Fascinating, Paul. For the first 7 years of my life we lived on Cacoosing Drive on the other side of…
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I found the mention of the Orr farm interesting as well since it was originally part of Henry Shepler Ruth’s…
Thank you Alexa. That’s a great source site. I have another ancestor who was listed as a “Master Miller” in…
You’ve done a great job, Alexa, uncovering remains from these sites and covering their backgrounds.
When I visited this site several years back while working on our Blue Marsh book, there was still a piece…
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Are they putting in the traffic lights, maybe