The Spokesrider

Back in December, after hearing the news that the Hodunk Mill had burned down,  I posted a couple of photos (Hodunk Mill has Burned Down) from the same October 2005 ride that took me past the Newton Grange.    Here are a couple  more.  This is downtown Hodunk, looking back toward Union City. Here is another [...]

After putting up the last post about the town square in Coldwater, I looked to see what else I had from that ride on October 22, 2005.    I saw that I had never gotten around to learning about this building from my first photo stop of the day,  at the intersection of D Drive and [...]

I looked up this old photo from October 2005 because the place shown in it has been in the local news, with headlines like these: Town Bans Tea Party Signs in Public Park : Lawsuit filed against Coldwater for resolution banning signs deemed ‘too controversial’ Tea party group sues over sign ban in Coldwater I’m [...]

As far as I can tell, my last photos of Hodunk Mill were taken on a ride to Girard on July 24, 2008.   The above is one that didn’t turn out as well as I wanted, but now that the mill has burned down there won’t be another chance. While looking up information about Hodunk [...]

The Hodunk mill burned down Thursday, killing the man who owned it.   The mill wasn’t very visible from the Union City-Coldwater road, but several times I turned right on Hodunk Road to take a look at it.  These photos are from a ride in October 2005. This is a view across the millpond from Hodunk [...]

Here I’m looking west on State Street, where one has to stop for Quincy-Grange Road. Both roads follow section lines. Governor Cass wanted the reservation boundary lines to coincide with section lines, but Mickasawbe and Ashkebe insisted that the surveyor offset it 60 rods to the west.

Here’s another view of the Mickasawbe reservation line, from yesterday’s ride. I was riding along Quincy-Grange Road, which follows a section line. The reservation boundary was offset 60 rods to the east, right where the line of trees is at the far end of the wheat field.