President invents a cavernAug 11, 2012
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Birthplace of Thomas A. Edison
His favorite invention was the phonograph
On tour in the museum
| We had an agenda yesterday. It was a mostly rainy day as Shirley drove us to planned stops. First was the birthplace of Thomas Alva Edison in Milan OH. They had a museum and his house in this quaint town that boomed before the railroad killed the canal trade. It was a very informative tour. Next up was Bellevue OH and a tour of the Seneca Caverns. Don and Shirley went down, down while Jeanne and I practiced our opting technique and sat this one out. The two hearty ones said the tour was terrific but demanding and very small in places. Then we drove on to Freemont to the Library, museum and home of our 19th President Rutherford B. Hayes. The area is known as Spiegel Grove and was tres interesting. He was one of the Presidents who did NOT win the popular vote and there was quite a time determining the winner of the election. He was also wounded 5 times in the Civil War when he was a General for the North. He only ran one time and tried unsuccessfully to have Congress pass an election law that would make the Presidential term one for 6 years. We continued our journey to Archbald OH for a family style buffet dinner and stayed the night at a Mom and Pop motel that is a tad worn but fit the bill after a long but good day. Enjoy the pics. |
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