As promised, here are some photos we took during our daylong book signing last week at the Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival south of Ligonier.
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| We're inside Stone's Tavern, which also functioned as an inn, post office, and courtroom, among other things. This was on the men's side; 150 years ago Emily would have been with the ladies in the other dining room/lounge. In the book, Eli Lilly stands in front of this newly refurbished fireplace. The deer had no comment. |
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| This historic log cabin was saved from a Dekalb County location, disassembled, and put back up on the Stone's Trace property. We could watch the visitors from our position on the tavern's porch; of course, the tavern received even more visitors. No, its booze serving days are over. |
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 If you look carefully you can see my Doctor, Doc Ramsey, behind the lady who's guarding the Luckey Hospital Museum's field hospital near the Civil War reenactment area. That lady stayed very still, indeed; I wonder if she wasn't a patient. |
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| Some people sit and watch the cars go by; we sat and watched the cannon go by. |
That's all my computer hard drive has time for now. Next time: reenactors, history, historical reenactors, and getting shot at.
Looks like a fun day for you and Emily, Mark. I've heard of how, in those days, a tavern can serve several functions ~ post office, sometimes even a doctor's office etc. (Or like in Lonesome Dove, a tavern can serve other promiscuous/gambling functions.)
ReplyDeleteI can't say about that last, but just about everything else went on there!
DeleteQuite a place. The cannon's really big!
ReplyDeleteBoy, it sure is -- one of the bigger ones, for its time.
DeleteLove these pics. It's nice when they save old buildings. Hope you two enjoyed yourselves.
ReplyDeleteThere were at least four buildings on the property that were preserved -- very neat!
DeleteSuper photos Mark, thank you for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked them!
DeleteSuper photos Mark, thank you for sharing them.
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