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BY JOSIE SELLERS - Andy’s restaurant once occupied the building that now features the Yucatan. “Coffee was $0.05 there in the late 1940s,” Lewis “Pooch” Blackson said. Kenny Grier also remembered the special nights that Andy Stewart had at the restaurant. “They had fish and spaghetti nights and he also sponsored a lot of local sports teams.”
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- Lake Park Pavilion was the place to go to hear great music and dance the evening away. “Everyone went there for dances,” Blackson said. “It was so crowded you couldn’t get on the dance floor. It was shoulder to shoulder.” - Blackson also shared that there were several ice cream parlors in town and you couldn’t beat the prices. “You could get a dip for $0.05,” he said.
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Robert M. “Pinky” Fortune is pictured at the entrance to Fortune’s Drive-In Shoe Repair – photo is approximately when Pinky was in his early 20s. The original location of the business was where the parking lot for Sprint Print is now located. Pinky later relocated to Third Street in Coshocton, Fifth Street in Coshocton and spent many years at 514 Main St. in Coshocton before moving to its current location at the intersection of U.S. 36 and County Road 621. Brent and Sheri Fortune are the current owners / operators of the business which recently expanded in size and is located in the Agents Realty & Auction Service building complex. Like many family owned businesses in Coshocton County, Fortune’s has employed many family members over the years with Pinky’s wife Shirley, sons Mark and Shawn, daughter Dana and current owner Brent working in the business. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BEACON
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- Holidays also were celebrated big by businesses downtown back in the day. “All the stores would be decorated for Memorial Day and there was always someone selling poppies,” said Kitty Exline, who works at Cartons on Main Street. She also remembers the thing to do for entertainment was to drive up and down Main Street. - Kenny Grier said people used to keep their food cold by having the iceman deliver ice to their home and put it right in their icebox. The ice was delivered by Peoples Ice Co. on North Fifth Street. People would hang a card outside their house to let the iceman know how much they needed. “He’d set it right in their icebox and take the money which was usually on the kitchen table,” Grier said. - Remember when Coshocton had a skating rink? It sat where Highway 36 meets State Route 83.
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Remember When AUTO GARAGE Recognize this building? Years before it was The Coshocton County Beacon, it was an auto garage as it is pictured here. Notice the building beside, which is now Wilson’s Carpet and Furniture. It was a Furniture and Undertaker store. Back then, if you made furniture, you were automatically the GOOD TIMES There are not many people in this community who won’t recundertaker because in addition to making furniture, you also made coffins. The ognize these two! Workman’s Restaurant was owned and operated by brothers Coshocton County Beacon opened in May of 2008. PHOTO COURTESY OF Charlie and Fred Workman, pictured here on their last day of business. It opened DAN MARKLEY in the mid- to late- 1930s and closed Nov. 23, 2005. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN MARKLEY
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BY JOSIE SELLERS “The Athletic Club had Coney Island sandwiches that they sold for $0.10,” said Pooch Blackson. “You could get a whole sack of them for a dollar and the sandwich was to die for.” This is just one of the many memories Blackson and Kenny Grier have of the good old days in Downtown Coshocton. Blackson also fondly remembers eating at Robinson’s Restaurant and some of the characters who you could count on seeing there. “Every day Mad Marshall ate breakfast there and had his own quart of apple butter that they kept for him,” Blackson said. “He always had two eggs poached with a side of toast and cup of coffee, but he always had to eat his eggs first and then his toast and coffee.” The empty lot by WTNS at the corner of Sixth and Main streets also wasn’t always vacant. COSHOCTON - Many businesses have come and gone from “There was a tire shop there and the second floor was Main Street over the years. From just Sixth Street down to the a dance hall where you could go and dance or take dance railroad tracks you used to be able to drive past Stover’s Ath- lessons,” Blackson said. letic Club, Mayflower, Bon Bon, Third Base Cafe, Blackson’s The Pastime Theater was another favorite spot to Pool Room, Glass Music, Tom O’Donnell’s, Dobby’s Restau- spend time. rant, Pastime Theater, Chacos Peanut Shop, Howard’s Bak- “That’s where I spent my Saturday afternoons,” Blackery, Gambles Bakery, Fountain Furniture, Don Webb’s Stu- son said. “The movie was $0.10 and I could go across the dio, Coshocton Hotel, L Grill, Pinky Fortune’s Boot Shop & SEE ‘DOWNTOWN COSHOCTON’ ON PAGE 5-B Repair and Stone’s Grill.
