ROY VAN TRESS

PASSES AWAY

Historic Landmark On
River To Be Restored

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WILMINGTON

Burr Grist Mill At Famous Horse Shoe Bend On Little

. SPECTACULAR CAREER, DIES

Miami To Be Made Into Factory and Tavern

j 1 the well studied plans formuilated by Harry L. Van Tresa. for-

MAN. 'WHO 'HAD

' r', .,AT \M'aYNESVILLE '

country now living in New York

are associated with the owner in }

Roy Van Tres^ born and reared in

jmerly of Wilmington now residing this project, as well as local in-'
the vitinity of Wilmington, died at
(in New York, are realized, the teresta in Waynesville, Lebanon,
Harveysburg and Wilmington, all > this summer home in Waynesville Satfamous Telegraph Mill building, of

^which he is the owner,

erected

nearly a century ago on the horse

shoe bend of the Little Miami
River one mile below WaynesvlUe,
will he restored in the near future,
to be utilized as a glove factory,
and tavern, top and lower floor re
spectively.

Van

Tress, is

> ,

at

present

lovers of the far-famed Little Mi-'

lurday morning of pneumonia.

ami scenic beauties and exception

I!

for twenty-five years was in the '

foreign service of the Steel Cor

Uuiie .through the sale of ihdian lands,

poration, having resided in Europe i

and several of his associates, several

seven

years,

considers

that

the i

beauties and high state of develop

ment of the Little Miami country

mous Basque Provinces of North

ern Spain and southwestern France,
along the Eastern Pyrenees. He Is
likewise acquainted with the scenic
beauty, of Rio de Janeiro and of
the Valiley of Mexico, typical and

tells of' his death ; , : f

tion of hydro-electric power, to be tavern would consist of artlclbs of

utilized In the new industries, Van- Mexican Art and Handicraft, of

Tress,has in mindOther men of the Idttle Miami

great variety and too numerous to

mention,

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'Roy Van Tress, once a waiter, whose j

Bpectocula:r'ipid

milljonaire|

class almost ,qvepnisht through ex

tensive Indian .land'XrahsactionB in

heautifui-on a large scale, but not

below the mill, instead of above The setting on a perfect horse shoe
as la usually the case, will like bend of the river is unique.
wise be restored for the produc . The decorative scheme of the

^well known in 'Wilmington;'.

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V The deceased wag Tffell known to',
. The; Ciliclnndtr 'Enquirer Sunday j

to be compared with the particular

Th^ two mill buildings are of style of beauty of this portion of
similar type and massive timbering, southwestern Ohio.
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with the same standardized window
The Telegraph Mill building Is
(and door arrangement; the only 'the only remaining typical standr

: difference being that the old Tele- ardized burr grist mill building still
1graph Mill building has four and standing, of the many that formerly
one-half stories, whereas the En- graced the banks of the Little Mi
field Park structure is of only ami; it has its original mill stones
three and a half. The old dam and some of the old equipment.

esulting in an indictment against-jiira

' many WiJmingtoi^ atfd Clinton Couutyl

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In to be in excess of those of the fa

WaynesvlUe, where he has coinpleted plans for restoration fur

nished him by the New York State
Park Commission, which restored
and embellished a similar mill In
the gorge-of the Enfield State Park
at Ithaca, In the Finger Lake Re
gion of that state.

Van Tress a.ttracted wide'attentlon

al topography. Mr. Van Tress, who | iwhcn he accuramulaCed^ _a large for-'

Oklahoma 'atf'ra'cted;lhe\attentlon of
the Government- several years ago,
tlied at Ins summer home at Waynes

vlUe. Ohio, early yesterday of pueiv

nionla.

Hp was 50 years old.

Mr. Van Tress contracted pneumon-

f ia three weeks ago, ' His condition

rhecame gradually, worae until the end.'

r.. Six years, ago ^e '-dccupie^ frbi^t(, page' apace in newspapers,- throughout
the qountry 'because

his ' Indiad-

^jand , tranaaetionai-Wifti'' 15 \ot" his

the .work he was placed

J ^assoqiates.in
\pn trial'ih Cincinnati .on a charge of
iconspiraby-. 'qbto
tlie.
trasa'^io^ ^
The inmost oyer-night growth?"'bt
the McAliHter; Tlai;;^stfite ' Exchange^
wiiich ha iie^flndjV and' through 'which,
the laud' was sold, ' ^as; aired ,rn ;.dc.i
tall during' this ,:'trlal.;

