Lonesome James
He was the son of a James Murphy who happened to be one of the early settlers -- one of those who came prior to the War of 1812. He may not have lived here at the time of the war, though.
View ArticleOlive Chapel
According to the 1880 history of Logan County, this area wasn't settled until after the War of 1812. There was a church here, known at one time as Olive Chapel. There is no sign of it now.
View ArticleThe Cross in the Pasture
...the low ground at the base of the hill is an occasional waterway that leads to Stony Creek to the north (to the left on the photo). If I can trust Eckert's map to tell me, the 1806 encampment of...
View ArticleSpringhills
(September 26, cont.) The village at the top of the hill ahead is Springhills, Ohio. My brakes weren’t adjusted the best, but I was able to stop on this downhill when it occurred to me that I should...
View ArticleSiegenthaler-Kaestner Esker
the Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve. The big esker is visible in the background of this photo, but I did not figure out where it was while standing here, taking this photo. If I had...
View ArticleSoybeans got my attention
(Sept. 26, cont.) This is just an old barn, less than a mile east of the esker. I like the color effect that soybeans give to the landscape when they start to dry. I looked on the old maps and county...
View ArticleJames McPherson place on the Mad River
By bicycle it was about a 13 mile ride between the Shawnee encampment site and here. I don't know how much of my route, if any, would have been the path McPherson had taken to get there. This site is...
View ArticleConnecting the Greenville Treaty Line Dots
In an article from last September 25 I told about the quick bike ride I did after we arrived in Fort Loramie that evening. It was a warmup for four days of riding. I took advantage of the opportunity...
View ArticleOhio routes – 2008
finished tracing all of my Ohio bicycle rides from this past August and September onto a Google map
View ArticleAmish-Jewish double-take
On a ride to Upper Sandusky, Ohio last September 29, I was looking for signs of an old reservation boundary in this area. There was one place where the maps had suggested there might be a piece of...
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