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Blog 110 ~ Tales of Washington Well Farm
Print Post Some of the buildings of Washington Well Farm have stood along Route 518 for 275 years, longer than the United States has been...
David Cochran
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Blog 109 ~ Operation Blawenburg
Print Post The store on the northeast corner of Blawenburg crossroads has undergone many transitions over the years. In this blog, we...
David Cochran
Feb 173 min read
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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
Jan 156 min read
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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
Nov 21, 20245 min read
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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...
David Cochran
Oct 16, 20246 min read
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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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Sep 13, 20247 min read
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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...
David Cochran
Aug 14, 20245 min read
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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
Jul 12, 20246 min read
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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...
David Cochran
Jun 12, 20248 min read
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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
May 15, 20244 min read
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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
Apr 16, 20246 min read
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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
Mar 14, 20248 min read
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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
Feb 14, 20245 min read
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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
Jan 9, 20248 min read
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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
Dec 6, 20237 min read
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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 30, 20236 min read
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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
Oct 2, 20235 min read
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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
Aug 30, 20234 min read
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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
Jul 14, 20236 min read
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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
Jun 15, 20239 min read
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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
May 15, 20239 min read
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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
Apr 14, 20238 min read
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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
Mar 15, 20238 min read
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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
Feb 15, 20239 min read
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