'-200,

witnesses from nearly every state In

the Union came to Cincliinati for the

hearing.
^em passed weeks
in Cincinnati;' f o r ' b e .

fore the late; Jud|8; H6w

lister, occupiBd sli,..,wh'ek9.':,..'
Van Tress was sehtenoed to Atlanta'

penitentiary, and'^a/ majOi^ity ot his

gomery County jaUi-uThcse sentence's

never'; weh\-perve^^'h^wever^ fpf^the,

Circuit-CoUrt pt.A'pp|ats;a few^

ago threw;Guti^h'e''cA8e pa ;the ground:

that rtiie indictment' jvas faulty: o'

Mr. Van -TresA'.is?^,-survived. by hlsi

widow, MrA Eleanor;Van TrcsiB7'and;
1

' ,if'

two children, Eeh' hhd Llllian'yan

,Tress. Funeial seryices Avill be held;
ai Waynesville tdnibrrow, with burii^
in Spring Grove Cemetery,'

of the Community;

A. eood.man Ixasl

goneMrom'among us to try^tii" real-]

iUes be the. great Ijeydnd, but' ; "we!

feel assured as he' had chosen tbo]

Oreat Advocate who pleads befpi% tbej

Father's ;ahroiie liis own merit, - suf-

"fesing death ahd. resurrection. ,'^ our

-hehalfahd.becauseVof the'accbpfeu^
of- theBe..'.thIngs'''at,Hhe,..hands:-bf/,'P^

C^st we' 'may. hope to meet'.^^CT

with joy -on ithe .other ,side of^thO'Trrt

CARD OF THANKS

T\^e desu'e to express our

slncera

'thanks tO'Our friends and neighhbrsj

who so kindly assisted us.in the s^kl
riess and.iad death of-our dear huM
.band and' father..-/

KATE YANTRES^ and "FAMXL^ J

Horace Van
Horace. Van Tress, 68, WUmington Route, died at 8:45 p. m. Tues

day at Hale Hospital. He had been

in failing health . for several
'.months.:

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j He-was born March 8, 1891,.and

Iwas the son of Alfred and Kather-

line Baker Van Tress. He was born

"at the late,residence in'the Chester
Township Community, where he

spent his entire life. Mr. 'Van Tress

Iwas the fourth generation of his
i family to reside on the farm.
He was married Oct. 28, 1915 to

the former Miss Lydia Haines, who,

survives. He, was a member of the

iSrange', Farm Bureau

and the

Sharon Methodist Church. Mr. Van

Tress was a farmer and was for
'ConiuiueQ

ror

som

'came home to taki

:Owetl mother and"
farm, of which'he-1

low nerslyp,i ^d; -i>y

intGliigent':inai&agej

of the'^odel'farms
He ,w^3.TnatrIed;,1

,Febru^ 12,-^865,
children

were bor

,pf Chester townslil]

Tress of the .home
Shciron M. E. chur'

merly a member of both the county

and local boards'-of education. ''
Survivors include his wife and a

niece; Mrs. Veda\Wplfo.rd-Benbo^

Hollywood, Fla-v" :

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HORACE VAN TRESSFim^al

services for Horace : .Van Tressi
who died Tuesday, were cenducted Friday afternoon at Reynolds
funeral home with the Rev, C. A.

Arthur in charge. The Rev. Bertha

^White offered the prayer.

toralc of Rev.'.Phili
l.ained a lively.inlt

pallbearers were

gresE of Cbristianil
.SupiKtrter '.of the'<

Tress, Thirl Van Tress, Max Hew

itt, Bemerd. Haines Jr., Lester
Lane and HowardLane. Burial

his

means

and

nt

Fred

Van

was in Sugar.Grove Cemetery. ,

MRS. VAN TRESS IS

CLAIMED THURSDAY

COAL HEALER
MONDAY NIGHT
..

Stroke Of Apopiexy

Funeral Thursday
LTalvii) n. VanTi-cSfj.'St.,local cdai;
deal''''.
tit his , liojne/. on C-o-^

lumbus street^^ ^loiiday at .5 P. M.'

"Death was cac.?ecl hya'StiDke' of
apoplexy suffered a \vee"k'ago. ' , '
Mr.

