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  1. What was raced on this track by 322?? Horses, of just cars?
  2. HERE IS AN ARTICLE ON WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST BASEBALL CLUB IN THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS THE DUBOIS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE 'ROUGH & READY CLUB' OUT OF PENFIELD...…..THEY FIRST PLAYED IN THE 1860s...….
  3. The crazy thing is that nearly everyone can tell you who founded Pa...…………..it is rare to find anyone who knows the founder of any other state......
  4. Thank you ! That is a great help. I get overwhelmed with the extent of information sometimes----much to record and learn, then put together. Wish I was age 20 again just to have more time on this earth to get it done....!
  5. It is a time, yes, but the horse was buried/marked there. It was a very good time , in fact...….
  6. Thank you ! I will search the Dubois Historical society for actual closeup pictures, if any, inside the area at ground level, etc...…...
  7. Thank you !! Rumor has it that the horse in question died in or near the stables at the track...………..the photo helps a great deal as many thought the race track went more along Sandy Lick as opposed to being perpendicular to it.... The grave looks much older than the 1930s. In the mid-1990s, an article was done about it in the local paper, but I have not searched yet---I asked the author of the article recently, but it was too long ago for her to remember any details......
  8. Yes---the race track was built in 1885---------it was one of the nation's best at the time......
  9. Thank you !! Do you know how I can get the aerial photo ??? Penn pilot ?
  10. Does anyone have any information, or know anyone who would have info on the horse grave by the Courier???/ It says: "Crawford 2:07 3/4" Thanks !!
  11. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3823c.la000728/?r=0.027,0.357,0.103,0.065,0
  12. Ron was on my Triathlon team in a race that Love's Canoe sponsored, "Mercury's Messengers" in Ridgeway, back in the early 1980s...……………..we were given a big trophy !
  13. I believe I have the earliest known baseball (base ball) team in the area now called the DuBois Area Sch. District...……..Penfield ('Pennfield) had a team called the 'Rough & Ready Club' in 1868, and they were scheduling to play the club in Clearfield ('Chinchaclamoose Club') in November of that year at the Clearfield fair grounds...….
  14. Thank you ! Yes---it was a 1939-completed project of the WPA...... For the first 6 years it was called "DHS Stadium" by the local paper(1930-35)………. In the 1940s-50s the local paper nicknamed it the "Beaver Bowl"...……. Will keep searching.....appreciate your help !
  15. Does anyone know what they called the DuBois stadium on the Blvd. before it was named "Mansell" ?? It was dedicated in 1930, but did it have a special name? I appreciated any help ! Thank you.
  16. Thank you !! That is something I need to find out about. Who might have the info on this? I was reaching back about 50 years before that.....1860s ???
  17. Does anyone have a guess of the name of the earliest base ball club within a 20 mile radius of DuBois ????
  18. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner---------ever since these posts are not listed in general posts, I forget to check.... All things athletic in the period leading up to just before 1890 will be included in the work, as long as it pertains to the 'DuBois Area'. Certainly any quirky slang of that time will be included as it relates to sports/contests, etc Thanks for the advice---that is a great idea. I never find the time or energy I desire as I seem to put most of it into coaching/grandchildren at the moment, so this work looks like it will not be finished until late next year. It is a challenging topic to begin with, but worth the time, I feel...... I have not been influenced by any particular book for this topic, and all prior history books written of the DuBois area are of very limited help, with the exception on a few insights of the 'movers & shakers' of that time who pushed for the incredible race track we had, some baseball teams, and the epic fairs held here, etc...
  19. I thought that too, but I got a few hints from obscure literature that a 'heagle' has connections to board games in the slang of that era...…….will keep working on it...
  20. D.E. Hibner was the 1890 Checkers Champion of DuBois. The local paper commented that he has "the hey of a heagle". Does anyone have a clue what that that means ???
