Jackson’s risky march sets stage for Second Bull Run
On Aug 24 1862 Stonewall Jackson faces discipline woes at Jeffersonton and plans a daring flank with Gen Robert E Lee. Jackson’s 27000 troops move via Thoroughfare Gap toward Manassas Junction to strike Pope from rear and lure Federal forces into a trap amid supply depots and a looming clash at Groveton and Bull Run.
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Jackson
Pope
Washington
Lee
Richmond
J K Boswell
Boswell
Manassas
Jeffersonton
Bull Run Mountains
Manassas Junction
Bull Run
Amussville
Orleans
Masassas
Black Swamp of Ohio Linked to Great Drainage Feat
An editor’s note traces the Black Swamp in northern Ohio from a feared wilderness for pioneers to a vast drainage achievement. It describes the Maumee Boulevard road, early drainage laws, and the rise of ditches and tile drains that transformed 25,000 miles of community channels and 225,000 miles of underground drains into a productive agricultural region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Western Reserve
Indiiana
Michigan
Sandusky
Maumee
Lorain County
Black Swamp
Congress
Jackson
Wood County
Portage River
Maumee River
Hand of
Pontine Marsh
Italy
Zeider Zee
Holland
Everglades
Florida
Hobby hobnob Collecting bottles is dandy hobby
Clifford A. Newell began collecting bottles after finding an old Amber Dr Hostettler bottle on his West Ridge Road farm. He now has 150 to 2000 bottles in varied colors and shapes with many more soaking to clean. His display includes Heinz 13 27 and 7 varieties and an 1810 era blue whiskey bottle. Newell hopes to show parts of his collection in schools to teach glass making history. He travels to Clark County for fresh pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford A. Newell
Hostettler
West Ridge Rd
King Room
Warner
Luden
Newell
Carrie Naton
Jenny Lind
Carre
Tme
Estelle
Elyria High School
Ohio University
Nancy Warner
Department of Army
Cleveland
United States
Clark County
Indiana
Music instructor doubles as summer gardener and violin tutor
Elyria teacher Sidney Davis lives in bid for Eastern Heights and spends summers gardening a 100 by 10 foot plot growing vegetables and herbs including oregano sage and basil. He teaches violin to his sons and has a rich musical background with degrees from Oberlin and Northwestern and a career in the Elyria school system and local orchestras.
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Sidney Davis
Eastern Heights
Elyna High School
Davis
Air Force
Elyna
Elyria Little Symphony
Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Koinonia Lake
Murray Ridge Rd
Indiana
Lake Erie State Park
Dunlark
N. Y
Niagara Falls
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By Merton Takers
United Pree Informational
Stonewall Jackson
Old Jack
Robert E. Lee
War- Tenton
Salem
Marshall
Stonewall
Shenandoah Valley
Haymarket
Gainesville
Bristoe Station
Orange & Alexandria
Bristoe
Bostoe
Groveton, Va
Pathways of the Pioneers
George P. Metcalf
Maumee - Western Reserve
Perrysburg
Upper Sandusky
Rees
Macad
Maumee-Western
Ewe
C-T
Thomas H. McCarthy
June Ryan
Ryan
Heinz
Plantation
Eh Roe
Elyria
By Molly Cutts
Philip
Jeff
Ralph
Clearview
Oberlin College
Northwestern University
Medina County
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