^''aiiTress

riiphard

and

.wais

the 4>on

of

Deborah' , "\''anTre3S

land was born at Oakland.' jime 8".

T542.

He was a meftiber of ihc G.^

Mrs.

He is survived by /tliree Children

McPherson.

Ho was twice married. Oiic isister.

Clara K. Lewis,of New Burg.
,Oro., also 6urvies,"'.'-/-.V,
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Mr. VanTress 'resided,, oh

Itis

farm near Oakland until li)03 .when.

he removed to thii city and took
residence in the home where he
died. He had -been a coal dealer
for 17 years.
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Fuiioral services will be hold at

tiiE F.iends Church. Thursday at 2
P. M. in charge of Rev. J. L. Mc"^Villiamo.,

Burial In charge of L. E. Lukens

will be made in Sugar Grove ceme-l

t

R.

Van

Tress,

"i

Wilmington, who died at,her home'

widow of s Calvin Van Tress, died

of complicationB at the Probasco

at the Holladay;-. Funeral Home, I

Nursing Home, Thursday at 4:30

RBy./N:;X Behnet't rwill preach'

Monday at

survive. The two ^ns. Dr. H. B.

Van Tress, Cleveland

She was a member of the Friends

rChurch.

i Survivors include a step-daugh*

mington; a step-son, Calvin H. Van
Tress, near Xenia, and one sister,
Mrs. Suzanne Mory, '^'Hmlngton.
Funeral

services

for

Mrs.

.- qaiTUA'RVr-iV

were held at the Lukeiis-Reynolds

Funeral Home, Saturday
after

tL!,
t
Sockhil. van
4ress. was-born:January-20 isa? in

noon.

.Chester Townahfn

. Rev. J. ^ McT^'illiams read .the

Scripture and "memoir,; - offered

Kit ^

- wltb

Greene, accompanied at the, piano-'

^^Qwell. to whom he was united in

by Ernest W. Hale, saiig "Nearer | ,inarnage September ,14^ ,185B

My God To Thee" and
"Jesus ,
IIM Angnat 3
Lover" Of My Soul."
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lS7(h- leaving to the father the care

Pallbearers were Fred Van Tress,.

Thurl' Van

Tress, Claude Van'

Tress, Robert A'an Tress, Lindley!
Lundy and Vernou Hampton.
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Interment was in

Sugar

Grove

Cemetery.'

|mall
They.are
bidest children.
With whom
for theAnna
jast the
ii

i iho'"%
his-home;
^ho departed made
this Mifeseven Emma.'
years
(
Allle. in Vlr^m. and Xs'

pad ever since ^been 'a 'falthfal ^and

Adeyoted member, .' '' ^

j j. '.Ira K. Van Tres's;'Si, died at liiS

in ] home 111. Ne'wburgh, .Dregon, Mon'j
Wilmington. September 18. 1899, a son ; dayj>ct^ra3^T(^
born

a carpenter all his active ,

hees. Beside a w,ife,, two daughters I

leaves ^'"elglit grand- ]

s"Dece.asea was-a member.Aof!>th

36th O. V. i'and was a captL'lvl

i Libby Prison, for several 'lioDthaM

Also surviving are a son, Thomas C. i He left W'lmington .50 years -agbl

two grand- i 'and had not been seen -by hio brot^

children; three great-graijdchildren;

ei-eat-grandchiidren.s

or 93 >ears and 10 months, he slipDed I

luiet y away to his heavenly home '

oompletmg.the family , circle ther:,'i

Te'r since that^time; y

three brothers, Thirl M., J. Claude and

C. Robert VanTress, all of Xenia; and a
sister. Mrs. Martha (Bernerdl Haines,

at the Neeld funeral home, 1276 N.

Dciroit St.. Xenia. with the Rev.

Raymond Pope officiating. Friends

may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9
p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in
Woodland Cemetery in Xenia.

rpn^ugust 26.:l885^WwasWled
^er loss to^y! Will
.

|is'hV-^tlTer.-CAR. YanTrea^^.^^^3

of Calvin H. and Minnie .Lewis Van

Tress. He was a life long farmer in
Greene County and a member of the

of Wilmington. A daughter is deceased.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday

presence today; l|
Who liveB^m-Muncle

^Uhtjie M. E.Churefi,. of-which he

!ej noon. His wife, Eva Mills VanlYess,

of Xenia,

tliis.

A. house and barn

Mrs.' Pearl Sprouse and Mrs. C. H.