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street and get a hamburger, cold drink and something else for $0.15. That’s how I spent my quarter I earned hauling people’s trash in my neighborhood.” Grier once made money while working as a soda jerk at Turner’s, a drug store on Main Street. “I got to sample all the different flavors of ice cream,” he said. The store also had several different types of fresh roasted nuts. “You’d walk in and immediately smell them,” Grier said. People also would come downtown, simply just to hang out. “On Friday afternoons people would drive their cars down to Main Street, park, walk home and then come back later so they could sit in their cars and watch people,” Blackson said. “If they didn’t park earlier, they wouldn’t have a place to park. There was so much traffic that the cars had to be stopped so people could cross the street. The sidewalks also were full of people. I don’t know if they spent money but they were there. Those were the good old days.” JOSIE@COSHOCTONCOUNTYBEACON.COM
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“You used a credit book back then and on payday people would come down and clear their account,” Blackson said. Grier said the stores did this to help fight the competition from the chains. “When most of these stores closed it was common to have hundreds, even thousands due on the books,” he said. The barter system also was used at these local stores. “A customer would bring in a dozen eggs and take home flour, sugar, etc,” Grier said. “At butchering time farmers would provide lard and cracklings.” In addition to being trusting, the stores also were friendly. “You walked in and everyone knew each other,” Blackson said. “You knew the kids and their families too.” JOSIE@COSHOCTONCOUNTYBEACON.COM
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- Some of the teachers had to live with other people in West Lafayette because they could not afford a place of their own. - Students lived in eight to 10 homes in West Lafayette and had to pay room and board. - Tuition to attend the college was $40 a year. - Boys from the college went to the West Lafayette High School to help start a track team. - The building was also used as a rest home. - The building still stands off of CR 16 behind Lafayette Meadows.
Did you know? - It was started by the Methodist Church and was a branch of Adrian College in Michigan - The graduating class of 1916 had to travel to Michigan to receive their diplomas because the West Lafayette Branch closed before the school year was over.
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Did you know? - The train was Pennsylvania National Guard Train No. 4 - Soldiers from the 109th Infantry were aboard the ill-fated train - These brave men were headed to a training camp in Indiana before going to fight in Korea - The train left Carbondale, Pa at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, 1950 with 429 soldiers on board - They stopped in Wilkes-Barre, Pa and added an additional 226 troops and left at 4:30 p.m. - The train was scheduled to arrive at the training camp on Sept. 11 at 1:30 p.m. - The train was struck by The Spirit of St. Louis. The engineer was John Shustick of Columbus - Mr. Shustick was notorious for driving his train too fast.
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Memories of that fateful day: “I remember that day well,” said June Markley of West Lafayette. “I was 13 at the time and I heard that crash. I sat right straight up in bed. I thought, ‘What’s going on?’ And it wasn’t very long until we found out what it was. I went to school that morning and our mother threatened, ‘Don’t go up there’. But I did and I regret that to this day because it was horrible. So much sadness, but my oldest brother worked on the railroad and he worked helping them get those bodies out. It’s just a memory that’s very vivid, and this town came together like you wouldn’t believe. They served food, they helped everybody. I remember that like it was yesterday.”
