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Ada and John Grassbaugh relocated to Big Prairie, in Holmes County, where John opened this general store. That might even be John standing in the doorway of the store in this picture from around 1917.
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This “Bird’s Eye View” of Brinkhaven is a vintage image taken from the bluff above the CA&C railroad station south of town at some point in the late 1800s. An ‘X’ marks the house most likely to be the building Ana Grassbaugh is standing in front of in the picture postcard, with the TWVO trestle behind the house. That puts this structure within the area devastated by the 1913 flood.
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This empty field was once a thriving neighborhood of Brinkhaven, until destroyed by the 1913 flood. Later, the US 62 bypass (on the left) came through, avoiding Brinkhaven entirely. The yellow ‘X’ marks the approximate location of John and Ada Grassbaugh’s house.
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The Wally Railroad curved into Brinkhaven just to the right of the Town Hall, built in the early 1900s. The railroad trestle ended on this bank, and the tracks ran where the building in the background, the town’s current post office, is now situated.
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The Toledo, Walhonding Valley & Ohio railroad once ran along this leveled grade along the hillside near the present day Bridge of Dreams, where two different rail lines crossed. Though the tracks of the abandoned railroad were torn out for recycling during World War II, the occasional cross tie can still be found.
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A photo postcard sent from Brinkhaven on June 11, 1910, by “Ada G.” Note the railroad trestle in the background, which was the key in figuring out the house’s original location … and the rest of the story.
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