tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post2847206003277895564..comments2024-03-28T10:02:39.513-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: Hill Climb at Mill Hollow Hill – May 16, 1931Dan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-30749762662635139702014-05-15T16:58:04.399-04:002014-05-15T16:58:04.399-04:00 Do you remember the three-legged fox? Do you remember the three-legged fox?-Alan D Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588625423455924651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-25453649668718823522014-05-15T08:14:42.070-04:002014-05-15T08:14:42.070-04:00It was a craze (crazy I think) in the 60's to ...It was a craze (crazy I think) in the 60's to ride a skate board down<br />Alan, I knew someone who lost their knee cap that way. Of the old hill I remember the deer and there were animals in cages in a flat area, I seem to remember a badger.<br />raeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-30290953238969330972014-05-14T22:13:21.978-04:002014-05-14T22:13:21.978-04:00That's really interesting, Rick! I can see a l...That's really interesting, Rick! I can see a little of what you're talking about by looking at a Bing Maps aerial view. Doesn't look like too many traces of the old road are still there. I'll have to try and find an old map that shows its route so I can see where it crossed the river.Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-16190852289272668612014-05-14T20:10:55.458-04:002014-05-14T20:10:55.458-04:00Another old road that crossed the Vermilion River ...Another old road that crossed the Vermilion River north of Mill Hollow was a favorite of my brother and I in the early 1950s. We always would pester my dad to take it if we needed to be on the west side of the river, although he seldom did. Too hard on the clutch he would say. The old road through Mill Hollow, was always a second choice of my brother and I.<br /><br />This was Cooper Foster park road, which dived down into the valley off of Vermilion Road, crossed the river, and immediately started a long steep climb out of the valley. No "car friendly" switchbacks in this road! The road topped out of the valley at the intersection of Darrow and Gore Orphanage Roads.<br /><br />Even in the early 1950s the road was in bad shape, and it was abandoned about that time, I think. My brother and I loved it for its rugged terrain and and to us, its seeming wildness. If I remember correctly, the road crossed the river on a single lane bridge, but I never remember meeting another car using the road. I always wondered why the road was built. Maybe before automobiles it was too time consuming to go all the way to Mill Hollow to cross the river.Rick Kurishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-34483796942990618262014-05-14T14:20:20.799-04:002014-05-14T14:20:20.799-04:00He probably picked up enough speed to follow N. Ri...He probably picked up enough speed to follow N. Ridge Road right out of the park at the other end!Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-47732257174358069092014-05-14T12:18:09.195-04:002014-05-14T12:18:09.195-04:00I remember being told when I was going to Charlest...I remember being told when I was going to Charleston that some kid (his name was never mentioned) rode down that hill in a shopping cart; can you imagine?-Alan D Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588625423455924651noreply@blogger.com