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Post by David Sechrest on Aug 21, 2007 1:07:55 GMT -5
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Post by richard on Sept 8, 2007 23:45:19 GMT -5
Below is a picture of downtown Taylorsville, Indiana. We think the two-story building on the left burned in 1944 but the exact date of this picture isn’t known. The Ogilvie’s Store was in the lower level of that building. The building was owned by the Red Men’s Lodge and the Lodge meetings were held upstairs. Charles said both his dad and grandpa were members and he can remember seeing the members dressing like Indians and dancing around a red light that simulated a fire. The building burned when Bill Snyder used a match to see inside a barrel behind the store. That barrel contained fuel and blew up. The building on the right was a blacksmith shop. It belonged to Walter (Wink) Ford and he was a blacksmith. He had a brother, Irvin Ford who was also a blacksmith, but not in Taylorsville. This question is from Mr. Snyder; Do any of you remember a Black man by the name of Rabbit Barnes? If so let me know and I’ll answer you back and tell you if you are right. The photo and comments Courtesy of Charles Snyder.
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Post by Dave C on Sept 9, 2007 1:01:54 GMT -5
I am a resident of Taylorsville and have always wanted to learn more about it's past and history, but have not been able to come across much information. This picture is wonderful! I would love to see more, and hear more stories.
I'm also VERY interested in sports, so would love to hear any stories anybody has out there about the Taylorsville Elementary sports programs, or the old Taylorsville baseball program! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2007 15:26:44 GMT -5
Charles and Richard, thanks very much for the picture of the store, brings back a lot of memories of when we lived in Edinburgh and dad had the Wadley route in that area of the county. When dad would take me along on the route we would always stop at the store. I remember the "pop" cooler on the front porch, the kind that had ice in them, boy on a hot summer day the pop would be ice cold, and in a bottle. I'll never forget the great smell of the old general store, something that sticks with you forever.
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Post by richard on Sept 9, 2007 18:15:28 GMT -5
This question is from Mr. Snyder; Do any of you remember a Black man by the name of Rabbit Barnes? If so let me know and I’ll answer you back and tell you if you are right. Following are more memories from Mr. Charles Snyder. I should have told you who Rabbit Barnes was. He was a blacksmith in Edinburgh.As for basketball, Taylorsville had a nice big gymnasium that was in the center of the old school building that was torn down several years ago. The Taylorsville gym was famous for having a hard rubber floor instead of wood. Noble Township in Shelby County had a school and gym built just like the one at Taylorsville. I believe Hopewell which is west of Franklin also has a similar building. They had some really good basketball teams and I can remember when Dorance Carson coached and had guys with nicknames on their jerseys. Harley Callon coached for a long time and anyone coming out of Taylorsville that played for him could shoot free throws as he always said if you can’t make a short shot with no one guarding you, how do you expect to make the hard shots. I have seen him put on a blind fold and make 10 out of 10 free throws. When he played at Trafalgar, the rules at that time had one guy shooting all of the free throws. You guessed it. He shot all of the free throws for Trafalgar. Toward the end of the season Taylorsville, Petersville, Hope and East Columbus would host a tournament. The final tournament games were held by Wilson and the games were played in the High School’s Pearl Street Gymnasium. I don’t think that McKinley and Garfield and some of the others, unlike today’s times had gymnasiums. For years Clifford High School’s basketball teams played their home games at Taylorsville. I remember going to a lot of them and they had some really good teams. Several fo the Finke boys played and that was at the same time Bill Shepard played at Hope. They really had some big crowds at Taylorsville on the nights Clifford played. Softball was the other sport played and its format was about the same as basketball.
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Post by Dave C on Sept 14, 2007 6:03:47 GMT -5
I'd love to hear more about Taylorsville history, and see any and all pictures people can find, or have to share. As a resident of T'Ville, I'm VERY interested in it's history!
