Copyright 2017, CABS for Reflections From the Fence
As genealogists go, I have been a pretty lucky one. I have had great helpers, genie angels, and my great-aunt Geneva Halterman was interested in this sport and contributed our lines to several family books. I am also lucky enough to have copies of 10 pages of history she wrote. In a series of 10 posts, I will share them. Images and my attempts at transcription of them. Here is page 3.
there was preaching at the Capon Run School house, on Sunday morning at the Old Moyer School House, and then on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 P.M. preaching at the Capon Run School House. Reverends Hop Turner, Joseph Genl (?), Persy Shank, Joseph Shank, and George Showalter, each would take turns, one one month, and so on. In the winter when the weather was extremely bad, the Rev. George Showalter would come without fail. No matter how bad the weather, there was always meetings at these school houses without fail. Rev. Showalter always braved the hail, sleet, and snow. Often the streams of water would overflow. Since he rode horse back he managed to go through the swollen streams. The ministers spent Saturday night and ate Sunday dinner with friends and members of the community as this was horse and buggy days.
In 1905 the pike was begun under the Supervision of Adam Turner at Broadway coming toward the W. Va. line. with pick and shovel, the work advanced slowly often only 1/2 mile per year. It was very winding often following the old dirt road to economize farm land. In places the old narrow dirt road was almost impassable, especially in the early spring. There were big ruts near the ooze factory now on the Harley Good Farm. The main travel was wagons. Several 4 (or 6? written over) horse mule teams drawn each by 6 mules hauled Hyd (lined out) hides from Broadway to Lost City. At the ooze factory - - chemicals were extracted for use for tanning leather.
Near (lined out) the state line, the Capon Run spread over the narrow dirt road, and this made travel very
there was preaching at the Capon Run School house, on Sunday morning at the Old Moyer School House, and then on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 P.M. preaching at the Capon Run School House. Reverends Hop Turner, Joseph Genl (?), Persy Shank, Joseph Shank, and George Showalter, each would take turns, one one month, and so on. In the winter when the weather was extremely bad, the Rev. George Showalter would come without fail. No matter how bad the weather, there was always meetings at these school houses without fail. Rev. Showalter always braved the hail, sleet, and snow. Often the streams of water would overflow. Since he rode horse back he managed to go through the swollen streams. The ministers spent Saturday night and ate Sunday dinner with friends and members of the community as this was horse and buggy days.
In 1905 the pike was begun under the Supervision of Adam Turner at Broadway coming toward the W. Va. line. with pick and shovel, the work advanced slowly often only 1/2 mile per year. It was very winding often following the old dirt road to economize farm land. In places the old narrow dirt road was almost impassable, especially in the early spring. There were big ruts near the ooze factory now on the Harley Good Farm. The main travel was wagons. Several 4 (or 6? written over) horse mule teams drawn each by 6 mules hauled Hyd (lined out) hides from Broadway to Lost City. At the ooze factory - - chemicals were extracted for use for tanning leather.
Near (lined out) the state line, the Capon Run spread over the narrow dirt road, and this made travel very
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