Coleraine - Cincy.com

http://www.cincy.com/home/neighborhoods/parms/1/hood/colerain-township/page/history.html

Rufnamen

For a period of time Germans often gave their children the same first names as it was thought that the devil could only harm them if their names were known; thus the middle name was the one that was most often used for identification. For example, Jacob Pieter would be Pieter... [I've lost the reference.]
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German Names - Vornamen

About German names - find here the unique and original description of German names - Vornamen, their origin and history. List of the most fashionable modern German names...

The German word Vorname can be literally translated into English as pre-name. This is a name that German parents give to a newborn child. Among Catholics it often happens that a child has more than one Vorname. However, in informal daily communication people usually call a person by just one name, and this is a Rufname. This is a person's main name, but it often takes the 2d or the 3d place in official papers, as middle names are considered to be more important. 

The name choice may be determined by various reasons. Parents choose the Rufname simply because they like it. Some people have the names of saints as their additional names. There is a popular belief that naming children after saints is a way to secure their patronage. Thus, this practice is not uncommon in religious Catholic families. Some not so religious parents name their children after the prosperous relatives in order to win their favor, often hoping that they might offer some financial aid to the child in the future. However some parents are very liberal, they let the child choose Rufname from several given names.

There are several ways of writing German names. One can specify only the Rufname and the Nachname. The second name may be written in full form or, in American fashion, as a middle initial. A few combinations of male first and second names are traditionally written with a hyphen, e.g. Hans-Joseph.

At least one of these has to be gender specific, while others may be neutral. But in Germany androgynous names are rare.
The fundamental rule is that male names cannot be used for females and otherwise. The only exception to this rule is "Maria". It can be used as a male second name, e.g. Erich Maria Remark.

Abbreviated names are not used officially. So even if Frederick is known among friends as Fred, he will still sign official documents with his full name Frederick.

There are certain restrictive naming regulations in Germany. First of all, a name must be known as a human name. It means that pet names, common nouns, place-names and newly invented names are not allowed. Secondly, it must not be offensive and humiliating so that it does not inflict problems on the bearer in the future. In some cases an unusual name may be allowed provided that the Rufname is a common name.

The Standesbeamter (this is the German word for registrar) has the right to review name choices. A Standesbeamter can bar parents from giving a name if he feels it is unacceptable. For unusual names he might ask for precedent cases. Foreign embassies often have to confirm that this or that name is acceptable. They do that at the instance of immigrants coming from the countries those embassies represent. Parents can appeal the Standesbeamter's decision in court. Such lawsuits, as well as funny names that parents sometimes bestow on their children, are often ridiculed by journalists in the newspapers.

Here are some examples of first names that have been rejected: Christus, Jesus (has been allowed with Spanish surnames), Princess, Prince, Lord, Huckleberry, Cheyenne, Berlin, Stone, Möwe (seagull), Tiger, Moon Unit, AJ, Amsterdam, B'Elanna, Filou, Gift (poison), Frühling (spring - the season), Baby, Golddust, Nightingale, Shiatsu, Tsunami, Villa, Cézanne, Hoffmann, McCoy, Nilsson, Nilson, O'Neill, Picasso, Svensson, Trenk, Wiesengrund. The maximum number of first names is five. Two of them can be hyphenated, however the parts of such names cannot be used separately.

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/german_names/german_names_vorname.htm

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Forenames[edit]

The Vorname (in English forename) is usually given to a child by the parents shortly after birth. It is common to give a child several Vornamen (forenames), one of them intended for everyday use and known as the Rufname ("appellation name"). This Rufname is often underlined on official documents, as it is sometimes the second or third name in the sequence of given names on official record, even though it is the given name in daily use from childhood.^[1] For example, in the resume submitted by mathematician Emmy Noether to Erlangen University in 1907,^[2]

Ich, Amalie Emmy Noether, bayerischer Staatsangehörigkeit und israelitischer Konfession, bin geboren zu Erlangen am 23. März 1882 ...

