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WHILE ELMWOOD IS KNOWN AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF LOREDO TAFT.
KNOWN AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF LOREDO TAFT. IT THERE ARE OTHER STORIES TO BE
LOREDO TAFT. IT THERE ARE OTHER STORIES TO BE TOLD AS WE FOUND OUST AT THE
IT THERE ARE OTHER STORIES TO BE TOLD AS WE FOUND OUST AT THE LOREDO MUSEUM.
THE LOREDO TAFT WAS BUILT BY DAVID AND SARAH KEMP THAT CAME OUT HERE FROM OHIO.
DAVID AND SARAH KEMP THAT CAME OUT HERE FROM OHIO. THEY HAD THIS HOUSE BUILT IN
OUT HERE FROM OHIO. THEY HAD THIS HOUSE BUILT IN 1875.
THEY HAD THIS HOUSE BUILT IN 1875. THEY WERE PEOPLE OF MAINE, AB
1875. THEY WERE PEOPLE OF MAINE, AB THIS HOUSE WAS KNOWN AS THE
THEY WERE PEOPLE OF MAINE, AB THIS HOUSE WAS KNOWN AS THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY, AND THEY
THIS HOUSE WAS KNOWN AS THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY, AND THEY ENTERTAINED A LOT.
HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY, AND THEY ENTERTAINED A LOT. THE HOUSE IS STRUCTURALLY THE
ENTERTAINED A LOT. THE HOUSE IS STRUCTURALLY THE SAME AS THE KEMP'S BUILT IT.
THE HOUSE IS STRUCTURALLY THE SAME AS THE KEMP'S BUILT IT. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW
SAME AS THE KEMP'S BUILT IT. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW CHANGES.
THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW CHANGES. THE KEMP'S HAD ALL OPEN PORCHES,
CHANGES. THE KEMP'S HAD ALL OPEN PORCHES, THREE OF THEM.
THE KEMP'S HAD ALL OPEN PORCHES, THREE OF THEM. FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAY WHEN
THREE OF THEM. FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAY WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING ON ONE, THEY
FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAY WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING ON ONE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE SUN,
THE SUN WAS SHINING ON ONE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE SUN, THEY COULD BE THERE, IF NOT,
DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE SUN, THEY COULD BE THERE, IF NOT, THEY COULD GO TO THE SHADE ON
THEY COULD BE THERE, IF NOT, THEY COULD GO TO THE SHADE ON THE OTHER PORCHES.
THEY COULD GO TO THE SHADE ON THE OTHER PORCHES. THEY DID SPEND QUITE A BIT TIME
THE OTHER PORCHES. THEY DID SPEND QUITE A BIT TIME OUTSIDE.
THEY DID SPEND QUITE A BIT TIME OUTSIDE. THE DOWNSTAIRS HAS A KITCHEN AND
OUTSIDE. THE DOWNSTAIRS HAS A KITCHEN AND A SITTING ROOM, PARLOR, AND
THE DOWNSTAIRS HAS A KITCHEN AND A SITTING ROOM, PARLOR, AND DINING ROOM.
A SITTING ROOM, PARLOR, AND DINING ROOM. THE SITTING ROOM WAS WHERE THE
DINING ROOM. THE SITTING ROOM WAS WHERE THE FAMILY GATHERED IN THE EVENING,
THE SITTING ROOM WAS WHERE THE FAMILY GATHERED IN THE EVENING, AND TALKED ABOUT THE DAY'S
FAMILY GATHERED IN THE EVENING, AND TALKED ABOUT THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES PARLOR ROOM HAD
AND TALKED ABOUT THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES PARLOR ROOM HAD POCKET DOORS, DOUBLE DOORS THAT
ACTIVITIES PARLOR ROOM HAD POCKET DOORS, DOUBLE DOORS THAT WERE CLOSED MOST ALL THE TIME.
POCKET DOORS, DOUBLE DOORS THAT WERE CLOSED MOST ALL THE TIME. THEY JUST USED IT WHEN THEY HAD
WERE CLOSED MOST ALL THE TIME. THEY JUST USED IT WHEN THEY HAD COMPANY.
THEY JUST USED IT WHEN THEY HAD COMPANY. MADE NICE FIREPLACES.
COMPANY. MADE NICE FIREPLACES. MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE
MADE NICE FIREPLACES. MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE MARBLE, BUT THEY WERE ANTIQUE
MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE MARBLE, BUT THEY WERE ANTIQUE PAINTED.
WE HAVE A GLASS KANE, BLOWN GLASS THAT CAME FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR AT ST. LOUIS IN 1893.
GLASS THAT CAME FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR AT ST. LOUIS IN 1893. WE HAVE THINGS IN THE KITCHEN
FAIR AT ST. LOUIS IN 1893. WE HAVE THINGS IN THE KITCHEN SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SETTLERS
WE HAVE THINGS IN THE KITCHEN SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SETTLERS HAD.
SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SETTLERS HAD. COAL WOOD BURNING STOVE,
HAD. COAL WOOD BURNING STOVE, COLLECTION OF OLD SPICE BOXES,
COAL WOOD BURNING STOVE, COLLECTION OF OLD SPICE BOXES, AND GRINDERS FOR SPICES, AND
COLLECTION OF OLD SPICE BOXES, AND GRINDERS FOR SPICES, AND MEAT AND OLD BUTCHERING JARS.