Memories of survivors: Dan Markley of West Lafayette became friends with one of the three survivors of the rear car of the Troop Train. Al Williams was 17 at the time and lied about his age to join the National Guard. After the Troop Train wreck, Al had a hard time wondering why God spared him and not the others. His therapist advised him to go back to the scene of the accident for closure. There, Al met Dan and the two became friends. Before Al passed away, he asked Dan if he would place his favorite BUGGY STORE Pictured here is an old flyer for Stewart’s Buggy Store, which was located on Mulberry Street in Coshocton. It was opened from 1876 – 1901. hat in the West Lafayette Museum. Dan faithfully obeyed Al’s Part of the building is still standing and is now Shriver Tire. PHOTO COURTESY request and it can be seen in the museum today, along with OF DAN MARKLEY other Troop Train memorabilia.
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WEST LAFAYETTE - The West Lafayette Museum is filled with local lore and history just waiting to be discovered. The museum is located at Dale Gress Auctioneer and Real Estate at 316 West Main Street and started in the mid-1980s. The main reason for starting the museum was to preserve West Lafayette’s unique and rich history, including an impressive display of enamelware from Jones Metal and Moore Enamel, both based in West Lafayette. For those who love vintage, decorative cookware, these old enamel pieces are sure to delight. Most of the enamelware is from Dan Markley’s collection, who started collecting enamelware when he found a rare piece made in West Lafayette when he was visiting relatives in Texas. He currently has about 400 pieces, some of which are on display at the museum. If enamelware is not your thing, don’t worry. There’s plenty more at the West Lafayette Museum to discover, including extensive history of the Troop Train Wreck, where 33 soldiers from Pennsylvania perished, well-preserved school photos from the West Lafayette High School dating back to 1931, a copy of a diploma from the West Lafayette College
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Newspapers - There was once three newspapers in Warsaw - The Warsaw Clipper was started in 1875 and was a weekly published by Lewis Crom. He also built the press he used to print his papers - The Warsaw Clipper became The Neutral and was run by Stuart Hays. - Bills were paid with chickens, potatoes, and flour SEE ‘WARSAW’ ON PAGE 14-B
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Railroads - The next big growth for Warsaw were the railroads - There were two railways in Warsaw and they crossed at
Warsaw Hotel - In 1845, there was a hotel at the site of the current Walhonding Valley Historical Society - It was purchased in 1906 by Dr. Edward Wright. It was torn down and a new building, the one that stands today, was constructed. It opened in April of 1907 - Dr. Wright used the building as his medical office and the second floor was the community hospital - It had 25 furnished rooms including cold and hot water, three restrooms, and was lit by gas, which was very modern for the time. - Surgeons came from out of town via the railroads, including Dr. J.F. Baldwin who later founded Grant Medical Center - In 1915, Dr. Wright performed the first cesarean section in Coshocton County at the hospital - The basement of the building used to be a rec center where clubs had meetings - In the 1930s, a Boy Scout Troop built a fireplace in the basement - Dr. Lebold operated as the practicing physician there from 1943 – 1975 - It is on the National register of Historic Places for its social history and its architectural standpoint
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Building the Walhonding Canal - The Walhonding Canal was built from 1836 – 1842 - It came to Roscoe parallel to Highway 36 and was called a feeder canal because it fed into the Ohio Erie Canal - It was never completed as it was supposed to continue into the western part of the state - A book was written about the canal called, “Twenty-five miles to Nowhere” by Terry Woods - It was the first economic boom for Warsaw, but was later overshadowed by the railroad
Herrington, which was located on the other side of the river - One railroad was called the Cleveland, Akron, Columbus and started production in 1887 - The other was called the Toledo, Walhonding Valley, and Ohio and began in 1893
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William Simmons and William Carhart - William Carhart founded the Village of Warsaw in November of 1834 on 32 lots of land he owned - A portion of the original land grant was given to William Simmons - William Simmons was a colonel in the Revolutionary War and was one of five men appointed by President George Washington to run the first U.S. treasury. - A lot of soldiers were paid with land after the war due to lack of money in the States - A lot of land in this area was given to the soldiers because it was a part of the U.S. Military District - President Adams granted 4,000 acres to Simmons, 32 of which became Warsaw. - Josephine Simmons, William’s daughter, married William Carhart - William Carhart was a general in the War of 1812 and instrumental in organizing the Ohio militia - He and Josephine built their home in Warsaw, which was the first structure built in the village. It is long gone now. - Warsaw was named after Warsaw, Poland due to the country of Poland being in turmoil - There is an historical plaque at the Walhonding Valley Historical Society dedicated to William Simmons.