"I, Amalie Emmy Noether, of Bavarian nationality and of Israelite confession, born in Erlangen on 23 March 1882 ..."

the underlining of Emmy communicates that this is the Rufname, even though it is the second of two official given names.

In Germany, the chosen name must be approved by the local Standesamt (civil registry office). The name must indicate the gender of the child and not negatively affect the well being of the child. Last names or the names of objects and products are not acceptable. For example, "Matti" was rejected for a boy's name because it did not indicate gender (however, these types of names are permissible if combined with a second name which clarifies the gender, for example: "Matti Oliver" or "Matti Julia").^[3][4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_name
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[Perhaps I should order this]:

GGD Newsletter #9 January 1997
Rufnamen - Or a Rose by any other Name" by Elaine D. Schwar by permission of The Journal of the Berks County (PA) Genealogical Society

Butts interview re: Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior +

TEN QUESTIONS, WITH EDWARD BUTTS

 http://www.openbookontario.com/news/ten_questions_edward_butts

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The newest edition to Dundurn's Quest Biography Series is Edward Butt's Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior. The book sheds light on a misunderstood historical figure, an American (often vilified in US history books) who aligned himself with the Native population and eventually settled in Canada.

Edward Butts talks to Open Book about the man known as 'the white savage', his writing life and some essential Canadian reading.

Open Book:

Tell us about your latest book, Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior.

Ed Butts:

Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior is the true story of a Revolutionary War era frontiersman who was an arch-villain to the Americans, a Loyalist hero to the British and Canadians, and a champion for the cause of the Natives who were fighting as British allies to protect their homelands. Girty was captured by Natives as a boy, and was adopted into the Seneca tribe. He became an expert woodsman, and learned to speak several Native languages fluently. This made him invaluable as a scout and an interpreter.

When Girty realized that the American rebels intended to seize Native lands, he became an agent for the British Indian Department. In that capacity he served as a raider, interpreter, negotiator, and spy. After the British defeat, Girty acquired a farm in Upper Canada, but he continued to assist the tribes in resisting American expansion. The Americans declared him an outlaw and put a price on his head.

Girty’s life story reads like an epic novel of high adventure and great tragedy. He crossed paths with such famous individuals as Joseph Brant, Tecumseh and Daniel Boone. There’s a historic plaque marking the site of his old homestead near Malden, Ontario, but in Canadian history he is a largely forgotten figure. I hope that my book will make more Canadians aware of this amazing man and the tumultuous time in which he lived.

OB:

What drew you to Girty as a subject? Do you feel there are previous texts (American or Canadian) that have portrayed him accurately?

EB:

I first heard about Simon Girty from the writer James Reaney. I was a student in the Department of Integrated Studies at the University of Waterloo, and I was working on a paper about outlaw folk heroes. I did some research, and decided to do my IS degree project on him. It was just too good a story to let go of.

Previous texts: there are two American biographies that are long out of print; The History of the Girtys by Consul W. Butterfield, and The White Savage by Thomas Boyd. They are one-sided treatments that helped perpetuate the myth that Simon Girty was a blood-thirsty fiend. The very best, and most accurate, American biography is Simon Girty: Turncoat Heroby Phillip Hoffman. I did a chapter about Girty for Pirates & Outlaws of Canada, which I co-authored with Harold Horwood. My new book, Wilderness Warrior, is the only Girty biography written by a Canadian.

OB:

You wrote a play about the life of Girty early in your career. How did that earlier work inform Simon Girty?

EB:

My play, The Fame of Simon Girty, was part of my university degree project. We made a pretty good amateur production of it on the university stage. I realize now, however, that some of the information I based the story on was inaccurate. But that’s all part of the process of historical research. Nothing is ever carved in stone. Researching for the play and then staging it brought Girty alive for me. But the play would need a major re-write if it were to be staged again.

