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Washing the sheep’s wool was a team activity that included pressing the water out of the sheep’s wool after they left the water, lest the weight of water overwhelm the sheep.
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This vintage photograph shows a farmer in 1911 examining his sorghum crop. Sorghum had a brief popularity during the Civil War, but later fell out of production. Tangy sorghum molasses can be made from this grain.
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The German Baptist Church, also known as the Dunkard Church, still sits on Toms Road north of Ankenytown, but is now known as the Owl Creek Church of the Brethren.
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The farmer would sit on the end of the shingle horse, adjusting the brace to set the angle of tapering on the wooden shingle being shaved down. Wooden shingles fell out of favor as slate and tin roofs became popular later in the nineteenth century.
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Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was the first Union officer killed during the Civil War. Largely forgotten today, his death received much notice at the time, with his body laying in state at the White House before burial.
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