The Spokesrider

On September 18, 2003, I happened upon this historical marker in Crawford County, Ohio, on my way from Nevada to Mount Vernon. It’s where William Crawford’s army fought on its retreat from Ohio in 1782. Crawford himself had been captured the previous day, and was later tortured to death near Upper Sandusky. It’s a well-known [...]

Monday I was oblivious of all the excitement over the defeat of the bailout package in the House of Representatives. I was on an 80+ mile bike ride and didn’t hear about it until we turned on the radio on our way home. This scene was a few miles from my final destination of Upper [...]