OB:

What was the most challenging part of writing this book?

EB:

Imagine trying to write a factual book about a historical character whom one country has all but forgotten, and another country regards as the equivalent of Jack the Ripper. Most Canadians don’t know anything about Simon Girty. Those who do have most likely heard of him in terms of “Dirty Girty”, “White Savage” and “Fiend of the Frontier” — the names that the Americans tagged him with. Rescuing such a character’s reputation can be a daunting task.

OB:

Did you have a specific readership in mind when you wrote your book?

EB:

Like all of the biographies in the Quest series, Simon Girty was written for young adults, with the hope that it will help stimulate interest in Canadian history. At the same time, I kept in mind that the story should also appeal to more mature readers. The story tells of bloody battles, massacres and the torture of prisoners. I tried to tone down some of the more gruesome information that is found in firsthand historical accounts, but still keep the narrative at a level that respects adult integrity. I have an uncle who is retired from the Canadian Coast Guard, who has read all of my books. In his valued opinion, my Quest book about the explorer Henry Hudson is the best one I’ve done. The author John Robert Colombo also told me that he considered the Hudson book my best. While writing Simon Girty, I didn’t forget that I have readers like them, as well as young people.

OB:

In terms of writing and literature, what differences do you observe in the American and Canadian approaches to history?

EB:

There was a time when it would have been easy to give a generalized answer to that question; Americans will glorify anything in their history, and Canadians will turn the most exciting moments in their history into something as dull as pasta cooked in wiener water. But that is changing. American writers have been more willing to challenge the old idea that the USA was always on the side of truth and justice. The Simon Girty story is a case in point. American authors of romantic fiction, such as Zane Grey, found a very convenient villain in Simon Girty. More recent writers, such as the poet Richard Taylor, author of Girty, and Timothy Truman, who created a two-volume graphic novel called Wilderness, which is based on Girty’s story, have presented more objective views of his life and times.

As for the Canadian approach; I don’t think it can still be said that Canadians write dull history. There was a time when you had to be Pierre Berton to get a book of Canadian history published and read. That is no longer so. We still don’t blow our horns in the American fashion, but there are many great writers whose works celebrate Canadian history. See the books of Donald E. Graves for some excellent accounts of Canadian battles. Read the novels of Rudy Weibe and Fred Stenson for great Canadian historical fiction.

OB:

If you had to choose three books as a “Welcome to Canada” gift, what would those books be?

EB:

For children, I’d suggest something by Robert Munsch. For a great browsing book that offers plenty of tidbits of Canadian history and Canadiana, there’s Colombo’s Concise Canadian Quotations. And for something humorous that’s also Canadian; a collection of Stephen Leacock’s funniest stories.

OB:

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received as a writer?

EB:

Revise, revise, revise! When you write something, no matter how good you think it looks, put it away and then go back to it later. It can usually be improved.

OB:

What book have you read recently that you really loved?

EB:

There’s a Canadian writer named Rose Keefe who has made a career out of writing the biographies of American gangsters. I really enjoyed her book, The Man Who Got Away, which is the story of George “Bugs” Moran, the gang boss who was the intended target of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. I was surprised to learn that he had a Canadian background; his mother was from Quebec. It’s a great look into the prohibition era.

OB:

What is your next project?

EB:

I’m currently working on a book about the history of Sheridan Nurseries and its founders. It’s a rather fascinating story that reaches from Toronto’s University Avenue to the gardens of almost every urban home in Canada. I’ve also written a book for juveniles about the history of bodyguards that will be published shortly.

Edward Butts is the author of numerous books, including Henry Hudson: New World Voyager,Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador, Running with Dillinger and The Desperate Ones, which was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.

For more information about Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior please visit the Dundurn website.

