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| 1751 |  | Robert Strahorn and North Coast Railroad's McKeen Car From the Zentmyer Collection. This self-propelled McKeen car was one of two purchased by the North Coast Railroad in 1910. Robert is circled in yellow. McKeen cars had the distinctive "wind-splitter" pointed aerodynamic front end and rounded tail. The porthole windows were also a McKeen trademark. But the McKeen car had no reverse gear, so backing up required the operator to reconfigure the camshaft to a set of reverse cams, and then re-start the motor in the opposite direction. And this, from author John W. Lundin: "Gary, when (Edward H.) Harriman toured France by automobile in 1903, he wondered why a version could not be adapted to run on rails as a commuter car on lines lacking enough business to warrant full train service. Harriman asked William R. McKeen Jr., UP's chief mechanical officer, to work on the project. McKeen came up with the idea of a self-propelled vehicle powered by a gasoline engine that could do forty to sixty miles an hour on sustained runs at a lower cost than steam or electric-powered vehicles. It was tested in March 1905, and evolved over the next year into a model twice as long with sealed porthole windows that kept weather out and allowed stronger body construction. It was called a "submarine on wheels" and UP put them into use on regular routes throughout its system. They were used for over a decade but fell into disuse after WW II. They left a legacy, however. The McKeen car was an inspiration for the streamliners that (son) Averell Harriman developed for UP during the 1930s." | ||
| 1752 |  | Robert Strahorn Obituary Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, 27 May 1903 (See corrections in 'Notes' above) | ||
| 1753 |  | Robert Strahorn's Binoculars From the Zentmyer Collection. Personalized with the initials RES on the case. These were given to Gary Zentmyer in 1995 by Nellie Bryant, the widow of Thurlow Bryant, who according to Nellie was Robert's best friend at the time of his death, and who transported Robert's remains from San Francisco back to Spokane for burial. | ||
| 1754 |  | Robert Zentmeyer | ||
| 1755 |  | Rosedale Cemetery on Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, was renamed Angeles Rosedale Cemetery in 1993. Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1756 |  | Ruby Shannon Garland Strahorn | ||
| 1757 |  | Ruth Robertson in the 1850 US Census in Shores Reed, Stokes, North Carolina Living with Elisha and Eliza Rierson and their family. | ||
| 1758 |  | Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kissel Hill, Pennsylvania Kissel Hill is an unincorporated community located in Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Kissel Hill is located just south of Lititz. | ||
| 1759 |  | Salome's Headstone, reverse side "IST·ALT·WORDEN·61·JAHR," Was 61 Years Old Located in southwest corner of Union (White Oak) Cemetery, Penryn, Pennsylvania Photo by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1760 |  | Samuel Dale House Samuel Dale, (1741-1804) a prominent early politician in the area, lived on an estate about four miles from the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. His house is currently a museum operated by the Union County Historical Society. Dale was a Scots-Irish immigrant like Nathaniel, and also an Elder at the Buffalo Church, so the two were certainly acquaintances. The docents at the Dale house told me that the Presbyterians valued education very highly, and were thus not adverse to slave labor so as to afford time to read and study, as opposed to the Germans, who generally worked the land personally. And while Dale was indeed a slave owner, there is no evidence that any Strayhorns owned slaves in Union County or anywhere else. The docents claim that the Buffalo Church congregation were referred to as the "Silk Church People" by non-Presbyterians. Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1761 |  | Samuel Hadley Death Record | ||
| 1762 |  | Samuel Strayhorn's house in Hartley Township near Hartleton, Union, Pennsylvania Image from 1856 Map of Union County in the Library of Congress. The location, eight-tenths of a mile west of Hazel St./Laurel Rd., is now farmland. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1763 |  | Santmyers Cemetery Photo taken near the Santmyers Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia, where Bernhard b.1740 was known as 'St. Moyer.' He is buried under an unmarked stone here. Cousin Ron caught unawares. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1764 |  | Sara Elizabeth Wood Strahorn | ||
| 1765 |  | Sarah and J.C. Strahorn's Crypt Located in the Dahlia Terrace, Sanctuary of Faith, Forest Lawn, Glendale, California Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1766 |  | Sarah Elizabeth Wood Photo taken shortly after her marriage to J.C. Strahorn | ||
| 1767 |  | Sarah Patton Gaut | ||
| 1768 |  | Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1769 |  | Schöftland, Aargau, Switzerland Where Samuel Lehman was baptized | ||
| 1770 |  | Scissors and Sieve Scissors and Sieve, or Coscinomancy as it was also known, is divination performed by suspending a grain sieve from a pair of shears. After an invocation, the names of potential thieves are read aloud, and if the sieve turns, the person is guilty. This practice was also seen in 17th century New England. | ||
| 1771 |  | Seige of Louisbourg, 1745 Image depicts the landing of some two thousand British troops on 11 May, 1745. The French finally surrendered on 28 June, 1745. | ||
| 1772 |  | Sharpsburg Lutheran Church Lutheran Church at Sharpsburg, on Antietam Creek, Washington Co., Maryland where George Zentmyer is purportedly buried. | ||
| 1773 |  | Ship's List - Friendship of Bristol Arrived Philadelphia 16 Oct 1727 from Rotterdam, last of Cowes, John Davies Master | ||
