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Post by RER on Jun 28, 2009 12:59:23 GMT -5
The American Starch Company During 1875 to 189516th & Washington Street Columbus, IndianaProduct Name: Hovey's Sunday Gloss Starch Item: Trade Card Circa 1880s/1890 Newspaper Report: New York Times (June 29, 1890 ) : "There has been only one failure in the business (starch) and that was precipitated by the municipality authorities of Columbus Indiana, refusing the American Starch Company permission to continue the operation of the works within the corporate limits of the town, on account of the offensive odors issuing from the works." Status of Company: The company burned down during 1895 and was classified as one of biggest fires in Columbus history. Sources: Trade card found in an antique store. Information is summarized based on the history of the Columbus Indiana company.
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Post by RER on Jun 28, 2009 21:29:01 GMT -5
Brief Overview Of Old Buildings That Have Metal Construction StarsVarious 1800s Columbus/County Buildings Have The StarsUsage: They were placed on outer walls of buildings and interconnected with end treaded steel rods (wall to wall) for added construction support. They are referred to at times as storm, earthquake or hurricane star/rod supports to prevent less structure destruction. Example: The old White Star Meat Market on 4th & Franklin and the original outside surface of the old Cerealine building, that is the Cummins Cafeteria today downtown. Picture of Stars: The were made in various sizes and can be seen on many old buildings nationwide. Commonly Found: In antique stores and still attached to many old buildings constructed in the 1800s and early 1900s. Below Is The Old Cerealine Building With Stars: Source: The bottom partial picture enlarged is the actual Columbus Cerealine Building from the Library of Congress Washington D.C. The uses of steel stars are written in many books and explained at many Internet sites if researched. The Cerealine Building modifications over the years; the Stars may have been removed including the steel rods.
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on Jun 29, 2009 10:38:34 GMT -5
Thanx Bob, I have seen those and had no idea what they were for! I figured there were leftovers from old signs or something. You will also see them very commonly as sort of an elongated "S" shape. I have seen them in Columbus on numerous buildings. Brief Overview Of Old Buildings That Have Metal Construction StarsVarious 1800s Columbus/County Buildings Have The StarsUsage: They were placed on outer walls of buildings and interconnected with end treaded steel rods (wall to wall) for added construction support. They are referred to at times as storm, earthquake or hurricane star/rod supports to prevent less structure destruction. Example: The old Star Meat Market on 4th & Franklin and the original outside surface of the old Cerealine building, that is the Cummins Cafeteria today downtown. Picture of Stars: The were made in various sizes and can be seen on many old buildings nationwide. Commonly Found: In antique stores and still attached to many old buildings constructed in the 1800s and early 1900s.
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Post by RER on Jun 30, 2009 23:15:36 GMT -5
Some May Ask Why Bob (or RER) Writes So Much on The Columbus Historical Boards
Well, there is a deep memory and respect from years 1640 through 1998 for my family history. It has been documented in papers, letters, memory papers, newspapers within our family. It traces from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Delaware, and Indiana during those years. Many years and events are unknown, but from 1762 to 1850 they start to become clearer in research history of my family.
The most documented years start from 1762 until my forth grandfather back in time. He documented in a fantastic summary his hard life to finally “live and die” in Mt. Auburn or Edinburg Indiana; with his family and off-springs. His name was Spencer Records and is buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery behind the present 177 year old Christian Church that I talked about under the Edinburg posts within this web-site. As I have written Spencer was a pure frontiersman that helped establish towns and settlements down the Ohio River, from Pennsylvania, through Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
His history expounds joint establishments of towns in Kentucky and finally settlement in Bartholomew County and Edinburg’s Mt. Auburn Indiana. His stories are well documented in Lewis Wetzel and the Upper Ohio Frontier books; and Indiana Magazine of History, Volume LV, December 1959 by great, great granddaughter of Spencer Records. Her name was Naomi Mussendore Hougham a former professor at Franklin College, Franklin Indiana. She wrote a pamphlet and book titled Spencer Records Memoir of the Ohio Valley Frontier between 1766 and 1795. Spencer’s life ended in Mt. Auburn of Edinburg in 1850. This is ten years after his son organized the present still active Mt. Auburn Christian Church. Spencer’s memoirs are graphic, challenging, amazing, sad, joyful, and relates to the settlers hard times fighting Indians and nature to survive.
