• Steve Roush 5 January 2016

    Ghost Stories: The winter of 1874 and the Temperance Crusade

    It was the winter of 1873-74, and the ladies had waged a war on alcohol in uptown Hillsboro. We talked earlier about how their mission was to “overcome and vanquish the liquor-sellers with love and kindness alone” and had targeted the establishment of William Henry Harrison Dunn, one of the booze sellers in town.
  • Steve Roush 17 December 2015
    Ghost Stories: The battle of Fort Dunn
    Earlier this month, we talked about how an army of women, led by Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson, “solemnly and unshrinkingly pledged themselves to each other, with God’s help, to overcome and vanquish the liquor-sellers with love and kindness alone.”
  • Steve Roush 9 December 2015
    Making memories with my best man
    I firmly believe that good dogs go to Heaven, and that my best man is there right now, running, playing, watching over us and waiting for us.
  • Steve Roush 9 December 2015
    Making memories with my best man
    I firmly believe that good dogs go to Heaven, and that my best man is there right now, running, playing, watching over us and waiting for us.
  • Steve Roush 9 December 2015
    Making memories with my best man
    I firmly believe that good dogs go to Heaven, and that my best man is there right now, running, playing, watching over us and waiting for us.
  • Steve Roush 2 December 2015
    Ghost Stories: The Battle of Fort Dunn
    As the army of Hillsboro ladies gear up for another siege and Brigadier General W.H.H. Dunn prepares a counterattack, let’s pause for now, and we’ll continue next week.
  • Steve Roush 18 November 2015
    Ghost Stories: Now he belongs to the ages
    George Washington Barrere served as a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War, and on April 19, 1865, his family and residents of Highland County picked up their local newspaper and saw the headline, “A Nation in Mourning,” under a photo of an American flag.
  • Steve Roush 5 November 2015
    Ghost Stories: Stand by for news
    George Washington Barrere, one of the pioneer settlers of Highland County, had several close calls in battles in the 1700s and early 1800s. His son, John Mills Barrere, at the age of 62, lost an arm in the Battle of Harpers Ferry.
  • Steve Roush 28 October 2015
    Ghost Stories: Money in the bank
    In the days of Highland County pioneer George Washington Barrere, who was born in 1770 and passed away in 1838, money was scarce and most things had to be obtained by barter. But as the 1800s progressed, that began to change.
  • Steve Roush 14 October 2015
    Ghost Stories: Esquires and Congressmen, continued
    Like his uncle, Granville Barrere would become a top-notch lawyer and would later serve in Congress. But unlike Uncle Nelson, Granville would not call southern Ohio home much longer.
  • Steve Roush 10 October 2015
    Tigers fall on road at Chillicothe
    It wasn't their best outing of the season, but the McClain Tigers did score a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the host Chillicothe Cavaliers eventually defeated the Tigers, 70-7 Friday night at Herrnstein Field.
  • Steve Roush 10 October 2015
    Tigers fall on road at Chillicothe
    It wasn't their best outing of the season, but the McClain Tigers did score a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the host Chillicothe Cavaliers eventually defeated the Tigers, 70-7 Friday night at Herrnstein Field.
  • Steve Roush 10 October 2015
    Tigers fall on road at Chillicothe
    It wasn't their best outing of the season, but the McClain Tigers did score a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the host Chillicothe Cavaliers eventually defeated the Tigers, 70-7 Friday night at Herrnstein Field.
  • Steve Roush 7 October 2015
    Ghost Stories: Esquires and congressmen

    Two days before Christmas of 1833, nearly 182 years ago, Nelson Barrere was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hillsboro. Longtime Highland County historian Mrs. Jean Wallis described Nelson Barrere as a “brilliant leader.”

  • Steve Roush 30 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: An old soldier, true patriot and a good man laid to rest

    Ladies and gentlemen, five sons of John Mills and Margaret Morrow Barrere went off to fight in the Civil War. As we’ve discussed, three of their sons never came home and John Mills Barrere, who was in his 60s when America’s bloodiest conflict broke out, lost an arm in the battle of Harpers Ferry in September of 1862.

  • Steve Roush 23 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Risking life and limb
    Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve discussed how terrible the Civil War was for the family of John Mills and Margaret Barrere. They lost three of their sons, Bebee, William and Thomas Jefferson Barrere, to America’s bloodiest conflict.
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