10 whom he was married February 26, !

VanTress.

All his.

the etceptlon pf..i2 years.

IviciiBty^^"

prayer and delivered the sermon.'

Fred L, VanTress, 84, of 3627 Old U.S.

8. died at his residence Monday af-

New Burlington Lodge 574 F&AM.

Cal

vin Van Tress, who died Thursday,

7T~

was

and H. L,

Van Tress. New York Yill attend ;

,
|the services., : '

|ter, Mrs. Nina McPherson, of Wil

Fred Van Tress

193(1. survives.
-Mr. VanTress

Iho funeral ' "sCTvice^' Mrs. A^'an '

Tress is the widow of C. H. A''an
Tress. Two eons, ahfl a daughter

She was ill one week.

The daughter of John and Sylvia

Bailey Rutherford she was born
at Cincinnati, February 13, 1855.

Und

for Mrs, Jane ,

former" resident ofj

in Los Aiigeles,vbaliL wuil be held !

-Mrs. Emma A'. Pcelle, Calvin Van-

tery.

Ada

Van Tress,
87,

A, R. and th^ Friends'Ghurcli.

Tic.'-'s and Mrrs."^lna

1 Funeral services

day Afternoon

A. M.

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TOREHELDRERE

Funeral Will Be Held Satur

it 3c? I

C. R. Van Tress Succumbs To:'

jVAN TRESS RITES

Ur. 1

^ARD of-thanks.-..'
^'ho-extehdea -

dutiful flowers.;and
fl
^ntother
the
ioeautifuP
-in any-

|way_ aided us in our sorrow; *

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EMMA-VAN'TRESS
BDCKLEY and family!

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la solemn undertone, in slow and

I sUtely measure, the low sweat

j chant of funeral psalm flows on.

I voicing for all souls man's deep

f conviction of the brevity of hu-

j man life; for we al] do fade as a

[ leaf, and bring our years to au

[ end.
.
Catherine Vhn Tress was born

I near Cincinnati,'December 14,1S60

I and departed this life September

I 6, 1939. She was the daughter of

John and Anna Arnold Baker. One

Bister preceded her tx death many

years ; ago.' Die . jbrother. John

Bakert
Veafs'ago. ^6
VauMTress^d
at
the old Van\ Treb^ .aoinestead,
where she ^aifWuUy fulfilled the

iTwochildren came to bles this

duties of wife and daughter In carxu

MlLl'

ing for her husband's mother

"Grandmother Van Tress/*' :
i

homei Mabel mow the wlfa of Di

vert Wolford, and Horace'who "has

lived near his mbthef- and been

such a comfort in declining years.
She leaves"to inoura-her loss El-

vert and MabelHorace andLydia;

and two granddau'ghtervVeda and
Ruth; and 'one si8ter,:Mary Lane;
.and a host of relatives and friends.

When A young girl4he family

spent his entire life. Mr, Van Tress;

,was the fourth generation of his
family to reside on the farm.
, He was married Oct. 28, 1915 to

'the former Miss Lydia Haines, who

survives. He "was a member of ^
Grange", Farm . Bureau and the
Sharon Methodist Church. Mr. Van
Tress was a farmer and was for

merly a member ol both the co^ty

and'locail boariis'of.education, i"

moved to the sdutherii part of

, i^llnton'County, Her life Tias been
^ '.spent in Clinton County;

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She with her husband joined

Sharon Church under, the-pasto
I ate of Rev. BhUip Trpat, and has
been a faithful and cohslstaht mem
ber ever since. Shb was a char^
ter member of the Aid Society also

of Missionary,, and-at dne time f

was a member of.the W,.C.-;>T. U. !i

Her greatest charm "^d hbllity '

was ,lu her home / where :iio task i

was too great for her. to^'perform- J

Horace '-tiY.
iday, wen

^ A-^gr'eat'fiorrow.came to^^er

the death of her husband'ih'No

ernoon at

vember of 1922, after wMch'ahe

with the }

bravely took up the thread of life

and carried on,: A serious accident

'ge. The B

befell her a year ago lasi- April,-

the praye
were. . I
an Tress,
Haines
J
vard^, La
Grove Ce

i fdends delight
,her.-family
and
she hadbfmade"
a won
derful- recovery. Ready -'to' join
the women of the Aid on Wednesday she fell aslepp fn her chair
frpm which she never woke to be
with those gone on before." ^ ^

