LaBoiteaux and Cist Antebellum Photo Album

Issac Newton LaBoiteaux, Sr.

 

Tom Thumb and his wife

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Mrs. Issac N. LaBoiteaux, Sr.

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Total Solar Eclipse- Piatt Castle, West Liberty, Ohio 04/08/2024

 Piatt Castle, West Liberty, Ohio was a great place to view the Total Solar Eclipse. There were outdoor educational classes about the different celestial events during the last one hundred years, a viewing telescope, special certified glasses to look at the eclipse, and a house tour. I purchased a T-shirt to commemorate the day at the castle.

Below are pictures of the eventful day at Piatt Castle.

There were many aspects that made today memorable. The fact that outdoor education is still taught brings a reminder of how individuals and families interacted with each other. There is a present day awareness of how many individuals and families still interact with each other whether they realize a connection of when people came over from Europe to the early British Colonies to start a new life. 

This photo of early Ohio settlements is shown because of the Piatt's involvement with the development of Ohio with many other families including both free men and slaves.

The Cincinnati Observatory Society was also present at Piatt Castle. A special telescope with filters was available for the view public. 

Army of the Cumberland by Henry M. Cist

I have purchased Campaigns of the Civil War Army of the Cumberland, Henry M. Cist. Chapter two discusses military implementations around Wildcat. This is a battlefield in Kentucky that I have filmed. Cist talked about how General Zollicoffer was a civilian appointment, with no military training. He had been an editor for a Nashville, TN paper. Zollicoffer was at Rock Castle and Wildcat. Thousands of troops were there to fight, eat, and plan strategies.

Benjamin Rush Philadelphia house site

(Camera indicates "Dr. Benjamin Rush House Site" sign.)

ANDREW:     This is the site of Dr. Benjamin Rush house site.  Dr. Benjamin Rush lived in a three-story house on this site from 1790 to 1793, a true son of the Enlightenment.  He was a physician, chemist, educator, author, abolitionist, and politician.  His treatise on mental illness was the first in America.  Rush served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence.  Later, he supported ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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