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Greg Ryhal, wrote a review of "The Bears of Blue River" in 2001 for Amazon.com. Today we find him working and living here in Bloomington. He mentioned the book's version of the Blowout, that being the "Fire Bear" falling off a cliff and exploding. Greg wrote, "A settler had been burning brush and caused one of those pockets (of natural gas) to explode, creating a deep hole (Blowout Hole) where the Flat Rock River and Conns Creek flow together (South of Waldron). Both streams flowed backwards for a week, and the windows on houses were shattered for miles around. In fact, a childhood friend of mine lived in one of the nearby houses and it still exhibited a crack from foundation to roof from the mighty explosion."
Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest major faultline runs under Mt. Auburn. We would be affected if the New Madrid Fault had another one like in 1811-1812. Memphis, St. Louis and Evansville would be leveled. Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major damage, Terre Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in 1988 when we built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the brick on the house. LC
----- Original Message -----
From: CCarnivale(a)aol.com
To: inshelby(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock
Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in
earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault under you
there.
Go see that picture, it is something.
In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,
phyllis(a)shelbycountyindiana.org writes:
A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am
thinking
of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely
someone
else out there can give you some real details!
P
----- Original Message -----
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To: <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question
> There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew
> out? Why is the ground white?
> Does anyone know abt this?
>
> Carleen
>
>
> Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site.
> http://shelbycountyindiana.org
>
> Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact
> information and the surnames that you are researching
> (mmweaver1864(a)sbcglobal.net) and let me know whenever that information
> changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks,
> Melinda
>
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I love learning new facts like this. I knew abt the New Madrid fault and
the 1811-12 earthquake, and what it did to TN and MO and AR, but I never
thought abt Indiana being involved. I heard them talking abt how they are
watching that fault seriously right now. I did not hear enough to know if there
is a special reason.
I never knew a fault was that close to you there. Where I live in north
Louisiana we are "fault free" I guess you can say. They once thought a lake
here was a product of the big Madrid quake, but they have Indian history
that says it was here long before and I think archeological proof too.
I can live a long time without an earthquake. Tornados are bad enough
without the earth shaking.
Thanks for enlightening me on this.
In a message dated 1/26/2010 8:01:00 P.M. Central Standard Time,
lchesser4(a)comcast.net writes:
Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is
getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest major
faultline runs under Mt. Auburn. We would be affected if the New Madrid Fault
had another one like in 1811-1812. Memphis, St. Louis and Evansville
would be leveled. Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major damage, Terre
Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in 1988 when we
built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the brick on the house.
LC
----- Original Message -----
From: CCarnivale(a)aol.com
To: inshelby(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock
Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in
earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault
under you
there.
Go see that picture, it is something.
In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,
phyllis(a)shelbycountyindiana.org writes:
A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am
thinking
of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely
someone
else out there can give you some real details!
P
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From: <CCarnivale(a)aol.com>
To: <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question
> There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew
> out? Why is the ground white?
> Does anyone know abt this?
>
> Carleen
>
>
> Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site.
> http://shelbycountyindiana.org
>
> Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact
> information and the surnames that you are researching
> (mmweaver1864(a)sbcglobal.net) and let me know whenever that information
> changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers.
Thanks,
> Melinda
>
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Thanks, I wondered because the ground had long cracks like you see in
earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault under you
there.
Go see that picture, it is something.
In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,
phyllis(a)shelbycountyindiana.org writes:
A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am
thinking
of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely
someone
else out there can give you some real details!
P
----- Original Message -----
From: <CCarnivale(a)aol.com>
To: <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question
> There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew
> out? Why is the ground white?
> Does anyone know abt this?
>
> Carleen
>
>
> Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site.
> http://shelbycountyindiana.org
>
> Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact
> information and the surnames that you are researching
> (mmweaver1864(a)sbcglobal.net) and let me know whenever that information
> changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks,
> Melinda
>
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> (mmweaver1864(a)sbcglobal.net). Thanks, Melinda
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Phyllis
Please pass on to the owner that they are spectacular photos. I certainly
would buy a booklet if they become published and I bet many more would do
the same. Some real priceless photos in the group, i looked through the
entire portfolio twice.
thanks for sharing what you thought was legit. Shame on the person for
breaching his promise to the owner.
George Young
In a message dated 1/25/2010 7:09:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
phyllis(a)shelbycountyindiana.org writes:
I received a phone call today from an understandably frustrated "owner" of
many of the pictures published on Picasa link I sent out yesterday.
It turns out that the man who put the pictures on the site did NOT have
permission to publish them. I could give many details, but the end of the
story is the same: many of the pictures were not his and he was
specifically asked not to put them on the internet.
So ... please do not copy the pictures into your own files.
