Category

Miami County OH

• 09.18.08
  Shawnee Colors
  Miami County OH (5)

  A couple of posts ago, Dark Rain called attention to the work of Carl Voegelin and Erminie Wheeler-Voeglin on the Shawnee language. Her post prompted me to do some googling. I must confess that, although I had run across the name Voegelin many times, I did not know that they had done such work. One of the good things about doing a blog like this is getting the kind of feedback that helps me learn more. Learning about the Voegelins prompted me to look for more information on Shawnee color words, which led me to this. ...
  
  
• 09.01.08
  Greenville Treaty line to Loramie’s Store
  Auglaize County OH, Miami County OH, Shelby County OH (1)

  Three years ago I did a ride to Logan County, Ohio, purposely routing it to a couple of small pieces of road that follow the line of the Greenville Treaty of 1795. On Saturday I rode from Wapakoneta to Fort Loramie to Piqua, this time not so much crossing the Greenville Treaty line but following it where I could. googlemap On the map, my route is shown in blue. The treaty line is in red. If you zoom in you can better see where there are pieces of road that follow the line. It looked like one piece would cross I-75, but ...