farm near Stout. Ellsworth Loy Johnson, 62, was found by Henry Shiveley in the Shiveley barn about 12:30 p.m., about a mile from the place where Continue Reading
Change of Venue Helps Danny Cupid Work in Vanceburg
“Apparently all Danny Cupid needed was a change of venue.” “Since the county clerk’s office was moved to the city hall about April 1 pending construction of the new Lewis county courthouse, 88 marriage licenses have been issued during April thus far as against 52 in March.” “Under the law, Continue Reading