MAZEPPA PA: July 2019

Sunday, July 28, 2019

WEEKEND FISHING AND DISCOVERY

GOT OUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY......PERCY I CAUGHT 16 SATURDAY AND 17 SUNDAY. A WHITE BIRD WAS IN THE CREEK AND TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY AN EGRET. BOTH DAYS I COULDN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY EVEN WITH THE BINOCULARS. VARIETY OF FISH TOO AS I CAUGHT FALL FISH...BLUEGILLS...ROCK BASS...SMALLMOUTHS AND PICKERAL. ATTACHING PHOTOS OF A BLUE HERON THAT ALLOWED ME TO FISH WITH HIM. THE KINGFISHERS WERE EVERYWHERE AND SAW ONE GREEN HERON. ALSO A COUPLE SANDPIPERS STILL HANGING AROUND. A GROUP OF WOOD

DUCKS LANDED UP STREAM FROM ME BUT TILL I GOT THE CAMERA OUT THEY TOOK OFF. AND I FOUND A STONE WADING BACK UP THE CREEK AND CURIOUS IF IT WAS AN INDIAN TOOL. WILL DO MY BEST TO TRY AND GET IT IDENTIFIED. SATURDAY A GORGEOUS SUNRISE AND I KNOW MY OPINION IS BIASED BUT NO SUNRISE LIKE A MAZEPPA SUNRISE. AND TODAY 2 DOE GREETED ME IN THE FIELD.

Friday, July 26, 2019

BETTER LATE...

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER PERCY ! PICS FROM FISHING 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN I CAUGHT 12. LOVED THE WAY THE SKY LOOKED AS I WADED THE CREEK AND SNAPPED THE 1ST PIC. NEXT IS A FLOWER GROWING ON THE TOP OF A STUMP. THE BLUE HERON POSED FOR ME AS I GOT OUT OF THE CREEK. AND LAST IS A REDHEADED WOODPECKER AND JUST WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM TO SIT STILL LONG ENOUGH TO BE A BIT MORE CLEAR.

Saturday, July 6, 2019

BETTER DAYS FISHING...

PERCY I WISH I HAD A BETTER DAY OF FISHING TO REPORT BUT I ONLY CAUGHT 4. ALSO LOST A SPINNER TO A SNAG AND FELL IN THE CREEK AFTER A ROCK SLIPPED UNDER MY FOOT. BUT A GREAT PIC OF A DRAGONFLY TO SHARE

MAZEPPA HISTORY

MANY FOLKS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT MAZEPPA HAS QUITE A BIT OF HISTORY. THE TOWN GOT IT'S NAME FROM LORD BYRON'S POEM

" MAZEPPA." ORIGINALLY NAMED BOYERTOWN AFTER THE FOUNDER SAMUEL BOYER AND HIS WIFE SARAH. A POST OFFICE WAS STARTED IN 1886 AND A NEW NAME WAS NEEDED AS THERE ALREADY WAS A BOYERTOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA. SCHOOLMASTER CLEMENT EDMUNDS SUGGESTED MAZEPPA AND IT WAS APPROVED. MAZEPPA MILLS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1788 AND STAYED IN OPERATION TILL 1981 WHEN EUGENE JOHNSON RETIRED. MILL WAS STARTED BY MICHAEL RENTSCHELER.

SEVERAL DOCTORS PRACTICED IN TOWN. DR S. ASHER DIEFFENDERFER LIVED ON THE WENDELL STAHL FARM. DR ISSAC FETTEROLF PRACTICED OUT OF THE GARMAN HOME IN THE CNETER OF TOWN.

FRANK STRAUB WAS THE MORTICIAN. A TRADITION WAS WHEN THE PERSON WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOME THE CHURCH BELL WOULD TOLL.

MILTON REMALY WAS A PIANO REPAIRMAN.

JACOB DELCAMP WAS A BLACKSMITH IN TOWN.

FRANK WHITMAN HAD A BLACKSMITH SHOP ON THE OLD JAMES STAHL PROPERTY.

ELMER FEASTER HAD A SADDLE SHOP IN THE LITTLE BUILDING THAT LATER SERVED AS A BARBER SHOP BY FRANK DELCAMP.

AT THE OLD TOM STAHLEY HOME THERE WAS A WAGON BUSINESS OWNED BY THEODORE FANGBONER.

JAMES MATHERS WAS A SHOEMAKER IN TOWN AND ALSO KNOW FOR HIS HORSERADISH.

JOHN BEEBER WAS THE GUNSMITH IN TOWN.

PETER STAHL WAS A CHAIR MAKER.

AT THE ALBERT DELCAMP PROPERTY THERE WAS A CREAMERY . CREAM WAS SENT TO MIFFLINBURG TO BE MADE INTO ICE CREAM AND CHEESE.

IN 1921 FRANK STAHL STARTED AN EGG BUSINESS THAT WAS THEN CONTINUED BY SONS FRANK AND WENDELL.

KEN FISHER HAD AN ELECTRICAL BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.

JULY 22, 1926 A TORNADO HIT THE TOWN AND THE ENTIRE STEEPLE INCLUDING THE BELL WAS TORN FROM THE UNION EMANUEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

THERE WERE 2 COVERED BRIDGES IN TOWN. ONE OVER SPRUCE RUN AND THE OTHER NEAR THE BALL FIELDS AT THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.

A FUNNY STORY OF FRANK HEIMBACH COMING HOME ONE NIGHT AND IN THE DARK TRIPPED OVER A COW ON THE BRIDGE. NOT SURE WHO WAS MORE FRIGHTENED.

SEPTEMBER 8, 1916 A MAJOR FIRE TORE THROUGH TOWN AND 6 HOMES AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE LOST. STARTED IN THE WARREN SHUCK STORE.

ALSO LOOK FOR A PICTURE OF ROBERT MYERS IN THE PHOTO ALBUM. GREW UP IN MAZEPPA AND WENT TO LEWISBURG HIGH. IN DECEMBER OR 1942 HE JOINED THE NAVY AND WAS A NAVY DIVER. EARNED THE VICTORY MEDAL,EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL AND A SPECIAL BRONZE STAR MEDAL.

HELPED TO CLEAR HEAVILY MINED WATERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MAZEPPA WILL ALWAYS BE HOME.........

DOUG WALTER

MAZEPPA PA

Sunday, July 28, 2019

WEEKEND FISHING AND DISCOVERY

Friday, July 26, 2019

BETTER LATE...

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BETTER DAYS FISHING...

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