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Post by RER on Sept 14, 2007 6:14:17 GMT -5
David C.............Did you go to "Schools We Attended?".........Posted the following about Taylorville Basketball the other day: Go here page 3: columbusin.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=schoolseducationRe: School Talk In General « Reply #38 on Sept 9, 2007, 8:10am » Re: School Talk In General « Reply #39 on Sept 9, 2007, 5:10pm » Re: School Talk In General « Reply #40 on Sept 10, 2007, 1:04pm »
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Post by Dave C on Sept 14, 2007 20:57:27 GMT -5
Yes I did! Thank you so much!
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Post by RER on Oct 18, 2007 11:24:59 GMT -5
The Hoosier Kitchen Truck Stop and Good Food Taylorsville Indiana (off US 31 & I 65)
Well, I don't know the date it opened in Taylorville, but if you liked home cooked meals and tasty food the Hoosier Kitchen was a place to park your body for reasonable priced meals. Many retired Columbus folks ate there until it closed in 1997. Today's Republic Newspaper indicated that it closed during that year.
I remember my father would say to me when I visited him in Columbus (during his capable and older age), "lets go to the Hoosier Kitchen." This was a convenient place with a variety of many things. It seemed to always have many senior citizens eating breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Question: Does anyone have an old picture or postcard of the place, and information who owned Hoosier Kitchen?
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Post by richard on Dec 3, 2007 15:17:02 GMT -5
This is another picture of Ogilvie’s Store in Taylorsville. The building was owned by the Red Men’s Lodge and the Lodge meetings were held upstairs. This picture was taken before a fire destroyed this building. Scan Courtesy of Charles Snyder
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Post by Dave C on Jan 4, 2008 10:31:48 GMT -5
Looking for any and all information, history, and pictures of Taylorsville for a possible upcoming project. Can be emailed at taylorsvillebluesox@yahoo.com if desired!
Thanks!
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Post by richard on Mar 16, 2008 13:16:06 GMT -5
Taylorsville, Indiana, January 6, 1945 Top Row: Bill Covert, Ervin “Buck” Brodfueher, Duane Barrows, Charles Snyder, John Green, Jack Groves and Ed Malson. Ralph Snyder is on the porch. Bottom Row: Glen Hill, Nancy Snyder and John Hutchinson. Below is more information about the folks in the picture. Bill Covert now deceased and Ervin "Buck" Brodfueher who just passed away last week and was a school teacher and principal and Duane Barrows the swim coach that won so many state titles at North and Charles Snyder on his 14th birthday and John Green who graduated from Annapolis and made the Navy his career and also deceased and Jack Groves who was a twin to Janet Groves Heist and is still living in a nursing home in Florida but suffered a stroke at least 10 years ago and the last is Ed Malson who also made the military his career retiring from the Air Force and also deceased having dropping dead in March 2007 in his front yard in Denver, Colorado and had not been sick a day. Guy on the porch is my dad Ralph Snyder. Below is Glen Hill who contacted something while in the air force and died back in the 1950's. My sister Nancy who is still alive and John Hutchinson who was the son of our Methodist minister and still alive living in Seymour as far as I know. What a bunch and the cake I am holding is still my favorite cake and just once in a while I can get Jan to make one. It consists of two chocolate cakes with some really goo-ey stuff with nuts in between and covered with 40 melted Hershey bars. I am going to wake her up and make one right now. This is the cake that Bill Meyer called the greatest cake he had ever eaten also. We always saved a piece for him if he was not present. This cake and the Lotus Gardens in Greenwood were two of Bill's favorite things. Well anyway I didn't know sending a picture of the Taylorsville boys was going to get so detailed with history and oh my I have to quit as I can smell the cake baking.
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Post by jdhinkle on Apr 1, 2008 9:59:23 GMT -5
I THOUGHT I WOULD ADD MY THOUGHTS TO THE TAYLORSVILLE GROUP DUE TO THE COMING OF OUR THIRD CHILD MY WIFE AND I MOVED FROM OUR 'TOWNHOUSE' ON RUDDICK AVE IN COLUMBUS TO THE RICHARDS ADDITION IN TAYLORSVILLE IN 1972 IT WAS MY FIRST HOME AND A DEVASTATING $16,500. THREE BR RANCH ON FRANKLIN ST IT WAS GREEN WITH BRICK ON THE FRONT. I DONT REMEMBER HIS NAME BUT MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET HAD A 54 CORVETTE THAT HE DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE. WE PICKED UP OUR MAIL AT OLGILVIE'S AND GAS WAS ONLY 27.9 THIS SET THE NORM FOR OUR FAMILY SINCE LEAVING THERE IN 1973 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PROSPER AND LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES
I REMEMBER AT THE TIME THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO START A WATER PLANT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN IM NOT SURE WHERE THAT STANDS NOW.
