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Ochs

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west of the Swindlers’s Country Manor Store.

Ochs hopes the park may be persuaded to loan a water wheel for restoration from the remains of an industrial center located nearby. This center included a gristmill, tannery, overshot water wheel and upand-down saw mill (built by Jonas Clark, Jim Swindler’s great, great grandfather). Also, Ochs is looking for old photographs and artifacts from the time period.

To raise money for the museum Ochs’ plans on opening a small store in a nearby building owned by the Swindlers where he will sell maps, books and hiking supplies. He caught on to the pioneering spirit, he said, and found he could fashion his own walking sticks from red oak, ash and sycamore saplings. He plans on opening the store to the public in mid-April.

His idea for the museum was sparked when he rented a log cabin on the late George Miller’s farm from Bill Fletcher last April. He worked on the cabin and gained an appreciation for the history of the mountain people who had actually lived in it the preced

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