Matthew Ballard
Vol. 6, No. 4 The use of Medina sandstone to craft headstones was rather limited in the nineteenth century. County Historian C. W. Lattin has speculated that the common use…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1758" align="alignnone" width="640"] An image of the Oak Orchard River, looking northeast, showing Marsh Creek (right), c. 1920s – from Department of History collection of photograph negatives.[/caption] Vol. 4,…
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Matthew Ballard
A pioneer settlement as depicted in the Historical Album of Orleans County (1879) Vol. 4, No. 30 On September 10, 1810, eight men from Stockbridge, Massachusetts signed a contract binding…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 3, Issue 38 This photograph, taken in the summer of 1922, shows the construction of the bridge over Marsh Creek at “The Bridges” in Carlton. Originally known as “Two…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 49 At a time when trips into town took hours instead of minutes, the rural grocery and dry goods stores provided an essential an efficient service to…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 41 In 1867, the U.S. Federal Government allocated approximately $87,000 to construct a set of piers and a lighthouse at Point Breeze. The result was this beautiful…
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