Buy this book at your local independent bookstore or online at Chapters/Indigo or Amazon.

iPhoto Events incl Stroup Cem

Scribd - CLINTON COUNTY INDIANA SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY - Helen Grove

http://www.scribd.com/doc/211992441/BsC-Sesq-Pages-31-34-To-Edit

*Petition Finding Aid - Josiah Harmer Papers

[draft... Fair use... Write library re: date and for copy of petition...]

Manuscripts Division

William L. Clements Library

University of Michigan

Josiah Harmar Papers, 1681-1937

[Finding aid created by Shannon Wait, April 2011]

"...After the failure of his campaign, Harmar continued to receive letters concerning news of the frontier and requests for help from settlers. Among these are a petition from the inhabitants of Clarksville, Ohio, reporting problems with Native Americans and asking for protection (December 3, 1790), and a notification that the inhabitants of Dunlap's Station planned to abandon the settlement because of an attack on their livestock and grain by natives (January 17, 1790) [sic?]. In another letter, the denizens of Bethany, Ohio, requested army protection and reported the recent killing of Abel Cook by Native Americans (February 28, 1791). Other letters concern Harmar's culpability in Harmar's Defeat; one item from John Armstrong notes, "You are censured for making detachments and the loss of some men improperly attributed to this cause" (March 1, 1791). Another from Major William Ferguson states, "Some have reported that you was intoxicated the greater part of the time, and others that misconduct had marked the whole of your expedition" (March 28, 1791). Also included is the March 18, 1791, appointment of Arthur St. Clair to succeed Harmar..."

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsmss/umich-wcl-M-306har?view=text

*Lil - Military/civilian research in Canada

[Pvt - don't publish]

Hi, Bill,

Have you recovered yet from the 1921 census release on Thursday? It was a wild time in Ottawa. The press was all around this one, let me tell you. Email just kept up all weekend

I did a cursory look into the military district, and yes, military district # 2 was headquartered in Toronto during the Second World War.  

I would go for you to the Library and Archives Canada, but because of the privacy laws, only the relatives can accessed the files.

So go to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.007-e.html and it will explain what you have to do. They say that it could take up to six months to receive an answer. I would say that that is a conservative answer. But then again, you just might happen to be slotted in an empty spot, and receive an answer sooner than later.

When you do receive an answer, you will be sent a copy of her file by email. If there is something you aren’t suppose to see in the file, it will be blacked out. That is a possibility, too. I wonder if she was regular or reserves.

Let me know how you make out. These questions are always interesting to me, because it gives me a ‘feel’ as to how the LAC is operating these days, with all the stuff that has been going on over the past year.

They have an interesting history of the AV Roe here that may interest you http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/companyinformationcanada/cr-lucasrotax.htm

Elizabeth

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From: Bill Robinson <robinsonbster@icloud.com>
To: genealogyresearch <genealogyresearch@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 10:34 pm
Subject: Military/civilian research in Canada - Lil Rankine

My wife's mother worked for MD2 (Military District - Ont.) during WWII on Bay Street in Toronto; I think it was for around 8 years. I can provide decades of research oh her and the family including a photo/news clipping from the period. I would like to find any proof of her DND employment. I am writing you because you are in Ottawa, and you were so helpful with the recent 1921 census campaign.
Although I am an American by birth, there are no migration questions involved at this point. (She later became an Exec. Sec'y at A.V. Roe in Scarborough, so it is possible some UK security checks were required.)
Do you think you could help. Check the links below. Thanks again.
Bill Robinson
Toronto, Canada

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/48637452/person/12915446255

https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=L8B6-F1Z

Jane's colourization

Cincinnati Museum/Archives visit

CHS trip

Trout Lake monster, itch & Four Mile Bay

Jackie remembers being scared of the monster that lived under the stair-shaped depressions.

Even more memorable was the "Trout Lake Itch" which ocurred every year.

Was the story of the dock they built for Ben accurate, or was it on the north shore?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout_Lake_Monster

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Big Trout Lake 'monster' sparks Internet debate

Is it a muskrat? An otter? Or perhaps a monster?

