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Travels in Cleveland, Ohio Archives - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. Category Archives: Travels in Cleveland, Ohio. Off the beaten track. April 23, 2015. I left Buffalo heading south to the upper Ohio River valley to fit in a little book research on the Scots Settlement. On the way, I decided to make an extracurricular stop at the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Museum in Jamestown, NY, just to see what it was like. By the time I’d figured out I wasn’t imagining things, I was a quarter mile down the road. 8220;Mind if I take some pictures? As we w...
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Buffalo surprises - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. Off the beaten track →. April 20, 2015. I lived in Buffalo for a few years in the 1980s, so I should know all about it, right? Home of hot spicy chicken wings and Friday fish fries, the Peace Bridge and lake effect snow. The place where President McKinley was shot in 1901 at the Pan American Exhibition, and where Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in when McKinley died? Take, for instance, the 2015 Boom Days. Don’t even get me started on the history of grain elevators. Wine-tasting...
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Travels in Germany Archives - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. Category Archives: Travels in Germany. Roaming the Palatinate and 19th century history. Wine-tasting with wine princesses. April 12, 2016. Freinsheim wine princess Anne II. Before arriving in Freinsheim, my cousin Matthias emailed the plans for April 2. “We have tickets for a wine-tasting with the wine princesses from 2-7 Saturday.”. What could this be? Celebrity princesses holding court behind a wine-tasting counter, pouring out sips from jewel-tinted bottles of wine? I orde...
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Off the beaten track - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. So what are you finding out? Off the beaten track. April 23, 2015. I left Buffalo heading south to the upper Ohio River valley to fit in a little book research on the Scots Settlement. On the way, I decided to make an extracurricular stop at the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Museum in Jamestown, NY, just to see what it was like. By the time I’d figured out I wasn’t imagining things, I was a quarter mile down the road. 8220;Mind if I take some pictures? 8221; I asked. As we walk...
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So what are you finding out? - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. Off the beaten track. Dawn in Edinburgh →. So what are you finding out? May 4, 2015. As I talk with friends and writers about research progress for my current novel about Scottish immigrants to America in the 18th century, their eyes light up. “So what are you finding out? 8221; they want to know. For instance, a book I came across at Fairview Park Library in Cleveland. When I arrived, I went first to the reference desk. Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775.
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Historic Zoar Village - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. Cleveland historic B&B. Buffalo surprises →. April 11, 2015. What a beautiful Saturday for opening day of the season at Historic Zoar Village. I enjoyed talking at the Old Schoolhouse, and lunch at the Canal Tavern where John Elsass showed us a cellar to rival the cellars of southwest Germany. For a few moments I was able to visit with Scott, the blacksmith who gives demonstrations and teaches classes at the operating coal forge. Cleveland historic B&B. Join my mailing list.
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List of German Immigrants to Cleveland Archives - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. Category Archives: List of German Immigrants to Cleveland. Cleveland and its Germans: 1897-1898. March 12, 2012. At the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland I picked up a book with bios on many early German-American residents of Cleveland. The original was in German, written by Jacob Mueller, and this translation is by Steven Rowan. The book begins with a quote by Goethe:. America, you have it better. Than our continent, the old,. You have no fallen castles. Jacob ...
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Cleveland historic B&B - Claire Gebben
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The Last of the Blacksmiths. First stops in Cleveland, WRHS and Loganberry Books. Historic Zoar Village →. Cleveland historic B&B. April 10, 2015. I put off finding a hotel for too long prior to arrival in Cleveland — so many other things to do — so when I finally made some calls, there was no room at the inn. Does Cleveland have B&B’s? This entry was posted in Travels in Cleveland, Ohio. And tagged Cleveland B&Bs. First stops in Cleveland, WRHS and Loganberry Books. Historic Zoar Village →. Tanya Cherno...
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