Someone in Rushville, Ohio loves Halloween and is living their very best life right now. I paused for a quick snapshot and later did a Google image search thinking I might find something interesting about this cool old house.
To my surprise, this home has its own Wikimedia page with a photo similar to my own. Here’s what it says:
“The Dr. Simon Hyde House. This Federal style house sits within the Rushville Historic District in Rushville, OH. This house was constructed circa 1830 and stands along the old Zane’s Trace road. It is considered one of the historically and architecturally important buildings in the District. It was built by Dr. Simon Hyde and used as a station on the Underground Railroad in Rushville in the years before the Civil War. It is believed that Joe Selby, a fugitive slave who was the inspiration for Benjamin Hanby’s popular anti-slavery ballad “Darling Nelly Gray”, died in this house after fleeing from Kentucky in the 1840s.”
What a great backstory! Plus, I drove on a short section of Zane’s Trace and didn’t even know it!
Isn’t the world a fabulous and interesting place?
So cool! Good for you for checking it out!
I was impressed!
I love all things Zane, as that is one of my “very cool” family lines. I have step-siblings named Rush. Wonder if there’s a connection there. Famous Patriot name and all.
Well, there’s a research project for you!
Indeed, the world is a fabulous and interesting place if we take the time to really explore it!
You never know what you’ll find!
I love it when people go all out for the holidays! Funny how the home has its own Wikimedia page.
Me too. Their enthusiasm is admirable and it’s just fun!!