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National Flags Flown at an Orange Parade:

I was watching the tercentenary Orange March (1990), that occurred in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on YouTube. My own county, “The County Monaghan True Blues”, was represented.

At an Orange march, at the top of the parade, the national flags of participating countries are flown. However, conspicuous by its absence was the Irish Tricolour, to represent Southern Irish Orangemen, like the “True Blue” Orangemen from my own county.

Southern Ireland is represented at an Orange March by the Northern Ireland flag, or, more accurately: the Flag of the Stormont Executive (1921–1972), which I find deeply ironic.

Plenty of organisations—the GAA, being one—use the Tricolour to inacurately represent a thirty-two county Ireland, and so I am not offended, in the slightest, if the Orange Order, in a retributive act of vexillological belligerence, uses the Northern Ireland flag to represent Southern Ireland.

Also, the Tricolour was effectively a banned symbol in Northern Ireland under the Flags and Symbols Act (1954), and so the Orange Order probably could not, in times past, fly the Tricolour, in Belfast, to represent Southern Ireland, even if it wanted to.

I wondered had this protocol changed, since the end of The Troubles: do the Orange Order, today, fly the Tricolour in honour of participating Southern Irish Orangemen, and I don't think that this protocol has changed. It would be interesting if the Orange Order did begin to fly the Tricolour at their Belfast March on the 12th. One wonders if they can fly other foreign flags, then why not the Tricolour?

I checked out: The Orange Order: a Tradition Betrayed (2006) by Brian Kennaway, from Monaghan Library. My being in my late 30s, I actually remember ‘The Drumcree Debacle’, which is one of the chapters in Kernaghan’s book.

Figure 1: One of the plates in Kennaway’s book. Depicted is a pre-partition Orange Banner, with the Irish Gaelic inscription—in Celtic Type—‘Oidhreacht Éireann’ /ˈɔɪ.rɔxtʰ ˈɛˑ.rɑn/, which means: ‘Heritage of Ireland’.

A County-Monaghan Protestant from Clones, Darach MacDonald, also wrote The Sons of Levi (1999) on the Orange Order.

Figure 2: A photo of the book: The Sons of Levi (1999) by Brian Kennaway.

I also ordered Ruth Dudley Edwards’s The Faithful Tribe (1999) on the Orange Order.

Figure 3: Ruth Dudley Edwards’s book: The Faithful Tribe (1999).

[lindaseccaspina]

Strange Case of the Woman on Wilbrod Street

The following story was told by Mr. Louis Charbonneau, former porter in the Russell Hotel ( read- Rat–tling Stories of the Russell Hotel) and former chief messenger in the Department of Marine and Fisheries: “When I was a boy my family resided on Wilbrod street, between Friel and Chapel. That was back in the late 1860s. On our property was a deep well fed by underground springs, which my father…

[ianfulgar]

Experience the magic of Vigan City through the lens of its stunning architecture. From the past to the present, this article takes you on a journey through some of the Philippines' most iconic architectural influences. READ: https://www.ianfulgar.com/architecture/architecture-of-the-philippines-then-and-now/ . .

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Legendary Allston Landmark Twin Donuts to Close Its Doors After 70 Years

Twin Donuts, the beloved diner located at 501 Cambridge Street in Allston, will serve customers for the final time on Sunday, March 23, marking the end of a remarkable 70-year run. Known for its delicious breakfast combos and welcoming atmosphere, this iconic local favorite will surely be missed by residents and visitors alike. #TwinDonuts #AllstonLandmark #EndOfAnEra #BostonDining #FarewellTwinDonuts #BostonFoodies #LocalHistory #BostonNews

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(via Uncovering the Stories of Life and Death on the Border: A Visit to the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum)

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It's a History? The stripping of local heritage and rights of way.

Clay Cross Hall, built by George  Stephenson, the guy who built the Rocket Steam Engine. Recently Sold by Derbyshire County Council along with land for it seems £275,000,less than a small local semi detached. It’s now fenced off so footpaths used for over a century are closed to all. Access to Sharley Park is also closed off.The building is bizarrely not a listed building, though is historically…

[escondidolibrary]

Join us on Saturday, February 24, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Room next to our library for our next walking tour!

Our walking tour will be for a half mile and leisurely paced in Escondido Public Library’s neighborhood to learn about the history and architectural styles of its historic homes and buildings. The route will start from Pioneer Room and head south on Kalmia Street to 5th Avenue, west to Broadway, to 2nd Avenue, and ending back at the Pioneer Room for an archival tour.