Thank you,
Phyllis
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I received a phone call today from an understandably frustrated "owner" of many of the pictures published on Picasa link I sent out yesterday.
It turns out that the man who put the pictures on the site did NOT have permission to publish them. I could give many details, but the end of the story is the same: many of the pictures were not his and he was specifically asked not to put them on the internet.
So ... please do not copy the pictures into your own files.
Thank you,
Phyllis
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Author: BobAndrews61
Surnames: McCalip
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Hi Phyllis. I guess my sister, Linda Fourman, forwarded your reply to me.
In my research, I have put together the following about Houston McCalip, my great-great-grandfather. I am particularly interested in knowing what might have happened to him after the 1880 census in Minnesota, where I found the last mention of him. It appears that his three sons moved back to Indiana and were married there, but I don't know if Houston (Huston) moved back with them or died in Minnesota.
Here's what I've got: In 1844, Houston married Mary Carr, and by November 1848, they had two children, Catherine and William H. William Henry McCalip was born in November, 1848. Since there is a record of Houston marrying Nancy Ray on December 28, 1848, it may be assumed that Mary Carr had died during childbirth one month earlier.
In 1850, Houston was living with his second wife, Nancy Ray McCalip, in Haw Creek township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, with his two children from his previous marriage to Mary Carr: Catherine (age 3) and William H. (age 1).
Sometime in the early 1850s, his second wife Nancy died, and Houston remarried in 1855 to Margaret Pendleton. In the 1860 census, Houston and family had moved to Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana. Margaret was the sister of Edmund Gaines Pendleton, who would become the husband of Houston's daughter, Catherine, in 1861. . In other words, Margaret was the sister of Houston's future son-in-law. He is living as a farmer, listed with his 3rd wife Margaret (age 24) and 3 children: Catherine (age 13, William H., age 11, and Indiana, age 1.
By 1870, Houston and family had moved to Hope, Indiana, in Bartholomew County. where he is employed as "driving teams." His family included his third wife Margaret and their four children: Indiana (age 11), Jonathan (age 8), Lewis (age 4), and Eldridge (age 1).
Houston's daughter Indiana and her husband George L. Fry moved to Osakis, Minnesota by 1876, where they had their first child, Claude, in that year.
According to the 1880 census for Minnesota, Houston and Margaret got a divorce and Houston moved to Osakis, Minnesota by that year with his sons John, Lewis, and Eldridge. Houston's daughter Indiana and her husband George L. Fry had also moved to Osakis, which may explain why Houston did.
Houston does not show up in the Minnesota census after 1880. He may have died there or moved back to Indiana with his sons, for John, Lewis, and Eldridge are all reported in the 1900 Indiana census. John apparently married a woman named Amanda in 1884.
I would appreciate any information you may have, or any corrections that should be made.
Thanks!
Bob Andrews
Chevy Chase, Maryland
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In a message dated 1/25/2010 2:08:11 A.M. Central Standard Time, Pat Lux
writes:
This man did not collect these photos he used them without permission of
the
owner!!!
Who IS the original owner then? Usually if a photo is posted to the web,
it is considered in a public domain unless it is copywrited.
I have found several photos that you can not copy on the internet, so that
may be the only way to keep them from being copied.
Ma
Pat Lux wrote:
> This man did not collect these photos he used them without permission of the
> owner!!!
Who is the owner then? Looks like a lot of them are old postcards. How
would you determine the owner. Anyway they are great and should be in
book form.
Phyllis
amazing group of photos, I have not completed but I will.
Please thank this person for saving these images. Can we hear from him how
he collected these gems?
I bet he could make a booklet and sell these
George Young
In a message dated 1/24/2010 5:00:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
phyllis(a)shelbycountyindiana.org writes:
I contacted the gentleman who compiled these photographs and he is willing
to share:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jenajn/513OldShelbyCoPhotos?authkey=Gv1sRgCI2xvq
bJ6qi17gE&feat=email#
P
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I am especially interested in what hapened to 'HOUSTON MCCALIP' after the 1870 census. We (my brother & I) have found him in Minnesota in later census records, but don't have any idea when he died or where he is buried. He was my Dad's Mother'(Fanny Mccalip Andrews)grandfather. Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Linda
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The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana
1850, Third Edition, 440 pages
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Indiana: in Relation to its Geography, Statistics, Institutions,
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Fisher, Richard S. M.D.,
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This is a digitally reproduced version of Indiana: in Relation to its Geography, Statistics, Institutions, County Topography Etc.; with a Reference Index to Colton's Maps of Indiana, 1852. Historians, genealogists and researchers of mid 19th century Indiana will find the vast amount of research material in this book and its accompanying maps invaluable.
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Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
http://www.har-indy.com
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