Many Lewis Wetzel books are available to read of his adventures as well as Naomi M. Hougham’s writings of Spencer. Research on the internet typing in his name and adventures can be found.
So, now you know why I Bob (RER) keeps plugging along about Columbus Indiana History and even Edinburg Indiana. It is because my family roots are deeply involved in the Columbus Indiana area before the government sold land to the settlers between 1817 and 1821. Columbus and Bartholomew County wasn’t even established then and General Tipton was about to arrive with his disappointment in life.
If you think about what I have tried to express here then you can understand why my brother and I continue to reveal what we can related to Bartholomew County and Columbus History.
Agree, there were many famous residents of Bartholomew County and Columbus, but I suspect my family members of the past knew them well and socialized, married within, and attended churches with many of them.
For, now I will continue the endeavor of my research as my older brother will to provide what we can to enrich the minds of Columbus History Buffs. We only hope you enjoy what we can provide in our research and writings on these Columbus Historical Board pages.
Source and Reference: From my 8th grandfather back who was born in England in 1640 and died in Maryland in 1693. His wife was born in Virginia in 1645 and died in Maryland in 1715. All these dates were before we were called the United States. Many of my family members fought in the Revolutionary War and were mostly high ranking officers.
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Post by Babs on Jul 1, 2009 11:07:50 GMT -5
Thank you so much Bob for all your informative posts. I'm sure I speak for many who frequent this board that it is just terrific that you have documented all of your family's history the way you have. It surely does help us all understand what happened in our area and since we all love history so much, you are helping preserve all of this for future generations. Thanks again.
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Post by RER on Jul 14, 2009 12:45:41 GMT -5
Life In Bartholomew County and Columbus Indiana During The 1800sA quick story in the book condensed: The first tannery at Columbus was a great help to the settlers, for as they cleared their land of the timber, the plentiful chestnut oak was used for the "tan-bark" which the tannery bought to tan the hides of cattle to produce leather. The trees were cut down in the summer, and ridges notched around the trunk about four feet apart, then the rough bark was peeled off in strips and corded up to dry. In the fall it would be hauled to the tannery, or to the Joseph I. Irwin's store on Washington Street. Mr. Irwin took the overflow from the tannery and paid for it in trade, thus allowing many families a living while getting their farms ready for crops. It was not easy to get this product to market. There were few good roads and bridges. Much had to hauled many miles over hills and across streams. The loads were heavy and hard to pull for the horse teams. The wheels had to be locked going down hill and wheels broke often. Note: During 1879 there were at least three tannery companies in Columbus. They were called Orinoco Tannery, Columbus Tannery and the W.W. Mooney Tannery, and the last one being the most famous. _________________________________________________ Go to book at this web site to see a brief about this book: columbusin.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=books&action=display&thread=168&page=6
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Post by RER on Jul 15, 2009 18:59:10 GMT -5
Where Did The Mauxferry or Mocks Ferry or Mouck Port Get The Name (various early settler spellings) For The Port & The Road?
Comment: Today I researched the history of Johnson County that includes Edinburg and the Franklin connection going North to Indianapolis. The name comes from what is said below:
Quote: "About the year 1807 Frederick Mouck, of Virginia, had come to a cabin on the Ohio River, where Mouckport now stands, and established a ferry. This easy crossing of the river drew settlers by way of Corydon and Salem toward the White river country. One of our oldest highways, the Mauxferry road, variously spelled "Mauksferry" and "Mocksferry," was the avenue of travel for many of the early settlers from Kentucky. And by this and other roads leading from the river northward, immigrants pushed their way into the wilderness, and while Johnson county was organized by a legislature sitting at Corydon, within a year thereafter a new state capital was selected, and Indianapolis was agreed upon as the site, although the seat of government was not removed until 1825." END QUOTE
Note: The road as we know passed through Bartholomew County through Johnson County as previously mentioned in these 1800s posts. Other history books I have read didn't mention this nor did the book called The Atterbury Files.