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p. a. I send you copies of pages 9,10 and 11

of myvhistory of TIliilinington, showing "Camping on the
Li V'^le Miami, VY
h.l. vantress
ohio-mbxico pottery stands

MONTGOMERY. OHIO

Mohs 2nd,, 1945

Mrs, Hazel Phillips,

44G E, MulfcertiJ:, Sts ,

Lebanon, C,
Dear Mrs, Phillips:

X yesterday left or. your

il box copies

of my letters of the 26 qnd 27th. TJlt.-, to the President

of the Ohio A. & Historical Museum, which I believe you

will find of interest,

I have been interested in the Little Miami

country since the eighty years of the last century,

occasions. Coming down from Wilmington, your hills

there looked like great mountains and the river like
the ocean, in comparison with oar Todd^s Pork and

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v.hen I camped down below Oregonia, on three different

Cowar-s Creek, to the N. and S. of Wilmington.

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You will note by one of those letters, I re|
cently wrote a Street to Street history of my native- j
town, in which I describe our camping in that beautifulj
setting. In glancing over same, I note I get quite
j
flowryJ

' You will note that I am interested in the. past ]

history of our great State and in perpetuating iilg

monuments of the early days of our present civilization. We restored Ft, Ancient; why not restore and

perpetuate the only TRUE TO TYPE monument to our .ear

liest industry?

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Ycur organization has made a good

beginning.

I offer you my co-operation to make the next

and a more Important step, or steps. The first, the
restauration of the Telegraph Mills building; the
second my proposed Century on the Land Club.

I have a map of Warren Co, dated 1859, which

shows such places as Telegraph Mills and HENPECKJ Also*

other places that have disappeared. I have an old numb
-r of the Waynesville Gazette, showing displaj? ad. of

the telegraph Wills , giving rgtes of grinding, etc. . ^

Will try to see you in the near future.

Yours very truly,
H. L. Van Ti-ess.

VAN TRESS

Van Tress, H. L.; Wilmington, The Old Home Town; 1937

He sent a copy to the Ohio State and Historical Society, Coliimbus, 0
It is a 'street to street history of his native city of Wilmington, 0
k chapters
He tried to form "Centuries on the Land Glut - the Oldest Industry

in Ohio" in the 19^0's

He tried to get the State of Ohio in 19^3 to preserve Telegraph Mill

on Waynesville Road, 2 miles from Waynesville. In 19^5 he wrote to
the Warren County Historical Society, asking that they preserve it.

Telegraph Mill was on g^SSrshoe bend of the Little Miami River;

4* stories high, I5OO* by 800'; shown on maps of 1859

Dayton Journal Herald; Feb. 14, 19^9; the I50 year old Telegraph
Mill, 2 m south of Waynesville and owned by John Taylor, esq.. ;

was blown down by strong winds Feb. 19^9

Source:

Warren County Historical Museum; Genealogy.Room; "Mills" box

Aug.8, 1934

By H L. Van Tress,(leaflets from

WILMINGTON

Montgomery, 0.
chapter IV.)
Another oolorod nan of i^perlgr oeae to town and oonetmoted hie own bnlld*
lag, for grooery pnrpoees, nW the eolorad aohool houae. Ba had the finest taaa of w*
The Old Home Town

hearses to be aaan for alias arbuBdi too'wall mtohi^ sorrolsj with a si^a^id at,ef

work haniass, and ocaplata teapplags.

Ea aold this

bic road. wapm^to eharlia "XsBar^ ;a;iiai^^\fi|^

that satarprislsg4iidiwldttai want'into.

on Collage Plaoa Baat^

a gos naaod ib^owar

'sonsldprabla soalj^# the Laaars ha^ ?thrsal^ioiSm]^'^

youngest soiu dolm took part la tU of m>Batfafka:ite
waalaring War the Poor Pam tad the ]>psfW p
4n a, blmh of gyass j^tfaar .thaa aayoao Z ow vaw.^^r
r^Wovar^fwalaadi ^ kids* hunted
dpgs oaly^

the South boys 0

fksgptaatlag oar mA of toaaf thagr bal fia old anttlo.

