November 28-29, 2017
Near Geneva, Indiana
The Ceylon Bridge is the last remaining covered bridge built over the Wabash River. However, the river has since changed its course so it no longer flows under the bridge. The bridge was built in 1879 and renovated in 2012.
The Limberlost State Historic House
Author, naturalist, photographer, illustrator and film-maker Gene Stratton-Porter designed a 14-room Queen Anne cabin which was completed in 1895.
Stratton-Porter insisted that the walls around the house be critter-friendly, so they have many open spaces.
The conservatory shown above plays a part in Stratton-Porter’s first novel Freckles.
Stratton-Porter’s living room/study. The furniture and typewriter are similar to what she would have used.
The ceiling fixture was originally lit by gas. Gas for a lamp on the desk is fed from the fixture.
The painted reliefs on the walls in the house are lincrusta, a paste made by combining gelled linseed oil and wood flour.
Stratton-Porter and her daughter Jeannette both played musical instruments like these.
Stratton-Porter collected and studied moths. You can see chrysalises in the box on the chair and hanging at the foot of the bed.
The conservatory
Fireplace in the dining room
The paneled entry shows the combination of Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles.
Stratton-Porter’s husband Charles Porter owned a drug store and helped found the Bank of Geneva. This safe came from the bank.
The name “Limberlost” is said to have come from Limber Jim Corbus who became lost in the swamp. “Limber’s Lost,” was the cry heard through the community.
Area Geocaches
This was a school bell in Wilshire, Ohio.
A tree in the Pleasant Mills cemetery hosts one of the most interesting hiding places we’ve seen. The knot is hung on the tree with a magnet.
The knot is hollowed out to hold the cache.
The woods are reclaiming some of the graves.
We thought this headstone in the form of a tree was fascinating.
3 Comments
Alice McGregor · December 18, 2017 at 1:47 pm
I read her Girl of the Limberlost, my mother’s copy, when I was a youngster.
susan · December 19, 2017 at 12:40 pm
You are seeing a lot of very interesting old houses. How did Dave figure out that the geocache was under the knot in the tree?
Jane Appel · December 19, 2017 at 5:03 pm
Dave got a clue from the name of the cache “It’s Not Here”. Very clever!