I suppose drivers on State Route 104 could have been warned about the dangerous distraction. But they weren't.
The third musket salute ended up as being the best video. (Someone had an itchy trigger finger for the second, and someone with a camera jumped in front of my camera for the first.) This was for the Nathaniel Willis ceremony in Bainbridge today.
I believe tipping the muskets down is to empty out any possibly unburnt gunpowder. Muzzleloaders with flintlocks were relatively complex mechanisms, but not without their failings.
That's why you don't want to be a flash in the pan, or go off half cocked! You want to be safe and prepared if you are going to invest lock, stock, and barrel.
I'll post more from my revisit of the Valley of the Kings soon.
Chillicothe's Carlisle Hill Steps part 4 - Down the 'Fifth Street Steps'
Part 4 of the Carlisle Hill Steps in Chillicothe, Ohio, 4 April 2022 - starting at Carlisle Place, at the top of the 'Fifth Street Steps,' and heading down.
I split this video in half, which is why at the end I note it took eight minutes for me to walk back down the steps. (Of course, it would have been faster if I had tripped.)
Last video in this sequence.
Previous video, Ep 3: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/493741782442447/
Chillicothe's Carlisle Hill Steps part 3 - Down the 'Rose Lane Steps'
Part 3 of the Carlisle Hill Steps in Chillicothe, Ohio, 4 April 2022 - starting at Highland Avenue, at the top of the 'Rose Lane Steps,' and heading down.
A block south of the well-known overlook above Main Street at the Christmas star (and Easter cross), I start at the edge of the hilltop to make my return trip.
The sidewalk from Highland Avenue to the steps are hidden in plain sight - I'll bet that most people who notice them don't think much about them.
But they trot down the gentle slope here, providing a few views of Chillicothe when the trees are are leafless.
Previous video, Ep 2: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/986127162011005/
Next and last video in this sequence, Ep 4: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/1028452087807198/
Chillicothe's Carlisle Hill Steps part 2 - Up the 'Rose Lane Steps'
Part 2 of the Carlisle Hill Steps in Chillicothe, Ohio - starting at the top of the West 5th Street Steps, going down the sidewalk along Carlisle Place, and then up the 'Rose Lane Steps.'
The traffic may seen dangerous, but there's a decent sidewalk on the south side of Carlisle Place. I note views of the town through the trees as I walk downhill.
Then, almost in line with West 4th Street, the hillside steps reappear and I head up again. Houses to the left actually face the sidewalk, not Rose Lane, though their addresses are on the street.
Previous video, Ep 1: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/517878366353616/
Next video, Ep 3: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/493741782442447/
Chillicothe's Carlisle Hill Steps part 1 - Up the 'Fifth Street Steps'
Part 1 - The Carlisle Hill Steps in Chillicothe, Ohio, 4 April 2022 - starting at the end of West 5th Street and going up the 'Fifth Street Steps."
An 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows eight small houses on the steep slope above 5th street, now long gone, that I would never think were ever there! There's even a "Stewart Street" that would have been a glorified alley hanging on the side of the hill.
Above where 5th Street ends a little past its junction with Belleview Avenue, the steps zigzag up the street's undeveloped right-of-way Only one house remains on the steps now - at the end of South High Street, a lone small Fourquare house is on a hillside bench, with a section of the steps used as the house's front walk.
The steps continue up to Carlisle Place, where traffic moves between downtown and hilltop. (Oops, I called it Belleview in the video - I was thinking of the contrast between this artificial, tortured road up the hillside, versus the sensible route found by American Indians centuries ago over at Belleview.)
Lesser Celandine ground cover, perennial Periwinkle vines, Quince and Forsythia shrubs are escapee ornamental plants flowering among native species like a young Buckeye tree just leafing out, the product of a squirrel's gardening.
Next video, Ep 2: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/986127162011005/
The 1959 Flood, Pt. 5 - A Grab Bag of Photos 2
The 1959 Flood, part 5. The rest of the ChillicotheInfo.net photos of flooding and flood damage on North Bridge Street far north of the Scioto, the presidential streets in the East Side, and North Hickory Street.
I'll focus on the 1913 flood this weekend, but will address all Chillicothe floods with my two tours that start at the Pump House 3pm Saturday, March 26th and 1pm Sunday, March 27th, 2022: https://www.facebook.com/events/1338503869946555/
Last in this group. Previous video, Ep 4: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/505163500982035/
The 1959 Flood, Pt. 3 - A Grab Bag of Photos 1
The 1959 Flood, part 4. When ChillicotheInfo.net was about to close down, I snagged all its photos (for historical interest). Most of these photos are available elsewhere on the internet, but this is a decent collection of photos from the flood in Chillicothe.
They focus on flooding and flood damage on North Bridge Street far north of the Scioto, the presidential streets in the East Side, and North Hickory Street. Sorry they're not in better order.
I'll focus on the 1913 flood this weekend, but will address all Chillicothe floods with my two tours that start at the Pump House 3pm Saturday, March 26th and 1pm Sunday, March 27th, 2022: https://www.facebook.com/events/1338503869946555/
Previous video, Ep 3: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/656923128865320/
Next video, Ep 5:
The 1959 Flood, Pt. 3 - A Preliminary Ohio Report After the Flood
The 1959 Flood, part 3. The government report explains the frozen ground and weather system that led to the second-worse flooding in the area, and mentions that the one existing flood control dam helped lessen the impact on the Scioto River. In addition, Paint Creek didn't contribute as much to the Scioto flooding at Chillicothe.
I'll focus on the 1913 flood this weekend, but will address all Chillicothe floods with my two tours that start at the Pump House 3pm Saturday, March 26th and 1pm Sunday, March 27th, 2022: https://www.facebook.com/events/1338503869946555/
Previous video, Ep 2: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/387954009487071/
Next video, Ep 4: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/505163500982035/
The 1959 Flood, Pt. 2 - Mapping Out the Flood Zone
The 1959 Flood, Ep 2: A map with the government report shows how far the floodwaters went, with interesting patterns in Yoctangee Park, North Hickory and Bridge streets, and Main at Rose.
I'll focus on the 1913 flood this weekend, but will address all Chillicothe floods with my two tours that start at the Pump House 3pm Saturday, March 26th and 1pm Sunday, March 27th, 2022: https://www.facebook.com/events/1338503869946555/
Previous video, Ep 1: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/802038717853098/
Next video, Ep 3: https://www.facebook.com/1383613805202726/videos/656923128865320/