Source: History of Johnson County Indiana, by Elba L. Branigin, A.M.T, Illustrated year 1913, B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc. Indianapolis Indiana
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Post by RER on Jul 17, 2009 12:31:21 GMT -5
The Train Killed Sarah’s Cow & She Soaped the TracksA True Columbus, Indiana Story of The Middle 1850sWell, this true store was found in the book I reference at the bottom of the page. It is about a Columbus family that lived in a log cabin going south toward Madison next to the rails of the Madison from Columbus railroad. To my understanding the cabin was not far from the train’s station and some of the rails were elevated or inclined to some degree. Picture now the train was probably running during the 1850s and early 1860s from Madison, through Columbus, on past Edinburg and lastly Indianapolis. Now, the train described in this story was a wood fired steam engine type that really puffed a bunch of smoke, and took a lot of wood to keep “her” rolling along. I have seen these trains still in operation during the Vietnam War, operating in Thailand and they were still using wood and (not coal) in the fire chamber. I have condensed this story into a very short version because in the book it involves a whole chapter of 10 pages of settlers’ reading enjoyment. JM&I Railroad The story involves the first railroad through Bartholomew County called the short line from Madison to Indianapolis or the reverse direction of course. There was a family named John and Sarah Rush that lived in the cabin and had a cow. Apparently, Sarah had raised the cow she named Daisy from the smallest to the largest mature cow. Daisy was an off spring of an old horned cow and it became Sarah’s prized pet. Now John and Sarah had a few chickens and Sarah worked for folks doing housework and washing clothes. Sarah was a fast working big women; and she was described as a fat Robin bird picking up worms. Her husband was not excited about working much the story reveals. The story teller said there was a rail of tracks on an incline or elevation between the story teller’s house and John & Sarah’s cabin. The story teller indicated the train passed by their porch each day and they would be sitting on the porch as it passed by their house, the cabin; and up the inclined/elevated rail area. One day Sarah’s pet cow Daisy apparently was wondering about on the railroad tracks and the train was leaving Columbus for Madison. The train ran over Daisy and killed the poor pet cow. Now, it goes without saying that Sarah was very upset with the railroad company killing her cow Daisy. Now, it seemed Sarah was about to “declare war” on the railroad company. To continue, the story teller was on the porch with his grandmother one afternoon awaiting the passing of the daily train to Madison. Here in part are portions from the book: “One afternoon, I was sitting on the porch rails as the train from Edinburg with its long white smoke against the blue sky” started up the railroad rail incline I have described. Then all at once as the train reached the grade; there was a terrible noise, the train stopped and all the engine wheels were spinning on the tracks to try to make the grade or incline. Then the engineer, fireman and brakeman were checking the tracks as I watched. They began digging and sifting dirt from the side of the hill with shovels, and putting it on the track to get traction. “I asked my grandmother, what are they doing?” She said:” I’ll bet five dollars Sarah has soaped the tracks.” “Then she said I was too little to understand.” After the tracks were covered in dirt the engineer went back on the train and the fireman piled a lot of firewood in the fire hole to get more power and steam. That released the train slowly up the incline and on to Madison. The next day the same thing happened on the tracks and was repeated for a whole weeks daily. Finally, with much more of the story to be told (in the book) the train company paid for a new cow for Sarah. Reference in parts: Hoosier Courtships In The Horse And Buggy Days, By Myrtillus N. Satterthwaite and Martha C. Bishop Source of picture: This train picture is one that George posted under Railroad Sept 2008. It is the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad in 1868.
