On Friday evening April 5, 1851 the paddle-wheeler Southerner departed Cleveland on its regular run to Detroit 168-miles to the northwest. Only four years old the Southerner and its sister ship Baltimore were the pride of the new Detroit and Cleveland Steam Ship Company. Like on so many earlier sailings Southerner’s decks were crammed with settlers and their luggage. The immigrants had purchased land in … Continue reading Peril on Lake Erie
In honor of Leonard Cohen and the wonderful documentary of his life, “Hallelujah,” I’m reposting my Huffington Post reflection from the time of his death in 2016. THE BLOG Remembering Leonard Cohen By Barry D. Wood, Contributor Washington-based writer and broadcaster Nov 14, 2016, 11:19 PM EST|Updated Dec 6, 2017 Judy Levinson lived in an upstairs apartment next door to where I stayed on Elm Street … Continue reading Remembering Leonard Cohen
I. Thomas Jefferson was smitten with the rugged beauty of the Natural Bridge deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia. He visited this geographic wonder 120 miles from Monticello at least six times, describing its sturdy limestone arch 250 feet above Cedar Creek, as “the most sublime of nature’s works.” Natural Bridge, May 2022 (Barry D. Wood photo) Jefferson was enthralled both by the … Continue reading Thomas Jefferson, Natural Bridge, & My Great-Grandfather
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