| 1774 |  | Ship's Manifest in Port of New York - 1827 This is the Ship’s Manifest for the French Brig Deux Ernst, arriving at the Port of New York from Le Havre, France on 29 December 1827. Captain A. Lebeun. Joseph's name is recorded as 'Brutschi.' Joseph’s nationality is listed as 'Suisse' (Swiss) but according to L'émigration des Lorrains en Amérique 1815-1870, Metz 1980, "Here in Le Havre, no distinction is made between Swiss, German and Alsatian emigrants, they are all just called Swiss.” The ship actually first landed in Lewes, Delaware because of mechanical problems before proceeding to New York. | ||
| 1775 |  | Ships List for the Virtuous Grace, 24 Sep 1737, John Bull, Master, from Rotterdam, last of Cowes From Strassburger & Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers | ||
| 1776 | Sidney Legate Brutsche | |||
| 1777 |  | Sidney Little Hobart, older From the Zentmyer Collection. | ||
| 1778 |  | Sidney Smith Legate | ||
| 1779 |  | Sign at entrance to Hartleton Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1780 |  | Signature on the manifest of the Loyal Judith German spelling, 'Johann Gorg Fredrig Emmert' | ||
| 1781 |  | Signatures of Passengers from the Mortonhouse, 23 Aug 1728 | ||
| 1782 |  | Signatures of passengers on the Virtuous Grace Antoni/Anthony Rüger and his sons Antoni/Anthony and Bürkhardt Rüger From Strassburger & Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Son Johann Jacob was not listed because he was only three years old) | ||
| 1783 |  | Signatures of the passengers on the Europa From Strassburger and Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers | ||
| 1784 |  | Single headstone for Thomas LeGate Jr., his wife Mary Morris, their daughter Elizabeth, Thomas' second wife Deborah Shepard; Thomas LeGate III and his wife Deborah Vose, and their infant children Charles, Henry and Henry. Located in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17. Photo courtesy Barbara/Bonnie | ||
| 1785 |  | Slave House at Sunnyside, in Critz, Virginia John N. Zentmeyer owned five slaves in the 1850 Census and six in the 1860 Census. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1786 |  | Soil Survey of the Columbia Basin, Washington One of approximately twenty books authored by Arthur Thomas Strahorn | ||
| 1787 |  | Soldier's Monument near Warrior's Mark, Pennsylvania Erected in the old Methodist Cemetery near the village of Warrior's Mark in 1878 by surviving Civil War veterans, in honor of soldiers from Franklin and Warrior's Mark townships killed in the war, including the Zentmyer brothers. | ||
| 1788 |  | Some facts about Daniel Zentmyer History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa 1884 History of Guthrie County Highland Township | ||
| 1789 |  | Some views from Hobart Mills | ||
| 1790 |  | Someone was trying to contact Joseph in New York in 1839 . . . . . . which was where his ship was headed when he left Germany via Le Havre. This could have been about his inheritance, which he was at risk of forfeiting. From the New York Post, 10 Jun 1839 | ||
| 1791 |  | Springfield Furnace Since John and Margaret lived at Springfield Furnace, a company town, John likely worked in iron production there, a business he would continue to be involved with throughout his life. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1792 |  | Springfield Furnace today The actual blast furnace is all that remains of the iron ore operation, although the Royer Mansion is intact and is now owned by the Blair County Historical Society. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1793 |  | Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania Miles Zentmyer's birthplace is listed as Spruce Creek, although at the time the family was living a short distance away on a farm owned by the Huntingdon Furnace Co. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1794 |  | St. Lukes Church, Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania Showing a two-year gap between Alfred and Lillian | ||
| 1795 |  | St. Paul's P.E. Church, Philadelphia Now the Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1796 |  | Stephen Rowley & Fanny Ethel Santmyer 1959, Ingram, Allegheny Photo courtesy of Scott Fitzsimmons | ||
| 1797 |  | Stolen Pants Simon had a pair of his pants stolen. The thief, a farmhand named Hans Phillip Appold who worked for the brewer Michael Grübner, was sentenced to five days in the tower for the crime. But Simon himself was also fined 3 fl. because he had used "forbidden superstitious things" to find the thief, namely using Scissors and Sieve. | ||
| 1798 |  | Strahorn Mausoleum From the Zentmyer Collection. This mausoleum was built by Robert E. Strahorn and contains the remains of Robert and his two wives, Carrie Adell Green and Ruby Shannon Garland. It is located in Riverside Memorial Park on the western edge of Spokane. | ||
| 1799 |  | Strahorn Mausoleum, Oak Woods Cemetery Built in 1883, the mausoleum hold the remains of Robert Strahorn and his wife Juliet Murdock. It is located on Memorial Drive near the southern end of the Lake of Memories. | ||
| 1800 |  | Strahorn Pines - Spokane In 1887 this home was built and occupied by J.J. Browne, the developer of Browne's Addition. Browne's Addition was Spokane's premier neighborhood at the time, and arguably retains that status today. The home sat atop a bluff with panoramic views of the Spokane River below. In 1900 the home was purchased by Robert and Carrie Strahorn. The three-story building was then completely remodeled by noted architect Kirtland Cutter in 1904 into a twenty-room mansion with nine bathrooms and ten fireplaces. The first house in Spokane with steam heat, Strahorn Pines was also said to have featured a bowling alley. The house was accquired by the Eastern Washington Historical Society in 1970 and demolished in 1974 to make way for a new museum building. |