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Post by RER on Jul 20, 2009 11:13:52 GMT -5
The First Circus Comes To Columbus Middle 1850sBackground of P.T. Barnum: Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. ________________________________________________ For many weeks before the "First P. T. Barnum Circus" was to commence, and many billboards were placed throughout the Bartholomew County including, Johnson County, and Brown County of today. The families and children throughout the land started their imaginations and curiosity of large animals, flying trapeze artists and dressed up clowns. Many settlers around the counties had never been to Columbus or a large town like Columbus in those days. The farmers barns around all the land and the Columbus stores had large posters announcing the date and times of the big event. People packed up food in the wagons and the family and headed to Columbus even days before the event. They are said to have camped out and shopped downtown awaiting the big events of P.T. Barnum. One young couple from Gnaw Bone (located going toward Nashville, Indiana) had never been to a town as large as Columbus, let alone a Circus. To them it was a “glimpse of fairyland, or even heaven” as told. The Gnaw Bone 18 year’s old lady said, “The pretty girls on the white horses looked like angels.” When the event was complete the settlers loaded up their wagons for the return trip to their homes and farms. It was an event that would live in the minds of the young and old for many years to come. Now, the Gnaw Bone young couple had an interesting ending. The young male boy friend wanted to buy his lady friend a gift downtown. So, he walked the streets and ended up in Vogel & Company which in those days was called also the “Trade Palace.” He walked into the store but forgot the name of what he was looking for as a gift. At one point he told the store clerk he wanted to buy her a “summer cooler” and that started a thought process of discovery. Well, eventually with the aid of the store clerk he figured it out and bought her a hand operated fan to cool her head and face. The young man was amazed by the store shelves of the products on display. The story said the young lady was the proudest girl in Gnaw bone, swinging her “summer cooler.” Sources: Small brief of P.T. Barnum taken from Wikipedia. The story is condensed from 10 pages of the event in the Hoosier Courtship in the Horse and Buggy Days, Chapter 17 of 10 pages of story. The chapter starts at Lowell Mill and progresses to the downtown area and events. It is an interesting and fun read for many I am sure; but difficult to read at times because of the settler's early words of our language.
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Post by RER on Jul 22, 2009 19:53:44 GMT -5
Ink Well School Desks Used In The 1800s & 1900sColumbus Indiana and Bartholomew County Schools _______________________ Well, when formal schools started in log built structures during late 1821 in Bartholomew County; there were a few necessities beyond the teachers’ books. During this same year of 1821 Bartholomew County allocated 7 thousand acres of land for schools. During 1834 Indiana passed a law to upgrade and repair the first school houses in the very small state of Indiana at that time. Of course Bartholomew County had some of the first schools as did Columbus as the development of the state was moving North above Indianapolis. A few necessities in the classroom were slate boards, dunce block (in front of teacher’s desk) and pegs along the side of the wall to hang switches or sometimes called gads, use to maintain good discipline. The teachers secured the books in their desks. As the classrooms design progressed, there were individual desks for students that contained an ink well, located in the upper right corner of most desks. The well was placed in this position because most students wrote with feather pens from their right hands. The ink wells were inserted with sections of a cow horn to hold the ink that was made locally. Slate pencils were made by rolling soapstone, found in the local creeks into pencils and then dried them near the wooden fireplaces. Ink well wooden desk later were of iron and wooden seats and tops. These desks were used throughout Columbus and Bartholomew County School houses and high schools even during the 1960s. Today, they may be found in antique stores. I recalled using these desks for the first 9 grades in the Columbus school system. Then at the new Columbus High School on 25th Street they were no long used and modern desks without the ink wells were available. The old ink well desk was very sturdy in design and well designed for entrance and exits of the students. The ink was locally made in Columbus from maple bark boiled down, and also from ripe elderberries. It was necessary to hire a teacher that had good pen talents with a goose or gander feather. This was because the teacher had to instruct on the usage of the feather pen and desired styles. Students had to be very careful in using the ink because of it's trait of running down the page during writing sessions. It has been said that using the feather pen was “strenuous and there wasn’t any excellence of results without labor.” I don’t know what years in history the goose pen and ink well become obsolete. Crude metal tipped pens came to being, and then ink pens made by companies like Parker Pens were utilized. The early metal tipped pens had to be dipped into the ink, but later a small refill rubber bag was constructed inside the Parker type pens for suction refilling. But, as thing go those pens became obsolete with the invention the ballpoint pins during 1945, and are still used today. With the metal tipped pens and suction refill type pens came the use of bottled India ink and other brands in dark blue and black. The first great success for the ballpoint pen came on an October morning in 1945 when a crowd of over 5,000 people jammed the entrance of New York’s Gimbels Department Store to buy the ballpoint pens. Comment: Feather quill pens occured as early as the 6th century AD.