  21. Attached is a listing of those names associated with athletics in the DuBois area in the 1880s. Please feel free to let me know of any information you have on any of these people. I will include your contribution in the final works (booklet) to be done on the subject about next year. Thanks, Contact by PM or email: caesar2@comcast.net 1880s History -----DUBOIS NAMES CONNECTED TO ATHLETICS IN THE 1880s.docx ========================================================================================== DUBOIS NAMES CONNECTED TO ATHLETICS IN THE 1880s Abbott.; Anderson; Armstrong; Arthurs ; Adams; Ames . Blood; Boland; Baker; Burgoon ; Brown, Brillhart; Bryan, Bierly, Brady, Bell Brockbank, Bulgier; Boggs, Bonnett, Black; Baum; Boyer; Berkey . Cannon, .; Chambers, Clark, William(‘Shorty’) Carlile; Carson, Carr; Clydesdale; Crawford, ; Cohen Currier, Chamberlin; Corbett, ; Condick,; Clarke, Cambell; Collom, Chestnut, Conway, Christol . DuBois, Davidson, Delaney; Delong, Dunning, Daley, Decker, Daily, Durling, Dale, Divinney, Dougale, DeLuzier, Dolby, Duff, Dutry, . Ely, Edelbute, Earl, Elliott . Fuller, Fye, Foster, Foust, Ferrier, Frank, Flegal, Freal, Fox, Farrer . Gleason, Guinzburg, Gallagher, Gahagan, Gormley, Groves, Gordon, Gruver, Gillung, Gray, Griffen, Goodyear, Gibson, Grant, Goodlander, Goodfander, Griffen, Gillespie, Gelnett . Heightes, Heards, Hopkins, Haines, Hay, Harder, Harris, Hire, Hughes, Hatten, Hepburn; Holister, Hawk, Hendricks, Hibner, Horten, Hill, Hindman, Hess, Hanson, Hoover, Hagmeyer, Hamor, Himes, Hastings, Henry, Huidekoper, Harrington, Heberling, Hunter, Horn, Hilliard . Jameson, Johnson, Jack, Jessup, Jones, Johnston, . Krebs, Kerber, Kennedy, Knapp, Kirk, Kuntz, Knarr, Kane, Kritzer, Klare, Kelly, King, Kerns, Kirchartz . Lohr, Litch, Luther, Loeb, Lithgow, Lundergan, Levis, Lydick, Lane, Leach, Line, LaBoard, Laily, Lynch, Lee . MILES, McKNIGHT, McCREIGHT, MOORE, McGILL, McKEE, MILLER, MEANS, MALONEY, McCULLOUGH, McMICHAEL, MEAD, MOREY, MURPHY, McALMEY, MARTIN, McINTOSH, MANVILLE, MOHNEY, McCORMICK, MATTISON, MOSES, McKAY, MOULTHROP, McDONALD, MYERS, McCUTCHEON, MINNS, McHUGH, MARSHALL . NIHILL, NETTLETON, NEAL, NEIL , NICHOLSON, NEWCOMB, NICHOLS . OSBORN, O’HARRA, OSBURN . PENTZ, PHILLIPPI, PASSMORE, PARISH, PEOPLES, PATTON, PECK, PHILLIPS . ROSS, ROLAN, RUMBARGER, REED, RICHARD, REID, RUSSEL, REESE, RARIGH, ROCKEYE, RAUGHT, ROBERTS, ROWE . SHANEY, SCHWEN, SHUGARTS, SLOPPY, SEYLER, SHONEY, SKEIN, STRATTON, SWEENEY, SHORT, SPENCER, SANDY, SPRINGER, SOUTHWICK, SHUCKERS, SPARKS, SCATTERGOOD,SULLIVAN, SHURTZ, STUMPH, SCHWEIN, STOOKEY, SWEET, SIBLEY, SCOFIELD, SHAFFER, SMITH, STERLING, SEARLES, STEEL, SNYDER, SMATHERS . TAPPER, TYSON, THOMAS, TRUXAL, TAYLOR, TRAGLE, THOMPSON, TRACEY . WISE, WOOD, WHITEHILL. WEAVER, WEBER, WILLIAMS, WEIT, WEISS, WOODIN, WOODLANDER, WOODRUFF, WHITE, WAY, WOLF, WEISER, WITNESS . VAN TASSEL, VELL, VOSBURG . YOUNG . ZEIGLER
  22. I think that would be 1948..........................the mystery is what happened to XC after that year? It seems there were two meets in 1949, then it abruptly stops in mid-season...?......rumor has it that XC was dead until the 1960s when Sam Richards revived it.....
  23. He did coach wrestling, but he coached the XC program in the Fall 1948. In the middle of the season, after 2 meets, it seemed to disappear, and possibly never to appear again until the 1960s under Coach Sam Richards..................not verified yet, but I am very curious as to what happened in 1948
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