Author Archives: Dablad1
Cashtown Inn
The Cashtown Inn was built in 1797 and got it’s name from the owner’s requirement for cash to use his road. It was heavily occupied by Confederate forces during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. The Confederates’ retreat started at the Inn and consisted of a 17-mile wagon train . The Inn is now … Continue reading
Turkey Run Inn
Turkey Run State Park is located in west central Indiana near the town of Marshall. The Inn opened in 1919 and looks much the same as it did back then. The first photo is undated.
Barlow Trail Roadhouse
Located in Zig Zag, Oregon, the Barlow Trail Roadhouse was originally called The Gateway Inn since it was (and still is) the gateway to the Mount Hood area from the west. Built in 1926 it was a favorite hangout for workers constructing the nearby Timberline Lodge at the base of Mount Hood. It was known … Continue reading
Lake McDonald Lodge
Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park was opened in 1914. It was then known as Lewis Glacier Hotel and was renamed in 1957. The front is on the lakeside because all early visitors came by boat since the first roads weren’t completed until 1921. After Glacier National Park was established in 1910, the need … Continue reading
Mark Twain-Hannibal
Samuel Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain was born in Florida in 1835 the night Halley’s Comet appeared. At age 4 he moved to Hannibal Mo. where he lived for 14 years. In 1902 he returned to Hannibal to visit his boyhood home as seen in the first 3 photos. Note Tom Sawyer’s fence as well as … Continue reading
Mark Twain-Hartford
In 1871 Mark Twain moved to Hartford CT where he built a large, impressive mansion, completing it in 1874. The 1st photo is dated 1874 and the 3rd shows him with his family on his porch in 1884.
Mark Twain- Quarry Farm
While residing in Hartford, Mark Twain spent 22 summers at his in-laws’ Quarry Farm in Elmira NY. It is seen here in a photo dated 1871.
Mark Twain- Gazebo
In 1874 Twain’s in-laws surprised him with a gazebo located on a bluff 200 yards from the farmhouse and overlooking the valley and river below. The structure was 12 feet across, had 8 windows, and looked like a pilothouse on a steamboat. Twain loved it so much that he wrote most of The Adventures of Tom … Continue reading
Mark Twain- Stormfield
In 1908 ,with most of his family having passed away, Mark Twain moved to a new home called Stormfield in Redding CT. Twain himself passed away in 1910 on the very day that Halley’s Comet reappeared after 75 years! The first photo shows the house the day before he arrived in 1908. The second photo … Continue reading
Garden Key Lighthouse
Seventy miles off Key West, Florida, lie the Dry Tortugas, which consist of 7 small islands. One of them–Garden Key– is the site of Fort Jefferson which is the country’s largest coastal fort and also the country’s largest masonry structure. It takes up 11 of Garden Key’s 16 acres. Construction started in 1846 and lasted … Continue reading