BEFORE I PUT THIS HERE I GOT A NICE E MAIL TELLING ME ABOUT THE RICHARDS ADDITION FROM CHARLES SNYDER BASICALLY THE STRRETS WERE ALL NAMED FOR MR SNYDER'S RELATIVES I SEE NOW THE LAST STREET GRACE HAS HOUSES, WHEN I LIVED THERE THERE WERE ONLY TWO.
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Post by richard on Jun 2, 2008 13:39:49 GMT -5
Taylorsville Eighth Grade Class of 1908. Top Row: Margaret Miller, Melvin Lostutter, Tilman Fulp, Grace Zeigler Hickey Front Row: Elda Ziegler, Grace Harris, Frank Richards, Pearl Harris, Glen Smith Mr. Richards was the teacher and the principal and grandfather of Charles Snyder Melvin Lostutter was the editor of the Columbus Evening Republican and after that went to the Journalism School at Michigan State University. Photo Courtesy of Mr. Charles Snyder
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Post by jdhinkle on Jun 3, 2008 12:07:46 GMT -5
HERE'S WHAT NEAT ABOUT OLD PICTURES I LIVED ON FRANKLIN ST IN RICHARDS ADDITION SO THERE'S THE GUY I LIVED ON HIS STREET IN HIS ADDITION IM WONDERING IF GRACE ZEIGLER IS RELATED TO MAX ZEIGLER WHO I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH I THINK HIS AUNT OR GRANDMOTHER LIVED CLOSE TO OGILVIES MAX'S DAD WAS WILLIS HE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR Taylorsville Eighth Grade Class of 1908. Top Row: Margaret Miller, Melvin Lostutter, Tilman Fulp, Grace Zeigler Hickey Front Row: Elda Ziegler, Grace Harris, Frank Richards, Pearl Harris, Glen Smith Mr. Richards was the teacher and the principal and grandfather of Charles Snyder Melvin Lostutter was the editor of the Columbus Evening Republican and after that went to the Journalism School at Michigan State University. Photo Courtesy of Mr. Charles Snyder
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Post by RER on Aug 19, 2008 21:51:12 GMT -5
Naming of Taylorsville IndianaThis small town North of Columbus was named to honor Zachary Taylor, the 12th United States President. Zachary “Old Rough and Ready” Taylor was a 40 year career Army Officer whom never bothered to vote and had negligible political experience. The Whig Party liked him because his dislike of President James Polk, a disliked Democrat. They chose "Ole Zack" as the Whig Presidential candidate for the 1848 election, even though he had a weird nonpartisan position. Mr. Taylor went on to beat his Democratic and Free-Soil opponents. He died of an intestinal disorder only 16 months into his term. ______________________________________________ Source: Indiana and American History, and Travel of the Highways of The Nation.
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Post by Rob Anderso on Apr 28, 2009 17:00:19 GMT -5
Please leave any posts regarding Taylorsville here. IS THERE ANYBODY HAVE ANY INFO ON THE OLD DAMN IN HEFLIN PARK WHEN IT WAS BUILT WHY ETC.
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Post by Rob Anderson on May 8, 2009 15:12:05 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me what the big concrete structure is in Heflin Park by the river. I have lived in they Taylorsville area most my life and heard it used to be a damn. Can you help me out with what it is. Thanks, Rob Anderson (robmanderson@yahoo.com)
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 20:42:32 GMT -5
The apartment house on Rd. 650N in Taylorsville, picture is not dated.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 10:25:34 GMT -5
The old Red Western Saloon that is now gone, it was located on the site that is now the German Township Fire Station.
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