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| The view back in early October |
As I noted before, Mill Hollow seemed to be mentioned in the
Lorain Journal a lot during the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
There was a variety of reasons. That part of the county was still rugged and a great place to hunt; the hairpin curve of North Ridge Road leading down into the hollow from the east and the hill as the road exited to the west was a regular focus of county engineers; and the rich history of the area, with living descendants of the family that operated the mill, and buildings and houses dating back from stagecoach days, made it a fascinating window to the past.
Here, then, is a potpourri of articles from the pages of the Lorain Journal that each mentions Mill Hollow in some context. Articles include: the obituary of Sarah Bacon, whose father Frederick Bacon owned the flour mill and operated the tavern; an Amherst pioneer's reminisces; and the test drive of an Olds going up the famous Mill Hollow hill.
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| Jan. 12, 1925 |
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| April 17, 1925 |
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| June 1, 1925 |
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| June 3, 1925 |
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| Sept. 3, 1926 |
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| Nov. 13, 1926 |
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| March 31, 1928 |
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| March 19, 1930 |
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| April 23, 1930 |
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| Sept. 12, 1930 |
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| Oct. 6, 1930 |
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| Dec. 31, 1930 |
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| April 13, 1931 |
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| June 22, 1939 |
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| March 6, 1940 |
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| Jan. 31, 1944 |
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| April 26, 1948 |
Thanks, Dan - this must have taken quite a bit of time to put together. I enjoyed reading it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Buster! Sometimes I'm not sure how a post is going to shape up while I'm gathering items! There were a few here that were interesting and I'm glad you enjoyed reading them!
DeleteI remember when I was in junior high, there was an urban legend about a kid that rode down the road into Mill Hollow in a shopping cart; of course, no one knew the kid personally.
ReplyDeleteSounds like something from the movie series "Jackass" starring Johnny Knoxville.I could see Johnny going down the big entrance hill at Mill Hollow in an inner tube with no one to stop him.
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