Photographs of a strange-looking creature discovered in a remote Northern Ontario aboriginal community are creating a raging Internet debate.

The photos show a brown furry animal with a bald white face and large teeth.

The unsightly critter was spotted in Big Trout Lake by two nurses walking their dog earlier this month. The animal is about 30 centimetres long and has a rat-like tail with "almost a human face," says the community's website.

Some residents of Big Trout Lake, an Oji-Cree community of 1,200 south of Hudson Bay, believe the animal is a rare local creature known as an omajinaakoos, which roughly translates to "ugly one". Band councillor Darryl Sainnawap said his great uncle spotted one about 50 years ago.

"He says in his younger days he was with his grandfather ... and he did see this same creature and that's the last time he saw it," he said. "His grandfather called him omajinaakoos."

Some local elders in the community, which is also known as Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, believe the animal is a messenger of bad news.

"No one knows what it is but our ancestors used to call it the Ugly One. Rarely seen but when seen, it's a bad omen. Something bad will happen according to our ancestors," the community's website says.

Mr. Sainnawap, 25, said the animal lives in swamps and feeds on beavers. Asked how the small critter could eat a beaver, he said: "That's a good question. How could a wolverine take down a moose?"

Since the photos were posted on the community's website, they have spread around the Internet, sparking intense speculation about the creature's origins, ranging from the conceivable to the far-fetched.

Some say the animal, which is covered in brown fur everywhere but its face and at least one of its paws, is a water-logged muskrat, otter, possum, mink, beaver or bear cub whose facial fur wore off as its corpse drifted in the lake.

Other commentators, however, believe it is a rare beast, perhaps a version of the Montauk monster, an unidentified animal that washed ashore in Montauk, New York in 2008. Some think it is a type of chupacabra, or goatsucker, a legendary creature that is rumoured to inhabit parts of the Americas.

In any case, the mystery will remain unsolved. After the two nurses found the creature in early May, they left it on the rocky shoreline. Since neither is from the area, Mr. Sainnawap said they assumed it was a common local animal and didn't show the pictures to anyone for a few days.

Once the nurses realized they had discovered an unfamiliar animal, they returned to the spot to find it had disappeared.

"Whether it was eaten by dogs or it was washed away because this was on the shore, or it was eaten by seagulls, I don't know," Mr. Sainnawap said. "All we know is it's not there any more and what's left of it are the pictures."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/big-trout-lake-monster-sparks-internet-debate/article1320925/

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Blue Rock Road, New Baltimore, Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

[draft... Fair use... Emphasis added...]

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

Bridge faces swan song

By Liz Oakes
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - Hamilton County's "Singing Bridge" may soon be just a silent memory.
And some fear an eyesore will replace it.

Denny Mason of Colerain Township has hopes that the old steel span New Baltimore Bridge over the great Miami River connecting Colerain and Crosby Townships could be saved for use as part of a pedestrian path and river access.  (Glenn Hartong photo)

This summer, the county plans to tear down the 89-year-old steel truss bridge, one of the last reminders of the devastating 1913 flood that washed away many crossings over the Great Miami River. The bridge was built after the flood.
The 465-foot-long span, called the "Singing Bridge" by some locals because of the sound tires make on the metal grating, connects Colerain Township and the hamlet of New Baltimore in Crosby Township.
One of fewer than 10 similarly designed truss bridges in Ohio and the last in the county, according to state preservationists, its age and architecture make it eligible for the National Historic Register.
The old Blue Rock Road bridge is also dangerous, maintains Stephen Mary, an engineer with Hamilton County.
"It's not safe for vehicular traffic and it needs a lot of work," he said.
To repair it would cost over a million dollars, Mary said, and "you'd still have a load-limited bridge that didn't meet criteria."
The county-owned crossing closed about two years ago when a new Blue Rock Road bridge opened a few miles upstream.
Some fear the empty site will become a graveyard of worn-out couches, old tires and other debris.
"We have a terrible time with (trash) all up and down there," said Denny Mason, who's lived on Blue Rock Road for 30 years and sat on a Colerain Township committee that has researched saving the bridge. "The amount of junk that's dumped (along the river) is just unbelievable."
The public will have until June 22 to submit comments on plans for the New Baltimore bridge. They can be sent to Stephen Mary, bridge engineer, Hamilton County Engineer's Office, 223 W. Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45215.
E-mail loakes@enquirer.com

