trudycherok

• 2012-04-10

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• 2012-01-05

  roots

  The story of Old Man’s Cave reveals the early history of this Ohio territory. It could even be misconstrued or interpreted as a ghost-story. The recluse Richard Rowe, who came to the area as a boy with his family to set up a trading post, discovered the area while searching for game. Clearly struck by its beauty and his preference for solitude, Mr. Rowe settled and made the area his home while his older brother ventured into the Black Hills of North Dakota with his wife, a Shawnee Indian from the Ohio area. At some point, Mr. Rowe was assumed dead because he had been missing for approximately three years; in fact, he had walked to the Black Hills to visit his brother. After he arrived, he sadly found that his brother was dead and told his widow he would return with money — he never made that return trip. Upon his return to his beloved Caves, while cracking ice with the butt of his gun, Mr. Rowe discharged his gun and perished. He was found by trappers and subsequently buried under the ledge of the main cave. For a very long time after, Pioneers feared venturing into the cave; many saying his spirit haunted the gorge. At the time, it was known as Old Man’s Gorge and eventually became the well-known Old Man’s Cave.

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  little adventure

• 2012-01-02

  backyard