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Post by RER on Aug 1, 2009 13:34:21 GMT -5
What A Discovery I Found In An Old Box Today
Over the years we moved all around the country, including Europe for 4 years. Well, as folks know when you move around a lot; documents and things get lost in boxes and storage places and today I found "a prize" of 1800 (years) family living conditions and the early 1900s.
I have finished reading the whole thing, an it includes life in Bartholomew County, and Johnson County Indiana, and the joys, happiness, and struggles of farm life.
It is not a book, but a life review of farm family members. I had forgotten about this document, because I obtained it almost 10 years ago from one of my Aunt's in a Columbus nursing home. She has since passed away but the documents she gave me are priceless related to actual living in the older days in both counties.
I look forward to sharing in compressed writing about the experiences of this distant cousin, that is deceased. It doesn't have anything to do with genealogy.
I will attempt to write short separate actual conditions, and her observations that were in the papers.
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Post by RER on Aug 1, 2009 19:25:17 GMT -5
Ice Houses for Preservation of Foods during the 1800s & Early 1900sBartholomew County & Johnson County IndianaThe distant relative reveals as she was looking out toward the man made water pond, during the deeply freezing winter weather. To her surprise there were horses standing on the pond thick ice. It wasn’t just one horse it was a team of horses and the ice was not breaking through with their heavy weight. The horse was there with her father and a crew of men. The crew was cutting thick blocks of ice to put in storage in the farm’s ice house. I suppose not all farms had the luxury of an ice house. Further, if the farm didn’t have a small pond or creek area it would be more difficult to have ice houses. Now, it wouldn’t be impossible to have an ice house because horse teams, wagons and sleds could haul ice to farms without ponds and creeks in the winter. This ice house was a wooden, double walled building like a box so to speak. The space between the two walls was filled with leftover sawdust to insulate the structure. If you have ever had the privilege of visiting Henry Clay’s estate located in Lexington, Kentucky; then you may have seen a famous settler’s ice house. Now, the sawdust was used for two reasons. One, it provided insulation for the double walls, and secondly it was placed on the ice surfaces to prevent the thick blocks from sticking together. The insulation maintained the temperature within the structure; thus providing a non-rapid change of temperature for all the foods stored. The ice was stored in layers of sawdust between each block of ice. During the summer months the ice was used to cool milk and butter in the milk house. The design included a long wooden tank lined with metal with wooden lids. One part of it was elevated higher and that is where the ice was placed on a grate type thing. When the ice melted the cold water dripped and filled the long tank to an overflow pipe drain to the outside of the house. The foods such as butter, milk and other items were placed in stoneware crocks or jars and set in the tank with the cold water around them. _______________________________________ To view one of Henry Clay’s ice houses (not as crude) go here: www.henryclay.org/ashland-estate/structures/the-outbuildings/Additional Comments: I remember large blocks of ice being delivered in the 1940s to homes that had a modern Ice box and the ice had sawdust flakes to prevent the sticking together. The delivery person would brush off the sawdust and take the ice calipers and hand carry the blocks into the house for installing into the ice boxes. Also, the old ice plant (at 3rd & Lafayette Street) during the 1940s and 1950s; you could see sawdust being used (as revealed here) on the dock of the Columbus Ice Company. Source of Information: Papers given to me 10 years ago from an Aunt. The Henry Clay website is mentioned for comparison. Lastly, my observation as a young kid during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Post by RER on Aug 2, 2009 11:28:57 GMT -5