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/02/loc_loc4bridge.html

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http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/4554

Great Miami, Ohio, US

a) Heritage Park (or Blue Rock Rd) to Obergiesing Soccer Complex (Formerly Dravo Park)

Usual Difficulty	I-II (for normal flows)
Length	4.2 Miles
Avg. Gradient	6 fpm

Death hole Rev A

River Description

The Great Miami (Heritage to Dravo) run is the classic dependable "whitewater" run in the Cincinnati area.  Having larger volume than its Little Miami east-side brother, the Great Miami can serve up waves and easy play when nothing else is running.  The run includes probably 3-4 Class I rapids with about a half dozen or more rips and ripples. During the spring, summer, and fall, the Cincypaddlers run the river weekly on Thursday nights.  Check their Yahoo Groups page (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cincypaddlers/) for dates and times.  The weekly paddle does get cancelled from time-to-time for inclement weather or low water levels.

This section of the Great Miami River is run at a variety of levels from 500 cfs to 5000 cfs+.  The cut off listed is 5000 cfs, not necessarily because of increased danger, but because the rapids generally are flushed out.  Death Hole appears to be playable past this point, maybe up to around 7000 cfs.  Incidentally, if the river is rocking above 5000 cfs, there are probably better whitewater options available in the area.  Somewhere around 8000 cfs, paddlers probably want to stay off the river due to the presence of wood and other floating paddling buddies.

Many whitewater boaters will forgo the first couple miles of mostly rips and ripples and put-in at the Blue Rock Road bridge (parking is on East Miami River Road, north of the bridge).  This gives boaters all the fun without the flatwater paddling.  Most of the rapids have been named after paddlers in the Cincypaddler group, although some are referred to by different names.  I've included both names in the rapid descriptions so that people can easily identify where they are on the river.

The other thing to note about this run is that it is constantly changing.  Features that were there last year are no longer there.  Features that were terrible for play are now decent.  Rocks are constantly shifting and moving, so the desriptions offered in the rapids section may not reflect the current situation.  Additionally, some features come in at higher water and some come in at lower water.  Please use the comment section if there are major changes to the river so that paddlers know what the current run is like. 

The run is appropriate for almost every skill level of paddler at most daily water levels.  Around 3000 cfs, the river gets a little fast and the average rec boater and novice whitewater paddler might find the eddylines tricky.  Having competent paddlers in the group should overcome those issues.

Put-In: Heritage Park, located off of East Miami River Road about 2 miles north of the Blue Rock Rd intersection. (Approx. a 4.35-mile trip)
Alternate Put-In: On East Miami River Rd just north of the Blue Rock Rd intersection. (Approx. a 1.6-mile trip)
Take Out: Obergiesing Soccer Complex (formerly Dravo Park), located off of East Miami River Rd. 1.6 miles south of Blue Rock Rd.
Other related or nearby streams: 50 Hole, Great Miami, Ohio (Class I), about 11 miles Southwest (downstream).  This runs only at lower water levels and is good if someone just wants a park and play session. 

StreamTeam Status: Not Verified

Last Updated: 2012-11-04 17:20:08

Editors

Rapid Summary

Mile	Rapid Name	Class	Features (Legend)
0.0	Put-In Rapid	I
1.9	"The Deck"	I
2.6	Blue Rock Rapid	I
2.8	V Drop	I
3.1	Denny's Run	II
3.7	Final Rapid	I
3.9	Death Hole	II
4.2	Dravo Park	N/A

Rapid Descriptions

Put-In Rapid (Class I)

Right at the put-in is your first rapid of the day.  The middle-top part is also known as "Ken's Chute" and the last little feature is known as "Jenn's Wave".

