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Author Archives: Tom Boltz

Pioneer Days: A First-person Account by Thomas Witten

Tom Boltz June 9, 2016 October 3, 2016
Buffalo Gnat

Thomas Whitten describes moving to Henry Township in the 1860s.

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Pioneer Days: A First-person Account by Mary Howard Coleman

Tom Boltz February 14, 2016 October 3, 2016
Timber wolf

Mary Howard recalls her family’s move to the area in 1830. They lived among wolves, bears, and cougars and saw the first schools and roads in the area.

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Pioneer Days: A First-person Account by Henry C. D’Rodes

Tom Boltz February 8, 2016 October 5, 2016

Henry C. D’Rodes describes the difficulties of the early settlers he personally knew in transforming Henry Township from Black Swamp wilderness into a settled community.

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Pioneer Days: A First-person Account by John Schatzel

Tom Boltz February 6, 2016 October 3, 2016
John Schatzel

A recollection of Schatzel’s arrival in North Baltimore in 1874–two years before the town’s incorporation and the beginning of an era of economic growth.

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Pioneer Days: A First-person Account by Samuel Slaughterbeck, Part 2

Tom Boltz February 5, 2016 October 3, 2016
samuel-slaughterbeck

Part 2 of Samuel Slaughterbeck’s account, including stories of lost cattle, bear hunting, and the danger of being lost in the woods.

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Pioneer Days: A First-person Account by Samuel Slaughterbeck, Part 1

Tom Boltz February 5, 2016 October 3, 2016
Henry Township map

A first-hand account of a family’s arrival at their new home in the Black Swamp in 1835.

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