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Moscow - 2008

• 05.30.08
  Moscow tavern
  Hillsdale County MI, Moscow - 2008 (0)

  When Black Hawk came through here in the 1820s, on his way to Fort Malden, there was no Moscow. On his last trip, in 1830, there would have been a new, log-cabin tavern. When the militias from Lenawee County and the Detroit area came through here in 1832, on their way to defend the territory from Black Hawk, the town had already gotten off to a start. The log-cabin tavern was then being replaced by a large, frame building, just across the Kalamazoo River from where I stood when I took this photo. The ...
  
  
• 05.22.08
  Reuben White again
  2008-May-17, Calhoun County MI, Moscow - 2008 (0)

  Saturday on my way to Moscow I stopped here, across the road from the Convis township hall. It's a place where I had stopped once before, on a Thanksgiving Day ride in 2006. I couldn't remember the name of the person, a militia veteran of the Black Hawk war, who had farmed here years afterward, but it never hurts to get another photo. I took my photo and headed back to my bike on the other side of the road. A man came out of the house, yelling at me, asking why I was taking pictures. ...
  
  
• 05.21.08
  Moscow
  2008-May-18, Hillsdale County MI, Moscow - 2008 (0)

  Moscow (Michigan) was the destination for last weekend's bike ride. I hadn't been there for several years. It's on U.S.-12, Black Hawk's old route, in the northeastern part of Hillsdale County. The militias from Lenawee County and the Detroit area passed through here in 1832, during the Black Hawk war. A hotel was under construction when they came through -- a building that was torn down in 1970. The photo here is looking west. The road has been improved considerably since 1832. Actually, it has been improved since I last rode here. Now there is ...
  
  
• 05.20.08
  Calhoun County Amish
  2008-May-18, Amish country, Calhoun County MI, Moscow - 2008 (1)

  On my Sunday ride back home, I passed through a small Amish settlement in in the southeast-most township of Calhoun County, Michigan. I took this photo of what I take to be an Amish business as one to use when I try to explain that the Amish people are not anti-technology. They're constantly adopting new technologies, but are very deliberate about what they adopt. They consider carefully the effect any new technology will have on family, social, and spiritual life. There was nobody to be seen at this homestead. Everyone was at Sunday morning church service. I first became aware of this ...
  
  
• 05.18.08
  A successful nap
  2008-May-18, Calhoun County MI, Moscow - 2008 (0)

  I got back tonight from an overnight bike trip, the first one of 2008, and the first self-contained trip since July 2006. My destination was Moscow, 65 miles from home, along Black Hawk's old road in Hillsdale County. Yesterday I had a stiff wind at my back, but even so I didn't go very fast. But after setting up my tent in the evening, I still felt fresh enough to get in a few miles of riding before the sun went down. That was a nice ride without having all that gear to carry around. The ...