If the water is above 2000 cfs, you'll generally put-in at the pool of water and float down the little rapid.  At lower water, you'll have to walk your boat across the pool into the main current.  If you go to the main current, there's a small ledge and well defined eddyline for good play.  Ender and squirt to your hearts content.  The water is deep.

If you don't head to the main current and take the river left path, then you'll get a chance to practice your eddy turns immediately.  The next two ripples are about the same in character: some waves with eddies on both sides ending in funny water.  Around 4500 cfs, the funny water at the second set of waves ends in a series of whirlpools (this feature is called "Blender"). 

Down at the end of the series of ripples is "Jenn's Wave".  It's a lot like the top ledge/eddyline at the beginning of the rapid.  Surfing can be had a certain levels, but the eddyline is really the better play feature.

"The Deck" (Class I, Mile 1.9)

AKA "Captain Hanks Crunch".  It's a small ledge system that has some small surfing opportunities.  You want to head towards the high deck on river right to surf.  There's a surf wave in the middle of the river, but that's formed by some old rusty metal - eek!!

Blue Rock Rapid (Class I, Mile 2.6)

There are several features that the Cincypaddlers have named here, but I include them all in the same rapid.  Those features include:  "Blue Rock Wave" and "Teresa's Other Side". 

This rapid is one of the better ones on the run.  The rapid is directly before and underneath Blue Rock bridge.  "Blue Rock Wave" referenced above I think is now gone.  That was located on river left.  If it's still there, it's not worth the trip over to that side of the river.

On the river right side, you'll start off with a small ledge for surfing.  You can actually spin a small playboat in the dinky holes that are there.  One thing to do is surf, spin, and then ferry across the moving water towards the middle of the river to a small eddy created by a rock.  You can then ferry back across to the eddy below the surfing ledge and do it all over again.

After this little ledge, you head on down through the main drop.  There are a couple holes that always look much better for surfing than they really are.  They tend to be shallow and not too grabby.  Still, the ride down the waves is fun.  Catch the eddy on river right.  The eddyline is decent for enders and squirts.  Water is deep for flipping and rolling. 

You can also try the Blue Rock attainment:  ferry across the chute of water to the other side of the bridge pillars.  Work you way up river on the river left side of the bridge pillars.  The water gets shallow, so work through the rocks and try and get up as high as you can to attempt a surf at one of the above mentioned holes (you've got a better shot at a surf doing this than catching on the fly).  When that fails, head on back down the river and catch the eddy on river right to do it again!

*Birkit draft for Hamilton & Clinton Co's forums...

Just found this old book with a fascinating discussion of my 5GGGPa, Martin Burget...

A lot of this seems to be uncooroborated... I haven't even found many other works which use this for a source.

Definately worth reading, though. See ... Here are key quotes.

• Olden, J. G. Historical Sketches and Early Reminiscences of Hamilton County, Ohio : Including a Brief History of the Early Churches and of the Settlement of the Millcreek Valley. Cincinnati, Ohio: H. Watkins printer, 1882. 294 pages:

Indian-artifact Magazine, Volumes 13-14

Fogelman Publishing Company,University of Wisconsin - Madison

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2013, Dec 24

I am confused by my email. I just found this message from you. Maybe I am getting old. Anyway can I get the full article or better yet, the whole issue? The quotes in my original message were clearly incomplete.
Do you use Pay-Pal, credit cards, or cash? Let me know and I will pick out several issues on the 3+1 special.
Sorry for the confusion. All the best.

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Just found this:

On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:06 PM, iam@chilitech.net wrote:

Hi Bill:
Sorry for the delay, hunting season, people coming and going. The article
you mention was done by a gal in Ohio. I don't know what she used for
references, I don't think they were ever listed. I don't know that I would
use it as a reference for anything substantial. Gary.

