Morgan Raid Recalled in Corydon Sketches and Incidents
Local reminiscences detail Morgan’s Corydon raid with a disguised citizen, soldiers in women’s bonnets, a famed black stallion, paroled Home Guards, and a mysterious stranger possibly Morgan. The piece notes personal escapes, family ties, and calls for more county memories of the raid’s national significance.
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Corydon
Morgan
Rac
Home Guards
Hin
Cedar Ihs
Daniel FR. Lenin
Dhien
Accon
Indian Creek
Mearsyi
Derth
Titian
Spences Township
Gerins
Tlarrison
Our
Abergan
Stranger explores nigger-head rock for diamonds in 1880
A well educated summer traveler examined the nigger-head rock across Harrison and Crawford counties hoping for diamonds. He proposed the rocks came from a distant volcanic event though no diamonds were found. The piece notes Harrison and Crawford counties lack precious stones but boast a premier oolitic limestone and the world’s largest lime kiln at Milltown on the Big Blue River.
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Our
Harrison
Crawford Counnties
Harrison County
Big Blue River
Milltown
Open Well Incident at Corydon Investigated in 1897
In Corydon on Mill Street an open well on a residence shared by Cunningham or Kepner occasionally yields a blind fish. During 1897 Dr Kigemman of the State University visited the town and several locals assisted in the work to obtain specimens from the well.
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Morgan
Corydon
Kintner House
Columbus
Ohio
Greenbacks
Greenback
Salem
Wyman
John B. Castleman
Earth
Blue Grass
Winman
Tukmo
Salen
Unninghan
Kepner
Mill Street
Kigemman
State University
Specimens and cave life in Wyandotte Cave area
The note describes specimens for the Doctor found in the Blind Fish area and Wyandotte Cave, noting blind crawfish in Harrison and Crawford counties. It mentions Arnold Hill tunnel where a live frog was found embedded in solid rock during drilling, and hints at local school folk joking about a toad awaiting resurrection.
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Blind Fish
Wyandotte Cave
Harrison
Crawford Counties
Arnold Hill
Southern
Mr. Toad
Beekeeping Pioneer Treasures Hidden in Bee Trees
The narrator recalls pioneers seeking bee trees as treasure and recounts honey boons from hunts. A expert trapper observed bee flights by sugar feeding, while squirrel activity indicated hollow trees housing bees. Western hotels hint at honey flavors linked to flowers and seasons.
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J. Edward Murr
Our County
Coryden
Jesse Potts
Posey Township
Jesse
New Middletown
David Leffler
Taylor Township
Corydon and
New Albany
Lanesville
Jacob S. Pfrimer
Pfrimmer
Jacob Ferree
Joel Ferree
Ile
Pennsylvidia
Zanesville
Oho
Simeon K. Wolfe
Bull Run
Congress
Washiiston City
John A. Logan
Nigger Head
Southern Railway System
In.c.law
North Carolina
Saturday Evening Post
Daisy
O’cedar
Aluminum
J. J. BULLEIT @ SON
Schupperts Bus
Rosenbarger
Pearl and Market Sts
Schuppert
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