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Blog 108 ~ Maplewood House, The Museum That Never Was

David Cochran

Jan 156 min read

Blog 108 ~ Maplewood House, The Museum That Never Was

Print Post “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Robert Burns, To a Mouse, 1785 Maplewood had a long and diverse history...

David Cochran

Nov 21, 20245 min read

107 Thanksgiving Bank Standoff

Print Post Ladies and gentlemen: The story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Jack...

David Cochran

Oct 16, 20246 min read

106 Digging Up History in Blawenburg

Print Post Sometimes new information comes from the strangest places. I was cleaning my very old basement in East Blawenburg recently...

105 Recollections of an Auto Polo Player, J. Percy Van Zandt

David Cochran

Sep 13, 20247 min read

105 Recollections of an Auto Polo Player, J. Percy Van Zandt

This blog is based on an interview I had with J. Percy Van Zandt over 40 years ago. I talked with him about his days as an auto polo...

David Cochran

Aug 14, 20245 min read

104 ~ The Botched Heifer Heist of '38

Print Post Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction was on to something. In this blog, I tell the true story of a local family man...

103 ~ Of Postcards, Threshing, and Elevation

David Cochran

Jul 12, 20246 min read

103 ~ Of Postcards, Threshing, and Elevation

Print Post I have received many snippets of information about Blawenburg over the past six years, and I appreciate all who have sent them...

David Cochran

Jun 12, 20248 min read

102 ~ Road Tales

Post Print We often take roads for granted, and we seldom think about them unless we're stuck in traffic because of an accident or road...

101 ~ Blawenburg Village School Celebrates 25th Anniversary

David Cochran

May 15, 20244 min read

101 ~ Blawenburg Village School Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Print Post This article originally appeared in the May 2024 edition of the Montgomery News. It has been modified for this blog....

David Cochran

Apr 16, 20246 min read

100 ~ The Inventors of Blawenburg

Print Post One Hundred Blogs Later In 2018, when I began researching the Village of Blawenburg for the Tales of Blawenburg blog, I had no...

David Cochran

Mar 14, 20248 min read

99 ~ Before the Dutch Arrived

Print Post In Blog 2, I wrote about the early people who lived near Blawenburg. Recently I learned more about these people, so I have...

David Cochran

Feb 14, 20245 min read

98 ~ Friendly Betrayal

Print Post Over 100 years ago, a Blawenburg farmer was betrayed after his death by his friend who was a prominent citizen. The attempt to...

David Cochran

Jan 9, 20248 min read

97 ~ Recollections

Print Post At various times, I have received recollections of life in, around, and connected to Blawenburg from our valued readers. These...

David Cochran

Dec 6, 20237 min read

96 ~ GAR Camp Skillman, 1879

Print Post The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, and Marines who fought...

David Cochran

Oct 30, 20236 min read

95 ~ The Dark Side of Blawenburg

By David Cochran Print Post WARNING You may find this blog disturbing. Read with caution. No village is perfect. All have tales they’d...

David Cochran

Oct 2, 20235 min read

94 ~ Hobler Park, A Blawenburg Treasure

Print Post Sometimes finding hidden treasures requires hunters the likes of Indiana Jones, but other treasures are often in plain sight....

David Cochran

Aug 30, 20234 min read

93 ~ Memories of Blawenburg

I get many pictures and notes related to Blawenburg from readers of my blog. Thank you! These have been very helpful in building the...

David Cochran

Jul 14, 20236 min read

92. Memories of Troop 46

Print Post In Blog 91, we looked at Boy Scout Troop 46 that Blawenburg Church has sponsored since its inception in 1933. It showed how...

David Cochran

Jun 15, 20239 min read

91 Troop 46, Serving Youth for 90 Years

Print Post Boy Scout Troop 46 has a long history of helping boys in Blawenburg and Montgomery Township develop good values as they...

David Cochran

May 15, 20239 min read

90 The Slaves of Blawenburg, Part 4

Print Post This is the final installment of the story of the slaves that worked on the farms in and around Blawenburg. In this blog, we...

David Cochran

Apr 14, 20238 min read

89 The Slaves of Blawenburg, Part 3

Print Post In this third part of the series about slavery, we look at slavery on the Michael Blaw farm in Blawenburg. We tell the story...

David Cochran

Mar 15, 20238 min read

88 The Slaves of Blawenburg, Part 2

Print Post In our previous blog, we told the story of how the Dutch West India Company brought slaves from Africa and traded them for...

David Cochran

Feb 15, 20239 min read

87 The Slaves of Blawenburg, Part 1

Print Post Slavery has been a part of the human culture for over 2000 years. According to Britannica, “Slavery is a condition in which...

David Cochran

Jan 16, 20237 min read

86 The Blawenburg Bypass

Print When I moved to Blawenburg 50 years ago (January 3, 1973), it was still a rural community with some 150-year-old houses and working...

David Cochran

Dec 15, 20225 min read

85 A New Home for the Lost Windmill

Print Post The lost has been found. The disassembled has been reconstructed. This tale has its roots in Blawenburg on the old Nevius/Van...

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