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2013, Dec 24

Hope you are OK. I have included several emails if that helps. Even a photocopy of only that article would help me. Our family was there in 1790-1792, so I am especially interested, and the historical documents present different versions of these events.

Do you happen to know if any libraries have it ?

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

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2013, Dec 10

Re: Volume 13-14, esp. Page 5!

Did you get this?

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From: Bill Robinson <robinsonbster@icloud.com>

Date: December 5, 2013 at 9:59:02 PM EST

To: "iam@indian-artifacts.net" <iam@indian-artifacts.net>

Subject: Volume 13-14, esp. Page 5

I found a Google Snippet View of an article you wrote. I am researching Dunlap's Station in SW Ohio.
If I understood your website, you do not have this available as a full back issue. Would it be possible to get a copy?
I am also interested in where this info came from. Is it fiction? Below is what I transcribed so you know what I an interested in.
Thanks in advance.

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Fogelman, Gary L.

Turbotville, PA. 1982.

[page 5]

"... Freeze solid. However great their victory, the natives face considerable hardship that winter. The natives of Kegonga and Chillicothe have been obliged to feast the warriors though it aided them in battle. Hamar had burned 20,000 bushels of their corn, and vegetables. He had also destroyed much of their winter clothing when he...

… Tecumseh felt that he was needed more for hunting at this time. On the way there Blue Jacket and his party apprehended a settler named Abner Hunt, who was traveling between Symmes township and Colerain.

Blue Jacket held a knife to the frightened man's throat and asked, "How many men are there in...

 Dunlap's Station?" "I don't know," replied hunt, his eyes wide with fear. "Come on, man, said Girty, "I'm going to cut off your thumb if you don't do better than that!"

Abner Hunt with pale with fear. He had heard of the bloodthirsty Simon Girty before. "I – I think there are seventy-five settlers, sir, a – and a Garrison of thirteen regulars, commanded by a Lt. Jacob..."

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... went on throughout the night along with the taunts of the warriors. Fortunately, Hunt died soon after that.

Blue Jacket and Girty probably would have won, but nature turned against them by dropping the temperature to well below zero. The severe weather and the report from scouts that ninety-six regulars were on their way to Dunlap's Station from Fort...

Tecumseh stood so still that he barely seem to breath. The forty warriors in his charge included Sauwaseekau, Black Turkey, Wasegoboah, Sinnanatha, Kumskaka, plus some visiting Ottawas and Kickapoos. The warriors have been hiding on the wooded rise above the Big Bottom blockhouse since before dawn. They quietly listened to the sounds of...

Tecumseh glowered at the handbill in silence for a few minutes. "This makes me sick! Accursed be the race that steals our land and tramples the graves of our dead!"

"Hi-Yip, Yip, Yip! Down with the Sheenanese!" cried the others in reply.

"Blue Jacket, can my warriors and I take this one? "

Blue Jacket smiled "I will let you lead the war party but let me give you a few extra men...

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...the White flood. "

Blue Jacket shook his head, "No. The main duty of the soldiers at Fort Washington is to keep the settlers on the south side of the river, but is not working. "

Tecumseh sighed, "so, we just have to keep punishing them. "

"Yes, but I have heard rumors of a bigger..."

... American lands. The plunder from these attacks was also very welcome to the Shawnee and Miami villages along the Maumee River. For since Harmer's defeat last fall, there has been much hunger among the villages.

Tecumseh shifted his position to ease his muscles and whispered to War Chief Blue Jacket "Harmer's defeat has not slowed..."

"'What shall we do with these prisoners, my brother?" asked Sauwaseekau. 

Tecumseh glanced around at the captives, bound by prisoner ties around their necks to different warriors. "We will take them back to the village. Now that they are prisoners, I will not suffer them to be tortured..."