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	<title>The Spokesrider &#187; Amish country</title>
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		<title>Wheel inventory</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/05/wheel-inventory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elkhart County IN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We just got back from a couple of days in Nappanee, IN. Monday we did things that didn&#8217;t involve our bicycle, including a tour of Martin&#8217;s Buggy Shop. This photo shows part of the large inventory of wheels. Those parts are built elsewhere &#8212; perhaps in Holmes County, Ohio, IIRC. We learned about the place <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/05/wheel-inventory/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>William McCarty&#8217;s language skills</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/05/16/william-mccartys-language-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 07:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Branch County MI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickesabe (18 April 2009)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There were two major destinations for my April 18 ride. This was near the first one, near the northwest corner of the old Mickkesawbe Reserve in Branch County. The north border of that reserve is Jonesville Road. That road is bicycleable enough but it does carry more traffic than other roads in the area. So <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/05/16/william-mccartys-language-skills/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amish-Jewish double-take</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/04/08/amish-jewish-double-take/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amish country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Loramie base camp (September 2008)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardin County OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lancaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandusky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a ride to Upper Sandusky, Ohio last September 29, I was looking for signs of an old reservation boundary in this area. There was one place where the maps had suggested there might be a piece of driveway that still remained from an old piece of road that marked the boundary. I don&#8217;t think <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/04/08/amish-jewish-double-take/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Begging for water</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/09/05/begging-for-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amish country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardin County OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pfeiffer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It may have been when I took the photo of the Amish buggy in the previous post that I learned that I did not have another full bottle of water in my pannier, after all. Or it could have been at a previous stop. It was a very hot day &#8212; in the 90s &#8212; <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/09/05/begging-for-water/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bellefontaine to Pfeiffer Station</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/09/04/bellefontaine-to-peiffer-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/09/04/bellefontaine-to-peiffer-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amish country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardin County OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logan County OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellefontaine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfeiffer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This may look like a google map, but it&#8217;s just a screen shot of one, sort of. It shows the route of yesterday&#8217;s bike ride and all the places where I stopped to take photos. The temperature was in the 90s with a light wind out of the northeast (the direction where I was headed). <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/09/04/bellefontaine-to-peiffer-station/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holmes County route</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/11/holmes-county-route/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/11/holmes-county-route/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holmes County OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dundee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenmont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millersburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winesburg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ben asked me about routes in Holmes County, Ohio. The only experience I&#8217;ve had riding there was that time in September 2003. The multi-use trail I wrote about has been completed since then. Holmes County Routes What I&#8217;ve done here is mark the route I used in Holmes County that year. It wasn&#8217;t a continuous <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/11/holmes-county-route/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anna Carpenter Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/anna-carpenter-smith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/anna-carpenter-smith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eaton County MI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunfield Township (27 July 2008)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eaton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunfield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous article I quoted the 1880 history of Eaton County that said the wife of Edward O. Smith saw a large group of Potawatomi Indians during the Indian removal of 1840, the year before she died. (The county history said she died in 1842, not 1841. I would usually trust the gravestone over <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/anna-carpenter-smith/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal roads</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/02/federal-roads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/02/federal-roads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amish country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillsdale County MI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before Michigan became a state, a national military road was built to connect Chicago with Detroit. Territorial roads were also built. I presume they were financed by the federal government because there was no state government at the time, but I must confess that I don&#8217;t know quite how they were financed. I&#8217;ve seen old <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/02/federal-roads/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Findley, Michigan</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/06/17/findley-michigan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/06/17/findley-michigan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amish country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ligonier (Memorial Day weekend 2008)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Joseph County MI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the ride to Mongo on May 31, I tried something different when I got to the south end of Farrand Road. Every time before I&#8217;ve turned left. This time I turned right to go to the spot on the map called Findley. I was surprised to see that there actually is a community at <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/06/17/findley-michigan/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hawville</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/06/10/hawville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/06/10/hawville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amish country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaGrange County IN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noble County IN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawpatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaGrange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topeka]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already written about the surprise of my first-ever ride to Topeka in LaGrange County, Indiana. This was the road by which I rode on that day in 1997. The above sign about &#8220;Life in the Past Lane&#8221; wasn&#8217;t there back then. This is downtown Topeka, facing west (again). Just down the street and on <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/06/10/hawville/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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