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North Dakota vintage style retro souvenir

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Jim Ivey, Eden Historical Museum. Record your memories, personal stories, at RiverFest Friday and Saturday. Digitize your old photos, watch local history videos, talk with an ancestry/genealogy specialist. David Campt, The Dialogue Company; MARC, Museum and Archives of Rockingham County, supported by the NC Arts Council.

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Not just run-of-the-mill operations: A look at Fox's and Shutts'

By Jonathan Monfiletto

By my count, according to a map of the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail, there are 13 mill sites along the approximate 7 miles of trail from Penn Yan – heading toward Seneca Lake – to Dresden. Perhaps there have been other sites than those 13 throughout the history of white European settlement along the outlet, and of course, the mill sites have had various owners and managers over time – thus multiplying the number of different mill companies over time as well.

In addition to the mill sites themselves, a series of pamphlets produced at one time by the Yates County Historian’s Office includes the history of the Crooked Lake Canal – a series of 28 locks that lowered boats 270 feet from Keuka Lake to Seneca Lake – and the Fall Brook Railroad, which eventually replaced the canal and used the towpath for its tracks. Indeed, what the Seneca in the area called the Minnesetah River – and what white European settlers renamed the Crooked Lake Outlet and we know nowadays as the Keuka Lake Outlet – has had a vibrant industrial history.

In fact, witnessing the rushing waters of the outlet and realizing this was a good location for mills, homes, and a community – as I once read in one source – is what drew the Society of Universal Friends to desire to establish the New Jerusalem here. Nowadays, Birkett Mills may be the only mill site still in active operation – though it no longer uses waterpower, so it might not be a true mill – but the memories are alive and well thanks to the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail.

The Friends of the Outlet – the nonprofit organization tasked with preserving and maintaining the trail that winds its way along the outlet – have been particularly interested in a couple of mill sites along the trail. Since I have assisted group members in researching the mill sites – learning more about their history and locating contemporary photographs of them – I have wanted to capture the history of both of these mill sites for myself by writing an article about them, as I am doing now.

Among the 13 mill sites the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail identifies on its map, Fox’s Mill and Shutts’ Mill have recently gained the attention of the Friends of the Outlet. Both modern-day sites are accessible from the Fox’s Mill trailhead, not too far from the intersection of East Elm Street/Outlet Road with Cornwell Street. Fox’s Mill sits just west of the trailhead, while Shutts’ Mill is located a few mill sites to the east.

Both are named for the men who eventually took over the respective sites, though both sites have extensive histories long before these men owned the property. In the interest of time and space – and to encourage you to visit the sites for yourself along the outlet trail – I will cover the histories of the mill sites from the periods of the ownerships of their namesakes.

The Fox chapter of the Fox’s Mill story began in 1865, when brothers Lewis and William Fox, of Schoharie, signed an agreement to build a paper mill on the site. They bought the property, which consisted of a gristmill and sawmill, and the water rights. By 1870, the paper mill was up and running with two wheels and a steam engine, and it operated year-round with a workforce of nine men and two women. Straw, coal, and lime were used to make wrapping paper.

In 1882, William Fox – known as Harry – took Perley Curtis as a partner, and they operated the business as Fox & Curtis for the next 23 years. During this time, the mill made various grades of wrapping paper, producing six to nine tons each day on two machines. The plant became known as Keuka Mills. Both wheat and rye straw could be used in the process, but rye was considered essential since it strengthened the finished product.

Curtis retired in 1905, but Fox’s eldest son, William, had become a partner in 1900. His third son, Harry, entered the business in 1911, the year before Fox’s death. Around that time, rye wrapping and corrugating paper remained the mill’s product. Production increased to between 15 and 17 tons a day, and water and steam were still the power sources. About 30 men were employed; when the mill underwent its annual overhaul and the papermaking machinery was shut down, the men were kept on to clean and make repairs.

In 1915, a spectacular fire erupted and destroyed the straw barn and 600 tons of straw, resulting in an estimated loss of $8,000. During the 1920s, hydroelectric interests acquired the property along with much of the reset of the water rights along the outlet. After John Fox acquired his brothers’ interest, he sold the mill to E.L. Phillips in November 1926 and included all of the real estate and water rights owned by W.H. Fox & Sons. John Fox remained with the company as mill manager, and in 1939 the firm bought the property back without the water rights.

By that point, Fox’s Mill was the only straw paper mill remaining east of the Mississippi River; the manufacture of wrapping paper had been discontinued, and the mill was producing corrugated cardboard. However, a flood in 1943 caused by the dam washing out and a fire in 1946 that swept through the mill building provided the final straws for the mill. Though there were plans to rebuild the plant as soon as the proper papermaking machinery could be found, those plans never came to fruition. The story of Fox’s Mill as an active mill site ended there.

