The Spokesrider

One of the old storefront windows on Maumee Street in Adrian (MI) had historical items on display, such as this poster for the exhibit, “Myth, Mischief, & Mahan.”    I gather that Mahan is the founder of Adrian College.   The exhibit seems to have gone on display a couple of years ago in the college [...]

The Rev. Isaac S. Ketcham’s gravestone is the big one on the left.  His wife, Sarah, outlived him but got a smaller gravestone — the one to the right of Isaac’s. BTW, up until now I have been spelling the name as Ketchum rather than Ketcham.    I’ve seen it spelled Ketchum in several places, [...]

The Lenawee county history published in 1879 said he had built a brick house. I went off on a bike ride (starting from Jackson) to see if it was still standing. When I got to the road where I expected to find it, I didn’t see any brick house where I expected it to be. I rode up and down the gravel road, then came back to this spot. There was an old-looking white house in the right place — the shape was that of an old house of that era — but it wasn’t a brick house.