Tag: Sam Rivers

Stans Ramblings

Sam Rivers, Indian Agent Chapter 53 By: Stan Jordan We are back to the agency now. A lot of the garden vegetables are ready, because this is the last week of July in 1859. Rooster, the runner, takes over the cooking chores when he is here. He spent all morning out in the garden getting…

Stans Stuff Issue 39

Stans Stuff Issue 39Sam Rivers, Indian Agent Chapter 51 By: Stan Jordan We are still here at the fort. We have had many talks with General Kearney on the north/south situation about slavery and emancipation. The general said, “This is 1859 and Washington does not anticipate any trouble this year, but the future looks like…

Happenings in the Area

By: Stan Jordan The Flat Rock Creek Festival is scheduled for September 15th, 16th, and 17th at the Paulding County fairgrounds. Over the years that is a well attended celebration, as anything you can think of is there. Dan Bowers of Advanced Chassis here in Antwerp is having a Horsepower Halloween Weekend! That is scheduled…

Somethings You Don’t Forget

By: Stan Jordan It is about the middle of July, 1945, and B Company is billeting a little mountain town called Berneck, Germany. The war has been over for a couple of months and we don’t stand very many formations. We a do a lot of exercise and work on the tanks and then play…

The American Badgers’ Range

The above picture from wikipedia shows that the American Badger is native to northwest Ohio. Yes, there are a few around, but they are nocturnal somewhat and are shy and never stray far from their hole in the ground, so you don’t see them very often. The American Badger is a significant predator of snakes,…

Things Just Fall Into Place

By: Stan Jordan Back in 1989, I and my brother in-law Ray Gross went to Florida bass fishing for a couple of weeks. His wife, my sister Grace, was still working and at the Paulding County Hospital. We did not have reservations at the fish camp on Lake Istapoga so we stayed at a motel…

The American Badger

By: Stan Jordan The North American Badger is somewhat similar to the European Badger. He is found in western and central United States, northern Mexico and southwest Canada. The American Badger ‘s habitat is open grasslands with available prey such as mice, squirrels, ground hogs and small rodents. The badger’s family includes weasels, otters, ferret…

The Cecropia Moth By Stan Jordan

This picture of the Cecropia Moth was taken here at the West Bend News. Charlie Jones brought this moth in to show its size. There are a number of species of the giant silk moth, native to our area. In late May or June, the adult Cecropia moth emerges from the cocoon. Their wing span…

More News On The Badger

By: Stan Jordan Yes, there are badgers in the area, they are not plentiful, but there are some here. They are extremely fast and shy, and you are lucky to see a live one. If you do see one, he is always running for cover. He will dive into his hole or a catch basin…

Auto By Otto

Otto was married and moved to town is 1907, he had pretty much made up his mind that photography would be his life’s work. But all his life from a little boy in Germany, he loved birds and animals and wild life. He got interested in taxidermy and it became a big hobby for him.…

Ehrhart Homestead

By: Stan Jordan This is a picture of the Ehrhart Homestead, it was built in 1902 or 1903. There was 3 children in the family. This homestead was west of Antwerp on old US 24, about one forth of a mile east of the state line on the south side of the road. Well, Otto…

What do you think about this?

By: Stan Jordan The city of Fort Wayne is contemplating making a River Road Way there in that part of town, after the three rivers come together and form the Maumee River. They plan on spending 20 million dollars on the project, maybe even a little more. Right here in the Antwerp area, we can…