Shutts’ Mill, when it took on that name in the 1870s, became known as Yates County’s first true industrial sites. At that time, there were at least four separate milling enterprises on one site, and John A. Shutts began to assemble the various properties into one. In April 1875, he bought the gristmill and its eight-acre parcel from Robert Halsey. The following year, he bought the land occupied by the spoke factory from Frederick Woodhull.

In 1882, Peter Parshall sold his triphammer and the right to operate the spoke machine on the premises to Shutts. Two years later, Shutts erected his own spoke factory on the premises. Throughout the decade, he continued to buy small parcels adjoining his factory until the property totaled 11 acres. In a partnership with George A. Wilson, the spoke manufacturing operation ceased and the factory was converted to making straw board.

Shutts formed a corporation called the Shutts Manufacturing Co. and signed all of the property over to it. Shutts himself retired in 1906, but the mill property remained operating for 25 more years under various ownerships. High water destroyed the dam in December 1930, and the dam was never rebuilt. A fire destroyed the mill for good on Halloween night in 1933.

Former Yates County Historian Frances Dumas’ extensive research and writing about the various mill sites provided the history captured in this article. And these are just two of the 13 mill sites indicated on the outlet trail map. You can go for a walk along the Keuka Lake Outlet and explore these sites and engage in our history.

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#OTD in 1780 (9/22) in the early morning hours, in the woods near Haverstraw, American General Benedict Arnold and British Major John André plotted the surrender of the American fortress at West Point. While attempting to return to British lines, André was captured by American soldiers. He was tried, convicted and hanged as a spy at Tappan on October 2, 1780. Arnold escaped capture and joined the British army.

Image: John André, A Representation of Major John André…going from the Vulture Sloop of War, aquatint, circa 1781. Image appeared in our quarterly history journal "South of the Mountains" Vol. 18, No. 2, 1974

This engraving was done from a sketch drawn by André on the morning of his execution. It depicts him being rowed across the Hudson River to his fateful meeting with Benedict Arnold. The caption reads in part: “A representation of Major John André, Adjutant General to the Kings Forces in North America, going from the Vulture Sloop of War to the shore of Haverstraw Bay in Hudsons River the Night of the 23d. of September 1780, in a Boat which was sent for him . . . under the Sanction of a Flag of Truce, by Major General Arnold, who then commanded the Rebel Forces in that district. The above is an exact Copy of a Drawing sketch’d with a Pen by Major André himself, the Morning on which he was to have been executed . . . and found on his Table with other Papers the next day (being that of his Death) by his servant, and delivered by him on his arrival at New York to Lieut. Colonel Crosbie of the 22d. Regiment, who has caused this Engraving to be taken from the Original in his Possession, as a small Mark of his Friendship for that very valuable and unfortunate officer.”

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[ianfulgar]

Trace the evolution of Philippine architecture through the lens of Vigan City's stunning structures. From its Spanish colonial roots to the modern buildings of today, this article takes you on a journey through the architectural history of the Philippines. READ: https://www.ianfulgar.com/architecture/architecture-of-the-philippines-then-and-now/ . .

[reconimages]

🌟 Exploring the beauty of St Helens! 🌟 I stumbled upon this stunning church with its gorgeous Gothic architecture and intricate stonework. The arched windows and peaceful surroundings make it a true gem in our town. 🏛️ #StHelens #ChurchArchitecture #GothicStyle #LocalHistory #Community #HistoricBuildings #StHelensLandmarks #ArchitectureLovers #FaithAndHeritage

[mahoningvalley]

Did you know?

Youngstown was once called the “City of 29 Churches” thanks to its amazing diversity and rich immigrant history. From steel mills to soulful music and incredible food, the Mahoning Valley has always had its own unique vibe!

What’s your favorite spot, memory, or fun fact about the Valley? Drop it in the replies—I love hearing what makes this area special to you!

Want to connect or see more local favorites? Find all my links here: https://linktr.ee/valleyfavorites

#Youngstown #MahoningValley #ValleyFavorites #LocalHistory #Ohio

[keensdesign]

Indulge in a little slice of #Vancouver history at #CheesecakeEtc.! 🍰 @cheesecake_etc

For decades, this beloved spot has been serving up legendary #cheesecakes, including their rich Original with fresh strawberries and the delightful Matcha creation you see here. 🍵 But it’s more than just the incredible desserts; it’s the warm atmosphere and the nightly live jazz that creates a truly unique experience. 🎷 Supporting local gems like Cheesecake Etc. adds to the vibrant tapestry of our West Coast communities.

Local small businesses and entrepreneurs, let Keens Design & Marketing craft a brand story as timeless and delightful as Cheesecake Etc.! 📥 DM or email info@keensdesign.com to explore how we can sweeten your success.

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