Monday, October 3, 2011

"Just wide enough for two wagons:" Robert L. Lagemann's Investigation of the Hagerstown Pike

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Illustration 1. Lagemann Photo Number 10. Taken June 1, 1903. The glare emanating from the church comes from the glossy photo reflectio...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Clifton Johnson, Alexander Davis, and "The Hired Man" (Part 2)

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This is the second and concluding post from "The Hired Man" in Clifton Johnson's Battleground Adventures: The Stories of Dwell...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Clifton Johnson, Alexander Davis, and "The Hired Man" (Part 1)

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Signpost pointing to the site of the Nicodemus Farm, 1862 In 1913 writer and photographer Clifton Johnson journeyed southward from his h...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Fences: Part 3 of 3

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Illustration 1.  Looking north  from "B" in Illustration 2. The last of this short series concerns a Gardner photo of the w...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Fences--Part 2 of 3

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Illustration 1. Dismantled Virginia Worm fencing, Sunken Road. Illustration 2. Before the Dunkard Church. Post and rail fencing.  Th...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Fences--Part 1 of 3

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Illustration 1. The George Poffenberger farmstead, ca. 1896. The Hagerstown Pike is on the right. Part 1 of a three part entry on fences...
Friday, July 1, 2011

"Dead, Yet He Liveth:" The Peculiar Case of William H. Lewis

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"William H. Lewis" This entry was suggested back in May by contributor Michael O'Brien who posted a note on Private William...