“Splash, Splash, “They Were About To Take A Saturday Night BathYears 1800s and Early 1900s Introduction: Settlers in Bartholomew County making Lye Soap This is a compressed review from the papers that my Aunt gave be many years ago before her passing. As many know Lye Soap making for cleaning clothing, pots & pans and the famous Saturday night bath was used by all the early settlers. They didn’t have the convenience of store bought bars of Dail, Dove, Ivory, Tide and other soaps. I guess we should call-up the old phrase on television saying, “We’ve come a long way baby.” Now, if you search the internet you will find various variations that were used to make Lye soap. Some were just plain old Lye soap and no sweet smelling additives; however some were colored like red with a few strawberries added or other colorful plants or leaves. Here is the actual condensed short review of the Bartholomew County among other Indiana counties for making the soap. The Story: Lye Soap Cakes Grandmother, always made homemade yellow soft soap for her bathing. I seemed to always think it would be so strong, it might take my skin off, but it didn’t. Now, during this period there was store bought soap available but grandmother refused to purchase it. During the 1880s the story says that her family among others, had ash hoppers located in the back yard. The hopper was a wooden construction, with a v-shaped trough. It was very tall, maybe 5 or 6 feet high. There was a small opening at one end on the bottom. This allowed the eventual liquids to drain out into the containers. The wood ashes from the fire places in the house or stove ashes were gathered and placed in the hopper, until it was at capacity. Water was poured into the top to moisten the ashes, and rain water further added to the process. As the water soaked through the ashes, it would drip slowly out the bottom drain into a wooden container or buckets. This liquid product from the ashes was saved and boiled to concentrate, to make lye (an alkali) used to make the soap later. When making soap the lye water concentrate was put into a large black cooking pot outdoors under a big fire. Then animal fats and fat from meat scraps were mixed into the boiling solution for almost 7 hours. The determined amount of each resulted in the desired thickness of the Lye Soap being made. When the final solution had reached the desired time and formula choice, it was allowed to cool in the stoneware pots or in wooden buckets. The final soap was yellow in color and unscented. The soaps made were used to wash clothing, household items, general cleaning and bodies. Other Research Beyond This Story: As the years progressed some settler’s added scents to the brew. Some poured the solution into molds or casts to harden. Source: Story paper from Aunt. Pictures from internet search.
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Post by David Sechrest on Aug 2, 2009 12:07:37 GMT -5
Hey Bob, there was a spot on Channel 13's 12pm news a couple of weeks ago about a lady up in Indianapolis who makes her own laundry detergent. I somehow missed the recipe and test results. I think Channel 13 published the recipe on their website. Whether or not it's still there, I don't know.
She would make up a batch of it and give it away.
I was talking to my mom and Aunt Judy about this and both said my grandma made her own soap well into the 1940's.
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Post by RER on Aug 2, 2009 12:27:35 GMT -5
Interesting David about the lady in Indianapolis making her own soap and giving it away. My grandmother on my fathers side was born in 1870 and I am sure she made her own for many years until some point in the early 1900s. Grandpa died in 1940 and left her a lot of farm land, so I doubt she continued to making soap after all the kids left and her husband passed away. Now, on may mothers side I suspect my other grandparents at some point made their own soap, but can't confirm that one either. It is a known that our great grandparents, and great great grandparents did while living in Bartholomew County and Johnson County. Anyway, it is an interesting part of history. Heck, I am a Dail guy and my wife is a Dove lady, but we don't use a hopper and ashes to reach the shower heads. I remember as a kid in Columbus my parents bought mostly Ivory Soap. That was the one that floats in the tub. Well, one thing about that soap when in a tub you never lose the bar. Haven't bought or used a bar of Ivory in many, many years. I guess it still floats. UPDATE FOR DAVID & ALL: I found the Channel 13 clip on "Soap lady saves money with detergent recipe." Go here: www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?s=10723579UTUBE View: When you go to the web site above click on the Video Gallery to the right to see the lady talking and showing how to make this detergent.
