Where Am I? - Part 8

It's at a historic site? I missed that clue, off to find my atlas. I've no idea how to find a topo on line. I'm digitally challenged LOL

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Zelienople?

Not Zelienople.

Online topo maps http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp

Mount Chestnut?

No ......................................................................

love the map link, need to study it some more.

Oneida? I have to admit....like Blooms I have trouble with the topo maps. I guess I'm stuck in retro w/ the Atlas. :)

Not Oneida, but like Oneida, this place was a religious settlement.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission Old Economy Village
270 Sixteenth Street
Ambridge, Pennsylvania 15003-2298


Rapp House Gardens photo

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Trying the photo again, lol

Harmony?

You got it, Gayle! The weather was kind of ugly the day we were there but the rain really brought out the colors.

It turns out that I had an ancestor who became a member of that sect. I think it is an interesting story. She was from one of the German states. (As I understand it, a united country of Germany did not exist until the 1870s.) Her husband was a person of some means and belonged to a Separtist denomination. (Separtists were like extreme Protestants). He didn't like his taxes going to support the state religion, which happened to Lutheranism, so he quit paying his taxes. He was thrown into jail and all of his possessions were confiscated. After he died, his wife and at least one child moved to the United States. The boy was apprenticed to someone in Philadelphia and at some point the mother moved west and ended up at Old Economy and joined the group. The boy/young man was free to visit but he never joined. If he had, then he wouldn't be my ancestor since it was a celibate organization. Apparently the mother stayed with the group for the rest of her life, for it is reported that she is buried in their cemetary.

I had given up until you gave that last clue. That was a tough one!

Can I stick one in here?

mg

That's a neat story, Kelli. I think most people don't realize the pilgrims were Seperatists. I didn't know the Seperatist movement was around that long, or that there were German Seperatists, either.

Sure, mg, go for it.

Near what city would you find this sign?

Notice all four compass points, lol.

Mornin_gaYle ~ looks like a trick! LOL! ;0)

North of Iowa?












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Harvey, ND. Great picture!

Luxemburg, Iowa?

Farmington, Minnesota?

Well, we have a route 3 & 52 here in WV. Is it Beckley?

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Garden6 got it! Congrats!

I took this picture this summer.



If I post another pic, I will try to make sure there is only one answer, sorry about that.

mg

Who knew there were so many 52 & 3 intersections? LOL

LOL! That was a good one Mornin_gayle! I remember my DM would sing us a little song as children about the morning gayle when it was time for us to rise, it was a very happy song or perhaps I felt happy when my DM sang to us. Do you know the song, I can't remember the words except "morning gail" ;0)

That is a good one.

I guess you're ready for another. What town is this nearest?

Ridgecrest, Ca

No ..............................................

Calif?

It is in California.

Is it in Butte County?

No ....................................................

Santa Monica?

No .............................................

Half Moon Bay/ Pescadero?

No ............................................

Calavares?

Nope ..............................................

Vacaville area?

Castaic?