Archive for the 'My Town Monday' Category
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My Town Monday: A Plethora of Pythons in Peninsula
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Published by fromskilledhands on July 21st, 2008 tagged Art, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Community, Hobos, Peninsula Python, Python Festival, Animals, Artists | 8 Comments »
My Town Monday: The Animals That Didn’t Get Away
In a previous My Town Monday post, I wrote about the story of the Peninsula Python, where a runaway python, or the story thereof, terrorized the Village of Peninsula in the summer of 1944. Folks have long speculated what happened to the python, although no one really knows for sure.
On […]
Published by fromskilledhands on July 6th, 2008 tagged creativity, Art, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Community, Peninsula Python, pottery, Python Festival | 11 Comments »
My Town Monday: Of Men and Boats
The Ohio and Erie Canal played a critical part in the development of the Cuyahoga Valley. The workers toiled long hours for 30 cents a day and whiskey at night.
Most of the employees of the Peninsula boat yards were locals; like the builders of the Canal, most of the laborers remain anonymous. Some not […]
Published by fromskilledhands on June 29th, 2008 tagged Discoveries, Giveaway, Peninsula, My Town Monday, Community, Home, Peninsula Python | 15 Comments »
My Town Monday: History is Alive and Well and Living in Peninsula, Ohio
Saturday afternoon, I wandered up Main Street, turned south on Riverview Road and headed to the Peninsula Library and Historical Society. I was looking for more interesting tales, legends and the like to share. As I browsed through the incredible collection of materials devoted to the history of the Cuyahoga Valley, I was amazed […]
Published by fromskilledhands on June 22nd, 2008 tagged My Town Monday | 14 Comments »
My Town Monday: Up the Road a Piece to the North
It’s been hot and humid here in my town this past week. So hot in fact, that my fingers alternate between sticking to the keyboard and sliding off. My brain seems to be doing the same; the heat and humidity and pollen from the cottonwoods and the grasses are rendering me without inspiration—–maybe it’s […]
Published by fromskilledhands on June 8th, 2008 tagged creativity, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Community, Peninsula Python, Parade the Circle | 13 Comments »
My Town Monday: Take a Ride on the Wild Side
Today’s post is a short one—the beautiful weather and the garden have been calling my name. For the record, the garden is planted, except for a couple of Roma tomato plants.
The history of trains in the Cuyahoga Valley goes back a long time. In 1869, Akron businessman David King lobbied the state legislature to build […]
Published by fromskilledhands on June 1st, 2008 tagged Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Community, Home, Traveling, Peninsula Python, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad | 17 Comments »
Peninsula Python Posse Winner
It seems like I am unable to read the calendar these days. I wrote that I would draw one name from the list of those who posted a comment on my last My Town Monday post, which I did. I also wrote that I would select a name on Thursday, May 30, which doesn’t […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 30th, 2008 tagged Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Peninsula Python | 6 Comments »
My Town Monday: the Story of the Peninsula Python
So the story goes like this: back in the summer of 1944, a traveling circus came through Bath Township, which is a short distance from the Village of Peninsula. There was an accident in the local cemetery, and two large snakes escaped. One was found dead, and the other disappeared—for a short while. […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 25th, 2008 tagged Discoveries, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Peninsula Python | 19 Comments »
My Town Monday: Home is Where the Art Is
The Village of Peninsula, Ohio, population 602, has a long history of creativity and of independent thinking. From the early settlers to the builders of the railroad and the Ohio and Erie Canal, people in the area took risks, expanded their horizons and shared their visions.
In the late 1930’s-early 1940’s, a number of […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 18th, 2008 tagged Art, Craft, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Community, Home | 9 Comments »
My Town Monday: Better Late Than Never
I have learned an important thing these past few days. My Town is a state of mind. I have traveled more this past month than I have in a very long time; first to New York City at the end of April, and to the Lake Eden Arts Festival, in Black Mountain, NC, this […]