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Post by Babs on Aug 3, 2009 14:22:43 GMT -5
My dad told me many times that his mom, my paternal grandmother, Nancy Elizabeth Kirts Freese made all their soap. He said he believed the lye was quite hard on your skin. He never discussed how she made it only that she made all their soap as he was growing up on a farm in Brown County. Think she also used "lard" from when they butchered.
Guess we all can't imagine what this kind of soap would do to our tender skin! :-)
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Post by RER on Aug 23, 2009 10:18:12 GMT -5
Unbelievable Picture of Tipton Mound & Bartholomew County Courthouse 1870sView shows 3rd Street going West to Tipton Mound's HouseFirst Comment: It appears that that the Courthouse construction in this photo was incomplete, because window frames and the clock components are missing. The photo reveals a start back several feet from Washington Street intersection. In the background at the end of 3rd Street is Tipton Mound and Mr. J. G. Schwartzkopf's home during the period of time. The Empire Style courthouse, designed by Isaac Hodgson, completed 1874, is county's fourth courthouse. Constructed of red brick with white limestone trim. Foundation is rusticated blue limestone. Barttholomew County was formed by Indiana General Assembly 1821. Thirty acres of land were purchased, and John Tipton donated thirty acres, for county seat. State commissioners named county seat Tiptona--after Tipton; local elected commissioners renamed it Columbus. Tipton served as state representative, Indian agent, and United States senator. Bartholomew County was organized by an act of the State Legislature and named after the famous Indian fighter, General Joseph Bartholomew. Columbus, Indiana was incorporated as a city on 28 June, 1864. Second Comment: Jackson Street is also seen and possibly the old long gone J. G. Schwartzkopf business and Schwatzkopf Opera House. As we know the Tipton Mound and house are long gone, but today it is the 3rd Street Bridge across the river. The Tipton Mound & House in 1898 is below:Source: From the New York Public Library by Schaub, J. T. -- Photographer (first picture). Original source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. Picture from From Wikimedia Commons. I processed the picture to take some of the yellow out of the picture. The second picture was provided by George many posts ago. For Your Information: Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. The illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image is created by presenting a slightly different image to each eye. Many 3D displays use this method to convey images. It was first invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1840.
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Post by RER on Aug 23, 2009 11:16:22 GMT -5
Steam Engine Train Rolling Into Columbus Around 1870sFirst Comment: " In 1844 the first railroad in Indiana reached Columbus Indiana from Madison Indiana. This was known as the Madison branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad allowed the community to grow into one of the larger communities in Indiana." The picture below is a wood fired steam engine arriving in Columbus Indiana. Source: From the New York Public Library by Schaub, J. T. -- Photographer. Original source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. Picture from From Wikimedia Commons. Note I processed the picture to take out some of the yellow in the picture. For Your Information: Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. The illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image is created by presenting a slightly different image to each eye. Many 3D displays use this method to convey images. It was first invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1840.
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"Democracy & Freedom"
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Post by RER on Aug 23, 2009 12:57:02 GMT -5
Bartholomew County Courthouse & Jail Under Construction 1870Columbus, IndianaComment: Note clock is not installed and all window frames. Picture is taken looking North down present Washington Street. The Empire Style courthouse, designed by Isaac Hodgson, completed 1874. Constructed of red brick with white limestone trim. Foundation is rusticated blue limestone. Source: From the New York Public Library by Schaub, J. T. -- Photographer. Original source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. Picture from From Wikimedia Commons. Note I processed the picture to take out some of the yellow in the picture. For Your Information: Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. The illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image is created by presenting a slightly different image to each eye. Many 3D displays use this method to convey images. It was first invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1840.
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