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Nuck House

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  •  March 12, 2008
  •  Nuck House
  •  Posted by Spokesrider at 10:11 pm
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  •  Huntington (October 2004), Huntington County IN
  •  Tagged with: Huntington, Lafontaine, Miami, Wabash

But their house was not built at the site where it stands now. In the late 70s the owners didn’t even realize it was a log house until they started to tear it down. It was moved here to preserve it.

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The Spokesrider's real name is John Gorentz. He lives in southwest Michigan and goes on bicycling expeditions to places where he can say, "Black Hawk Slept Here." But that phrase gets interpreted very broadly. Almost any excuse to ride to a place of settlement-era history will do.

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