AND GRINDERS FOR SPICES, AND MEAT AND OLD BUTCHERING JARS. THE OLD FLATIRON WERE RECALLED
MEAT AND OLD BUTCHERING JARS. THE OLD FLATIRON WERE RECALLED WITH BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THE OLD FLATIRON WERE RECALLED WITH BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS A
WITH BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS A COLLECTION OF PRODUCE FROM
HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS A COLLECTION OF PRODUCE FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS.
COLLECTION OF PRODUCE FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS. WE HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE
DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS. WE HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE TOWN, A SQUARE, BACK IN THE IS
WE HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE TOWN, A SQUARE, BACK IN THE IS VERY EARLY DAYS WHEN THE STREETS
TOWN, A SQUARE, BACK IN THE IS VERY EARLY DAYS WHEN THE STREETS WERE JUST MUD AND BOARDWALKS.
VERY EARLY DAYS WHEN THE STREETS WERE JUST MUD AND BOARDWALKS. AN OLD ICE HOUSE, WHERE ICE WAS
WERE JUST MUD AND BOARDWALKS. AN OLD ICE HOUSE, WHERE ICE WAS HARVESTED AND PET PET ~LED OUT
AN OLD ICE HOUSE, WHERE ICE WAS HARVESTED AND PET PET ~LED OUT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE HAVE
HARVESTED AND PET PET ~LED OUT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE HAVE INDIAN COLLECTION THIS THE
IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE HAVE INDIAN COLLECTION THIS THE PIONEER ROOM.
INDIAN COLLECTION THIS THE PIONEER ROOM. IN IT WE HAVE RELICS THAT A
PIONEER ROOM. IN IT WE HAVE RELICS THAT A FARMER, ELMER MILES FOUND ALL
IN IT WE HAVE RELICS THAT A FARMER, ELMER MILES FOUND ALL THESE ON HIS FARM.
FARMER, ELMER MILES FOUND ALL THESE ON HIS FARM. WE HAVE THE PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM
THESE ON HIS FARM. WE HAVE THE PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM JOSHUA AND OLIVIA IN THE PIONEER
WE HAVE THE PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM JOSHUA AND OLIVIA IN THE PIONEER ROOM.
JOSHUA AND OLIVIA IN THE PIONEER ROOM. HE OWNED ALL THIS LAND.
ROOM. HE OWNED ALL THIS LAND. HE WAS VERY PARTICULAR WHO HE
HE OWNED ALL THIS LAND. HE WAS VERY PARTICULAR WHO HE SOLD THE LOT TO.
HE WAS VERY PARTICULAR WHO HE SOLD THE LOT TO. HE PUT THE PRICE UP SO NOBODY
SOLD THE LOT TO. HE PUT THE PRICE UP SO NOBODY COULD BUY IT IF HE DIDN'T THINK
HE PUT THE PRICE UP SO NOBODY COULD BUY IT IF HE DIDN'T THINK THEY WAS THE RIGHT CALIBER.
COULD BUY IT IF HE DIDN'T THINK THEY WAS THE RIGHT CALIBER. HE WANTED TO GET A RAILROAD
THEY WAS THE RIGHT CALIBER. HE WANTED TO GET A RAILROAD THROUGH HERE.
HE WANTED TO GET A RAILROAD THROUGH HERE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.
THROUGH HERE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. HE DIED IN 1883.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. HE DIED IN 1883. I LIVED ON THE PHELPS' FARM.
HE DIED IN 1883. I LIVED ON THE PHELPS' FARM. ONE DAY MY DOORBELL RANG.
I LIVED ON THE PHELPS' FARM. ONE DAY MY DOORBELL RANG. THERE STOOD A MAN, AND HE SAID
ONE DAY MY DOORBELL RANG. THERE STOOD A MAN, AND HE SAID "I USED TO PLAY OUT HERE WITH MY
THERE STOOD A MAN, AND HE SAID "I USED TO PLAY OUT HERE WITH MY GRANDFATHER LIVED HERE."
"I USED TO PLAY OUT HERE WITH MY GRANDFATHER LIVED HERE." HE WAS A GRANDSON OF WILLIAM
GRANDFATHER LIVED HERE." HE WAS A GRANDSON OF WILLIAM JOSHUA PHELPS.
HE WAS A GRANDSON OF WILLIAM JOSHUA PHELPS. THERE IS A PAINTING, ON THE
JOSHUA PHELPS. THERE IS A PAINTING, ON THE TABLE MR. PHELPS HAS HIS ARM ON.
THERE IS A PAINTING, ON THE TABLE MR. PHELPS HAS HIS ARM ON. WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN THE
TABLE MR. PHELPS HAS HIS ARM ON. WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN THE DINING ROOM.
WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN THE DINING ROOM. THE GRANDSON, HE TOLD US HE HAD
DINING ROOM. THE GRANDSON, HE TOLD US HE HAD THIS TABLE AND I SAID WE'D LIKE
THE GRANDSON, HE TOLD US HE HAD THIS TABLE AND I SAID WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT.
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