Local Eagles Begin Nesting By: Stan Jordan This picture was given to me by Roger Lilly. It was taken February 1st at the east end of the park in Antwerp. It was taken at about 100 yards with a long range lens. It shows the two adult eagles repairing their nest. It is about mating…
Old Number 9, The Lobo Tank Busters, Cabin 21 at Valley Forge Grocery stores in Antwerp in the 1930’s By: Stan Jordan My memory is pretty good from 1930 on for a number of years, and the disastrous fire of Doug Bragg’s River Street Market brings back memories of grocery stores in downtown…
Cabin 21 at Valley Forge, A Boat Ramp on the Maumee, More on the Eagles and Snowy Owls, The Lobo Tank Busters The Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan Then entire continent of Europe is socked in with a dense fog. It didn’t lift, it just stayed all day. The weather man for England said…
The Lobo Tank Busters and Cabin 21 at Valley Forge Antwerp, The Canal and The Railroad By: Stan Jordan The Wabash and Erie Canal was finished in 1843; Indiana share of the canal had already been finished. The canal traffic was slow to start with but then flourished in a few years. In the 60’s…
The Lobo Tank Busters and Cabin 21 at Valley ForgeThe Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan We took off this morning with a full load of everything, even extra fuel tanks. We went pretty much straight east into Germany into the state of Lichtenstein, to an area named Balzers. This is a mountain resort town,…
The Lobo Tank Busters; Cabin 21 at Valley Forge Roland Gibson and Hell For Certain, Kentucky Roland Gibson is a man whose honesty is beyond question. He tells me about growing up in Leslie County Kentucky. There was six kids in the family and a cow named Bessie. Now, Bessie had grown up with the…
The Lobo Tank Busters; and Funny One Liners Cabin 21 at Valley Forge By: Stan Jordan The boys brought in a good supply of fire wood. It would take a good fire at both ends to warm the room, as it has been vacant for many months. Sgt. Baker said there are 16 of us,…
Politics and politicians By: Stan Jordan Ben Franklin told me one time, “There will always be death and taxes, but politics and politicians are about as everlasting.” Ben was in the printing business, where he met a lot of guys running for office. Most major politicians are not very truthful but they didn’t start out…
