tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post3350980747295901797..comments2024-03-26T10:17:51.566-04:00Comments on The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog: A Couple New Picture Additions to the CollectionScott Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850758840846585533noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-77163781724410666592019-06-26T16:16:16.567-04:002019-06-26T16:16:16.567-04:00Oh, wow! Rob Hobdell and I are cousins, but storie...Oh, wow! Rob Hobdell and I are cousins, but stories about “Dutch Billy” come from my mother who was a Davis. The Davis’ had a farm Lamborn farm in <br />Millcreek Hundred.ODBmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883714345383986774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-41277232712222751112016-01-07T17:47:10.886-05:002016-01-07T17:47:10.886-05:00As a teenager living in Meadowood, we walked many ...As a teenager living in Meadowood, we walked many times up through St. Marks to get to Skyline Jr. High when we missed the bus. We always thought there must have been some kind of a connector road that shot off of Old Milltown Road and lead up to the Highlands of Heritage Park or really the farm that used to be there. On another topic, is the Higgins farm different than the Crossan farm which is where Taylors Mill is located? I can't remember a second farm, just the Crossan's. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982927956991601406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-41648922654822165002015-12-22T16:51:04.561-05:002015-12-22T16:51:04.561-05:00I couldn't find anything about a suicide there...I couldn't find anything about a suicide there, so I can't say one way or the other. I don't even know when Trender died, except after 1893. If anything comes up, I'll pass it along.<br /><br />I do actually have a little more about Thomas Higgins, which I'll put in a post before long. I can't recall what the house looked like, so I can't say for certain that it was the same one shown on the 1849 map, but there was a definitely a house there in about the same spot.<br /><br />You're right, S. Riding does look odd at the end. I can't tell if it extended just to give the school parking lot an exit or if originally there was to be another section to the neighborhood. I know the trails you're talking about. When I ran for and coached Dickinson cross country in the late 80's and early 90's, we used to run back there sometimes. There was a path about halfway up the woodline if I recall, we ran through some trails, then ended up at an open field. Must have been the area that overlooks the St. Marks parking lot.<br /><br />There was a farm up about where Skyline Middle is, but it doesn't appear that the lower roads connected to it. It was accessed by a partial forerunner of Skyline Drive, coming from Linden Hill Road.Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-58030083874422358252015-12-20T20:57:22.491-05:002015-12-20T20:57:22.491-05:00Oh wow I had no clue the house that was used to be...Oh wow I had no clue the house that was used to be on the schools property dates back that far! Very interesting. As far as the farm where Milltown Village is, I heard that the owner hung himself in the barn... Thank you very much! <br /><br />On a related note, if you look at google earth or maps at S. Riding Dr where it meets Highlands Dr. right next to Heritage Elementary school, you will notice the road dead ends at the woods. I've walked through those woods there a few times which takes you to St. Marks. And it feels like it used to be an old road through there at one point, or as if they planned the road to extend. <br /><br />In the late 90s/early 2000s before St Marks redid their practice field layout, and before that new neighborhood was built that backs up to the schools back entrance, this "dirt road" or trail through the woods was much more visible. I believe there might even be old powerlines that run along the trail, along with trash and other stuff people have dumped more recently, or kids hanging out back there.<br /><br />Looking at the aerial historic photographs of the area, in 1961 it looks like Old Mill Road used to run through the schools property to another road where the old house was located, which also runs through where the cemetery currently is. I wonder if that road continued up towards Heritage Elementary. It's hard to tell on those old photograpsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-11594693808718284412015-12-14T16:54:50.978-05:002015-12-14T16:54:50.978-05:00Not a whole lot at the moment. As for the farm on ...Not a whole lot at the moment. As for the farm on what's now Milltown Village (south of the school closer to Pike Creek Rd), it was owner for much of the 1800's by Englishman Joseph Trender and wife Jane. He's there from the 1849 through the 1893 maps. Born about 1815. Couldn't find anything more about him. Looks like the house was across Calan drive from the barn.<br /><br />Now that I'm done the Montgomery post I was working on, I'll see if I can come up with anything about the other house. Looks like it was where a practice football field is now. It's shown as a W. Kelly on the 1849 map, and Thomas Higgins thereafter. I'll let you know if I find anything else.Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-27337793698861347092015-12-11T10:44:30.905-05:002015-12-11T10:44:30.905-05:00Hi, just wondering if you ever got around to posti...Hi, just wondering if you ever got around to posting any information regarding the land that surrounds St Marks High School and the neighborhood on the hill next to it and the house that was on the schools property until about 10 years ago. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com