"Winners - TSGS Halloween Photo Contest"

Here is the best costume for 2009! Jazz is a true winner! - Photo taken by Linda Young-Niemeier

Halloween Photos...

We did not get very many submissions, but here are some of the best sent in and from some of my photos (click on photos to enlarge it). I will continue to post any entries that I get today, so there is still time to get your photo in!!!

Got some new photos submitted by my buddy Noah Stine. Some of you may know him by his first name Frankie (he prefers his middle name). He took these pictures of the West Family "Deadend Cemetery" 2009 edition.

- submitted by Frank N. Stine
- Submitted by Frank N. Stine

- Submitted by Frank N. Stine

Halle... somewhere near Cincinnati.
- Submitted by JGWest

- Submitted by JGWest

- Photo submitted by the "Mysterious Doc"

- Photo submitted by the "Mysterious Doc"

This little tiger knows the other two are not kids!!!
- Photo submitted by the "Mysterious Doc"

One big ugly purple spider.
- Submitted by Pelly Cann

Dracula or Harry Potter?
- Submitted by Perry Chute

- Submitted by JGWest

- Submitted by JGWest

- Submitted by Richard Cory

- Submitted by Igor Balanski

- Submitted by JGWest

"TSGS Halloween Photo Contest"

Virginia Street Crazy Cyclist! (Above Photo - click on photos to enlarge.)

Photo contest...

Every Halloween yards are filled with decorations... most are spooky to say the least! Some are cute or clever. Send me your photos to put on the web site tomorrow. You can send photos of kids in costumes, as well. The photo below is the 2009 edition of the Oregon Street Display.

The rules are simple for the contest. Send no more than 3 photos at a time to jgw.mylines@gmail .com The winners will have the honor of sharing their photo and their name will be proudly shown with that photo.

- Photo taken & submitted by JGWest

Tombstone Thursday - Westfall

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Hiram Westfall born 30 July 1783 died 11 June 1855. Several Westfall families, all descendants of Jurian Westfall who immigrated to NY in 1642, lived in what is now Randolph Co, WV. Three families started moving to Bullitt Co KY in 1789. Hiram first appears on 1806 & 1808 Jefferson Co. KY tax list, but parents have never been proven. Hiram married Mary "Polly" Jones in Jefferson Co Ky on 24 July 1808. Mary was born 12 Apr 1784 and died 28 Mar 1859. Hiram and Mary soon moved to Corydon IN where he built the Westfall Log Cabin that is still standing behind the Constitutional Elm. In 1809 Hiram was one of three appointed to lay out the infamous Harrison Mill Road that ran from Corydon to Gov. Harrison's Mill and is now SR 62. From 1810 to 1812 Hiram was a Captain in the Harrison Co Militia. In 1819 they moved to Gibson Co living on a farm between Owensville and Cynthiana. By 1830 they had 10 children. Hiram and Mary and several other family members are buried in Antioch Cemetery in Montgomery Twp. Hiram's descendancy available at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=weiss1&id=I15580

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- Photos taken & submitted by Joe Weiss

[Tombstone Thursday is dedicated in memory of Donald G. West 1952-2000]

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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The Ohio River...
We rely on this body of water for most cities along this great river for our water needs including drinking water. It is used for recreational boating and fishing. It is a huge commercial utility for barges to carry many products at an economical cost. These photos reflect the constant active traffic up & down the river. This was photographed just east of Troy, Indiana (Perry County) at a shelter site commerating Abraham Lincoln's use of the river as a young man

- Photos taken & submitted by JGWest

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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"My Father's Love"
free exhibit by Ed Lantzer

The exhibit is the art of Lantzer's lifetime work. Very small diamond-shaped wood blocks of different colors/shades were used by the millions to make these large panels dipicting stories & events in the Bible. The artist was in town this weekend & will be here part of this week. My photos do not reflect the beauty of this art. You will need to visit Washington Square Mall to see it yourself (on display until 23 Dec 2009). View the Mosiac Gallery of Lantzer's art here: http://www.myfatherslove.info/img_gallery.html and here are two more links you might want to visit http://www.myfatherslove.info/ and http://pray4evansville.com/mfl/

- Photos taken & submitted by JGWest

Marker/Plaque/Monument Monday

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Historical markers
in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana

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- Photos taken & submitted by Joe Weiss

"Log Cabins in Perry County, Indiana"

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The Shubael Little Pioneer Village...
Perry County, Indiana
Just North of Rocky Point

Becky & I had a delightful 4 hours visiting these reconstructed log cabins built by some Perry County pioneers. There are currently four cabins and one outhouse that were dismantled and moved to the Chuck Poehlein farm and rebuilt in his woods. They have a Rogier Oven and the Ramsey Shelter, as well. They have a donation of a stone building from Rockport and the George Little cabin has been dismantled and transported to the woods for assembly. Many of them are Becky's birth family ancestors. This first cabin was last used by the Charles Wesley Hinton family, the wife being Mary Ann Carter (daughter of Homer Hull Carter). The original owner and builder of this cabin was William Wilberton Carter(1833-1895)... Becky's Great, Great Grandfather. William & Homer were brothers and believed to be the sons of Mason Carter.

Front entrance and chimney views of the William Carter/Hinton Cabin built in 1854 & rebuilt in 2000.

Outhouse near the Carter/Hinton cabin.

Above photo shows the Homer Hull Carter cabin that has just been fully completed!

Above is the fireplace & mantle of the James Falls Cabin with a lady dressed in period clothing. Below is a young man dressed in period clothing who worked very hard helping out all day in front of the Homer Carter Cabin.

Two ladies dressed in period clothing making apple dumplings (gooood!) in the Homer Carter Cabin.

- Photos taken & submitted by JGWest