and shipping bualness

SODS, of whm
-iv

Inbl^ing rabblt*^^hnnt
sea a rabbit sitting

single barrel^' shoVgtaa# ttth

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aid^ we wars

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to bag i^aa W^wrWbbltiil

v.\^ .^

Zba Giarlia waaiii fiaiiUy wowed doan to the Utm

hawing' bbu^t the flour, ooni weal;and Wdot aill buoihiasi iMm aa ^lagrap^'ll
Xaaar llwad in the nearby fliWars yssidanoa amd wa wisitad^ila thara ia tW W
ftttura, that mill, together with

W S^fniriBg W

ware fsaous for their pai^ioiilar bnunia of

powar^ with tttfbiaas built in sw^y Sai^ii^ln^

fiaainisoanoas of .the ^QldllH;^

fW -isilasW lha itit^O

oorn aasS^ Both had a^ls

vQwaivson^ of Zytif

ICtUs.^ ^ littio'*"-^'*'' -
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*&!' pasifas ;.lhaS 'Oao..tSaa Vary

\,;aa5wisr,
iila-' ai^es-aill*

V- the-oliaia of older-rosldanta. ''

Of hawlag prodaoad the aoat

axeallan^.grade.'of-flour and -'

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wM wtwr nanufftoturad** ' :

lfir thos^on was the last opwrator

and odllaright#

Iha -tala

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Billj^'whioh M waned* 80:^

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'<aHPiS0:W sag-iitna Hiwi- ' ? V .

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ds small bays wa fidiad;iip and down tedd*s Fox^ and Cowan^s Creak, ooWaatnelag

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pretty aoian after April

lha smts fbiml fi^d^^^
as
mholarly lasQfar^lNUZr
Talfalr, and dur most astaamad fallow townmn,.'old Br# Bblcth,
suoh plasaant raoolloetienis^:
went as fsr as eaosar^s ^roak and idiat waS ioeuonn as the Rasanroir, in northern
Possibly to that fi8hariBaB*s paradiaa, thO Zdttla Misai Kiwer^ to the wast.
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the sitibhorl^-first ao^^ini^oa with the Idttla Kiaad^is^^an^M

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ing there, throu^ the genorosily/of his Older brother, Haiwan, in d<wipaj^:o>ith^i^^
Daaoon,' cousin -Sam Eanrey and WUi Pslwar, Froa ow' Standpoii^/'^tluit
llto ;daap(oMSu^^
flahing, as wahad never seen a .rivar before* '

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j^er the axoitlBg period of ax^oipation and prapaxwtlon,%wa sat

ni^t in aliclMvraBar, taking an old tent, blankata and pillowa, a roW boat and'
ohest for our ^ppllaat although those wa took with us ware meagre-ihioiil^,
-4vgoing to rough it*

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^opoo find Tinoe that varo yialblo on all aldofi* All naturo vao .In blooa fmd all .

long tho song of oriokot aa hfiard^ punoturod xum and then by the Koc^ of owla*

g tho day the eau of tho oroo on hio ondlooo fli^t oao hoerd in thb ovly'^
t flotico of orono ooro aeon ohitiMa Inodct and now aadtim a fiolitfii^ bttiaard-j^^

oitB* hoado^Tho alf^t of tho kaaka dosib tho barn yard^)ttihlafsdurrlng

ahrill flETioa* Kb ^parod tho .%oaila whioh woro frotpmtS^ aoon

oad^ olth ^ir brood of a dooon or

about tho alto of; y^

^tokil la a <Boat boautiful littlo'blrie

?At hlehtfail oo aot our .wall baitod '-trot lineit

idiouid bo In or noar a rifflo. fioault a watorhaul^ JM flahoraaR'^i^e ^
tho nbxt

with a polo lino and hoohi and althoui^

and thO rmllvay aootlon handa aoonod to pull thorn up at dhwt .SntM'jilSij,
luek waavsgalnot uia or porhaj^ wo .laokod ririll aa doop wator llah^rttan*
aoon hanting

a fovorlta apdHi~ln tha llttlo Ulaai Talloy

doga aa wo aao. Uod

M'ound woot'^ Ihb *hra'lmao8#\^;

Eoworor^ wo did irMit go hungfx^aoro .thanlUhlngboB^a^^

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hlotory netwithatandiag. Viro wo not in tho lasd of

nol^or would aoll ua a pot of atrlng boana for 80 oanta^^ oa.i^

wenan sold ua frooh ogga at IH) oanta a doaan* tOMOB^wovt^ bor.;i^^

16 oonta down at Ft Aiuiiont^ Bar mawer rymu'i *^pa but balf
of-thomoro rottani*

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ri|ht boforo our

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oaoh' auoeoodlng'wvtnlng* wo woro odon

