Monday, November 11, 2013
LINCOLN Comes to Town
Governor Bebb MetroPark Pioneer Village
Recognizing Veterans and the 150th Anniversary of
The Gettysburg Address
One of the few remaining covered bridges in Butler County.
Birthplace of William Bebb; 1802 - 1873.
Nineteenth Governor of Ohio 1846 - 1848.
This pioneer cabin built in 1799 was owned by Edward Bebb,
father of William and the first Welshman to settle
in Morgan Township, Butler County.
William Bebb was born December 8, the first white child born
west of the Great Miami River.
Cabin and Park dedicated June 17, 1961.
The fireplace inside the cabin was triangular in shape.
One opening heated the main living area,
a second opening heated the bedroom to the left
and a third opening was for cooking in the kitchen.
The openings for the main room and the bedroom have been
blocked off from the kitchen opening.
Ladies were spinning in the kitchen area.
Do you know the origin of the word 'spinster'?
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The Dry Fork Forge
Items crafted at the forge for sale.
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6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. A
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A young man shaking hands with 'President Lincoln' who is portrayed by Stanley Wernz.
Standing outside the Burnett School House.
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Cummins Cabin - Frontier Dwelling
In the Berridge Cabin, a woman dressed in period costume described
Civil War Medicine and Treatments.
A man wanting to become a doctor 'assisted' a known doctor.
The known doctor may/may not have shared his remedies,
fearing that the new doctor would take his patients.
The oral exam before becoming a doctor consisted of answering the question,
"Do you want to be a doctor?"
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Click to enlarge.
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Period music and song outside the Morgan Trading Company.
Inside, Woody Cook had an interesting antique weapons display.
The display consisted of flintlocks, matchlocks,
Sharps and Spencer Seven Shots,
old-time Enfields.
He had several triangular bayonets.
Triangular bayonet stab wounds were hard to heal.
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Lincoln Facts
Lincoln Firsts: He was the first president to be born outside of the original
13 states, the first president to wear a beard and the
first president to be assassinated in office.
It was President Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed that there be a national
Thanksgiving Day on the last Thursday of November.
He proclaimed this on October 3, 1863.
Lincoln liked to tell humorous stories and jokes. He asked his sons,
"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?"
He answered, "Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
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