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Other Warsaw Historical Facts - The first post office was established in 1839 - There used to be a covered bridge in Warsaw in 1868 and was where the modern bridge is now beside the fire department - The cemetery was laid out in 1908 - The 1913 flood affected Warsaw as well and it was said that water covered the porch of the hospital - The first fire department was started in 1925 - Warsaw had the county’s first EMS which was started in 1972. Before that time, if you needed transportation to the hospital, you needed to call the funeral home and they would transport you to the hospital. - River View Park was established in 1967 - There was a mill in Warsaw where the fire station stands now. It started in 1848 and closed in the 1980s. It was torn down piece by piece and the beams were sent to Orlando, Fl. to build a salon - For more information on the history of Warsaw, check out Historical Collections: Warsaw and the Walhonding Valley. It was published in 1934 and was republished with more history in 1984. There is a copy of the book in the Coshocton Library’s Local History room
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Slums and rebirth - After the closing of the canal, Roscoe Village became a slum. - In 1968, Mrs. Montgomery saw the Toll House and liked it. The Toll House was the first to be restored, The Warehouse Steak n’ Stein building to be the second.
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Canal Boats come to Roscoe - The first canal boat to come into Roscoe was the Monticello. It arrived at Port Cauldersburg in 1830 - Canal boats shipped goods such as wheat, corn, whisky, coal, and lumber. - The canal business declined because of the railroad. The first railroad in the county was in 1852, but what put the canals completely out of business was the 1913 flood.
PATIO A gas station once stood next to what is today the Warehouse Steak n’ Stein’s patio. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BEACON BY ROSCOE VIL-
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Roscoe Booms – and changes its name - Cauldersburg began to grow and become prosperous with taverns and inns. By 1840, Roscoe had two flour mills, two saw mills, a variety of stores, a smithy, a hotel, taverns, and other growing businesses. The population was 468. - Arnold Medbery was quite possibly the greatest entrepreneur that Roscoe had. Medbery was a farmer, a commissioner, a chairman of the cattle show at the fair, and owned canal boats, flour and saw mills, and much more. He died at the age of 54 in 1861 - Leander Ransom and Noah Swayne were two land developers. Swayne became a member of the state legislature and was the US district attorney for Ohio. Ransom worked as an engineer on the Ohio canal. The two joined forces, along with Medbery, to persuade the state legislature to change the name of the village to Roscoe. Swayne was a Quaker and abolitionist, so they decided to name the town after William S. Roscoe, an abolitionist poet.
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Cauldersburg - Roscoe Village was first known as Cauldersburg and was named after James Caulder, a struggling tradesman who came into some financial difficulties. - Caulder had some of his property seized in order to pay off his debt. Fortunately for Caulder, he owned a few acres of land across the river and he decided to set up his trading post there. - His business boomed because people would rather trade with him than pay money to cross the river. - Caulder also owned acreage at the present day site of Clary Gardens. He died in 1824.
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RESTORATION The toll house was the first building in Roscoe Village restored RESTAURANT The warehouse was the second building restored by Edward PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BEACON BY by Edward and Frances Montgomery. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BEA- and Frances Montgomery.
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COSHOCTON - Roscoe Village wasn’t always the tourist attraction it is today. The historic 1800s canal era village was restored by Edward and Frances Montgomery in the 1960s. “The canal had been in decline for many years, but the great flood of 1913 was the final straw,” said Chris Hart, the village’s historian. “It washed out the canal and the village really started declining. Edward and Frances Montgomery lived on top of the hill and drove through Roscoe every day and didn’t want to see it decline any further.”
Edward and Frances completed their first project in 1969, which was the toll house. They then worked on the warehouse and had the village restored by the mid 1970s. “We still use five of the historic buildings for living history projects,” Hart said. A special thank you to Roscoe Village staff for the vintage photos of Roscoe Village.
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