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...
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David Cochran
Oct 166 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...
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David Cochran
Sep 137 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...
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David Cochran
Aug 145 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...
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David Cochran
Jul 126 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...
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David Cochran
Jun 128 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...
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David Cochran
May 154 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....
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David Cochran
Apr 166 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...
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David Cochran
Mar 148 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...
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David Cochran
Feb 145 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...
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David Cochran
Jan 98 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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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David Cochran
Mar 15, 20237 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...
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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...
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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...
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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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David Cochran
Nov 15, 20229 min read
84 First Responders
Print Post When an emergency occurs today, we are fortunate to be able to call 911 and have help arrive within a matter of minutes. But...
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