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  Interior of First Greene County Settler's Cabin

  Here we find one of two doors from the original cabin. This door is commonly called a Christian door. Notice the upper paneling forms a cross, while the bottom paneling shows the open Bible.

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  Exterior of Settler's Cabin in Greene County

  Notice the round auger hole, front top center. This log, like many of the later beams, was hand hewn by means of an axe.

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  Hand Suger

  Here we have a hand suger with wooden handle, used to bore holes such as seen previously. This suger, of the type used in construction work in the early 1800s and before, hangs in the attic of an old shed, built in the early 1800s. Notice just above the suger that the joists are joined with a wooden pin. No nails were used then. There seems to be a number of barns still standing in Greene County with this type of construction. Is yours built this way?

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  Middle Run Primitive Baptist Church

  In the southwest corner of the county, we find the Middle Run Primitive Baptist Church. The oldest congregation in the county, it was organized July 27, 1799. The first building, a log cabin, was used for both church and school. This building, built in 1852, houses the meetings held the second Sunday of each month. Daniel Wilson, whom we mentioned before, was one of the thirteen members of the original church. The minutes from the first meeting read in part, "July 27, day, 1799, met according to agreement and was constituted a church by Elders Daniel Clark and James Lee...and then an opportunity given for the reception of members." After two members were received, they then adjourned.

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  Kerosene Burning Chandelier

  The Primitive Baptists, Predestinarian Baptist, or hard-shell Baptist, as they have been called, are a very strict and religious group of people as were their kin, the Scotch Coventanters. The name "Primitive" alludes to the fact that these people wanted nothing to do with modern, man-made contrivances. Thus you see in this picture the kerosene burning chandelier as still used today. Along with the use of no electricity, the building is heated with two pot-belly stoves. This group is against both Sunday Schools and missions, and requires that their members be baptized in running water; hence no baptistry in the church.

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  Bilingual Stone

  This bilingual stone is a memorial to Tecumseh written in both the Shawnee and English languages. He was killed October 5, 1813, while leading the Shawnees against American forces in Ontario. This memorial record is from the Shawnee history, faithfully preserved by historians of the Shawnee Nations.

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  James Galloway

  This picture, in the Greene County Historical Society Museum, is of James Galloway, Sr., builder of the Galloway cabin at Rambler's Retreat, now Goes Station just north of Oldtown. Galloway was the first white settler in the northern part of the county.

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  Galloway Cabin

  Here on the grounds of the Greene County Historical Society Museum stands the original Galloway cabin, built in 1798.

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  Tecumseh's Campaign to Win Hand of Rebecca Galloway

  Standing on the front porch, we read on this plaque that Tecumseh lost a memorable campaign for the hand of Rebecca Galloway in this cabin.

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  Rebecca Galloway and Her Sister Julia

  This picture, reported to be Rebecca and her sister Julia, is located in the Greene County Historical Society Museum. Tecumseh lost the hand of Rebecca because he refused to become a white man, and she declined to become an Indian squaw.

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  Fireplace in Early Cabin

  Going inside the cabin, we see one of the fireplaces with early utensils. This fireplace was used for cooking, as well as for heat.

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  1895 Lawn Mower

  This ingenious mechanical device is a lawn mower patented in 1895. It still operates and is in good condition.