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UioBil^ goiorally with aoeoss fr^ ^low along winding roa^^. well ^pram
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Bhat beoBBo Cold Springe i|oaap or Wilmington Coap^ taio fbrtbor down the
river, on the West bonk ifdioro tho Idua ooso oloeo down tho atrooB# loo oold water
whieh bid>ble8 out of the ground In obundflnoe lo aado aeoosslble by boohs of the f
old oaken buo.ket, suspended froa, a bracket sumounting the usual well

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Water was tho only bewerage available at the Cold Springs, tkap as-^

as tho good people of Wilmington predoBlnated* Many eabino were ocnstruetod on the
hillside, suitably furnished| neither luxurious nor looking in oomfort and ntlliigr*
Well screened front porchoo were the neeting plaoes of the different noabere
aunner colony, whose etays on the river were comparatively short* :

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Cold Sidblng Cexsp Is not far distant from the Village of WiOTO^avUlOf >y- :

Ttaynesville Station, on the lAttle Uiaai Bailway, was fCrBorly of oonalderable

importanoe as a shipping point for com, ahoat a^ hogs, oom aoal in season and '

flour* Buildings belonging to a former ago eurrounded the station end ihe plaoe
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have been interested in the Little Miaini

country since the eighty years of the last century,

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v.lien I catiped down below Orogoiiia, on three different
ocossions. Comings down from liVilming'on, your hills
there locked like great mountains and the river like
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the ocean, in ccmpprison with car Todd^s Fork and
Ccwars Creek, to the N. and S. of Wilmington.
You will note by one cf those letters, I re-

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history of our great Slate and in perpetuating lia
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monuments of the early days of cur present civiliza:
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We realored Ft. Ancient; why not restore and

perpetuate the only TRUE TO TYFI; monument to cur ear

liest industry?

Year organization has made a good

beginning,

I offer you my co-operation to make the next

and a more important step, or steps. The first, the
restauration of the Telegraph Mills building; the
second my proposed Century on the Land CTuu.
T have a map of Warr'en Co, dated 185>, which

shows such places as Telegraph Mills and IltKPECKJ Also

other places thet huve disappeared. I have an old numbc
-r of the Waynesiille Gazette, showing d;'splal^ ad. of

the ielegraph tf^Jills , giving r^tc s of grinding, etc. .

V'/ill try to see you in the near future.

Yours very truly,
n. L. Van Tj.Qbs.

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of rr:/ 1,. "tnrs of the 26 ^na 27th, IJlt. to the President

of tile Ohio A, h Historlcfc7 l^tuseum, v/h3ch I "beH leve you
v;ill find of

interest.

I have hetn interested in the Littlt miainl

country since the eighty years of the last centuiy,

viien I catiped down "below Oi'd^ionia, on three different

occasions. Coaiingi, down from Vvllming'on, your hills

there locked like gitut mountains and the river like
the ocean, in ccmppriscn with rur roll's ?ork and
Icv.u's Creek, to the 1\', and S. cf Wilmington.
Tou will note by one oi' those letters, I re

cently v/rote a Street to Str-.-et history of my nttiye

town, ir which 1 describe our camping in that he^uliful
setting.

In glancing over sarae, I nc be I get quite

flowryl
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.
you will n^LG that I tu.i .nterestea in .ne. past

history cf our great S'ate and in perpetuabing ii^

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monuments cf the uarly days of cui- present civilizaticu. We resbcred Ft. iincient; v/hy not restore a.id

peiu'Stuate the cnly TRUE TO T'/FI; monu.nent to cur errlie'st industryV

Ycur organization has mpde a good

beginning.

I offer you my co-operation to make the next

a-ud a more impoxteiit step, or steps.

The first, the

restaurabion of the Telegraph Mills building; the

second my proposed Century on the Land CIuIj.

T have a map of Warren Co. dated ISbt/, which^

shwws such places as ;Telegrap)i Mills and liLkPLCK.' Also
other places bint ht.ve diseppeured. 1 have an eld numb
-r of the Wayne&\ill Gazette, showing u'splaj ad. of

the 'telegraph drills , giving r^tcs of grinding, etc.

Will try to see you in ihe near future.

Yours very truly,
II. L. Van Tress,