Badger Bay - A Work In Progress

[Jmouse]

Great farms, tkirch. Very much like what I'm used to seeing -- large and rectangular with fields that seem to go on forever.
I really like the last two photos, especially the one with the pathways.
Top-notch update!

Until next time...
Joan

[Schulmanator]

Those are awesome!
And the last pic is triple awesome!

Beautiful scenery!

[tkirch]

In 1890, settlers begin moving in to this area to help work in many of the local farms.  Soon more people that worked in the fields all day begin to settle in roughly the same year.  It was in 1894, when one of these farm workers, Benn Dunkirt, was named the first Postmaster in the area.  He opened a Post Office in the back of his home.  At that time the area was known by it rural postal number, PO728.  So Benn took it as his responsibility to name the area.  Benn was a transplanted Australian and decided to name it after his hometown Sydney.  So without any approval process, Benn started crossing out all PO728 on mail and replacing it with New Sydney.  He also put a sign out in front of his home, NEW SYDNEY POST OFFICE. 
Five years later, New Sydney became incorporated and was chartered under the name Benn Dunkirt originally gave the village.

Today New Sydney is not much bigger than the original area, and is mainly a place for farmers to get some quick things and a place for local farm workers to live near their work.

NS1 - Sydney Zoomed Out


NS2 - I love the billboard painted on the side of this one building.  Great bat! Its the little things that are awesome.


NS3 - Farm Supply Store


NS4 - As you can tell just a small quaint area.


NS5 - The Farmers Market


NS6 - Check Cashing and the front of the building with the billboard I like. If anyone likes the building here is a link to it: HAVOC GREEN GROCERIES

[Yoman]

Indeed it is the little things that are so great. And you've done all of these little things very well. Which has made this one fantastic update. Looking forward to more 

[tkirch]

jmouse - Joan always great to see you in here.  Thank you so much for your patronage and it looks like you got the 200th post, something coming up for that. And your questions about my transportation map: the blue line is the expressway(highways), the red lines are roads, the black lines are railroad, the green lines are avenues, and white lines are streets.

Schulmanator - Thanks for the kind words.  I am glad you like the pictures.  I hope they turn out, it's nice to hear others think so too.

bat - Thanks for the kinds words.

sebes - Great seeing you in here again and glad you liked the pictures.

nedalezz - Glad you liked the regional pictures.  Thank you for looking in.

paroch - I always appreciate your kind words.  Glad you got Region Census, it is a must if you have a MD.  Culver's is quite a popular restaurant in the midwest area of the US.  A fast food restaurant that makes the burgers when you order them.

szymcar - Thank you for the kind words.  I love small towns.  This area is very much like the area I live in.

stocktons_pimp - Thank you for coming in and visiting.  I love doing this for the readers.

yoman - I try and I am always so happy when they turn out.  Thank you for reading, it is very appreciated.

[Jmouse]

You've done a fine job on the details, tkirch. The ponds look good, and the buildings fit into the rural landscape very well. The second photo is especially appealing for some reason - maybe it's the red buildings - but it has a nice atmosphere.

At that time the area was known by it rural postal number, PO728.  So Benn took it as his responsibility to name the area.  Benn was a transplanted Australian and decided to name it after his hometown Sydney.  So without any approval process, Benn started crossing out all PO728 on mail and replacing it with New Sydney.  He also put a sign out in front of his home, NEW SYDNEY POST OFFICE.

And Benn was wise to plunge ahead with his idea. When dealing with American bureaucracy, sometimes it's better to ask forgiveness than to ask for permission!

Until next time...
Joan

[bat]

That are some great first pictures of New Sydney! And wonderful farms there! Also nice town in them!

[NASCAR_Guy]

The Deadwoods building in the last pic is missing a facade. JSYK

[tkirch]

Pioneer is a very small unincorporated area.  This small community sprung up around Joshua Pond.  This very small community is just outside of the Town of Kohler.  Joshua Pond was named after Joshua Stallings.  Joshua Stallings opened the first full plumbing bathroom in the area in his small general store.  People came from the entire yard to see the working restroom.  It is rumored that the Bathroom Stall got the name from Joshua Stallings who advertised Stallings General Store with the Working Bathroom.  Come and try out Stallings Bathroom.  Maybe it was eventually shortened to The Stall.

P1 - Pioneer Zoomed Out


P2  - Closer Pic of Pioneer


P3 - Another Pic of Pioneer


Just some other shots from around the area.

P4 - Train Station


P5 - Another Station


P6 - And now the Train

[Schulmanator]

All aboard!

A great rural update :-)

[Yoman]

Another excellent update. I'd be interested to see some closeups of that bridge over the pond though?

[Jmouse]

Great update, tkirch. Pioneer is a very pleasant-looking town, and you've taken some good photos. I especially like the last two with the lumber yard and train, but all of them are rich with color and detail.

Until next time,,,
Joan

[tkirch]

Some more pictures of Pioneer ...

PU1 - Pioneer at Night


PU2 - The Boat Ramp on Joshua Pond


PU3 - The Bridge over Joshua Pond.  Yoman, you ask and you receive.


PU4 - Some Eye Candy

[paroch]

Hi Tkirch,

Two lovely updates there.  Pioneer is LOOKING GOOD

Love the nice rural feel.  The boat ramp is a nice touch.

The bridge over the pond is very good indeed - I'm not sure how you did it, but I'm glad you did

Always a pleasant visit here.

[sebes]

Very nice. You know what, it's especially the variety in colours that is making this MD so pleasant to look at. And the bridge over the pond of course 

[Jmouse]

Woo hoo, more vibrant and colorful photos!
I like the bridge, too, and could that be TPW in the overview?

Until next time...
Joan

[tkirch]

The year was 1891 and Bill Denbrough put stakes in the ground and claimed this land that ran along both the Potowatomi Game Trail and Stewart Creek.  Over the next few years more people moved in and the area soon expanded.  In 1899, Ralph Roberts, a retired widower who suffered from insomnia helped establish the Village of Derry.  Ralph Roberts and Bill Denbrough both helped get Derry on the road and became true and hard friends. At 29 Neibolt Street they helped establish the first Post Office which establish Derry as a true village.  Derry over the years has the distinction of providing four Miss Badger Bay's with Beverly Marsh becoming one of the most well known.  Beverly Marsh went on after becoming Miss Badger Bay to getting her medical degree from the University Of Badger Bay.  She is one of the world's foremost expert on artificial ligaments.

Derry also has the extinction of being the birth place of the current Badger Bay Vice President, Georgie Denbrough, the great-great grandchild of Bill Denbrough himself.  The Derry Civic Centeri s a recent structure built after the old civic center was destroyed in a 1985 plane crash. It was designed by famed architect (and one-time Derry resident) Ben Hanscom. The 1985 plane crash was due to chemist-turned-anti-abortion-fanatic Ed Deepneau when he flew into the Civic Center on a kamikaze mission, using a small plane armed with C4 explosives. The aim of this mission was not to kill the inhabitants of the Civic Center, but to kill a doctor named Patrick Danville, that he detested.  Thankfully the Civic Center was closed that day to a flood earlier in the day so no one parished besides Ed Deepneau.

Other famous Derry residents, the Tracker Brothers were two older men who owned a trucking depot on Kansas Street during the summer of 1958. Behind their depot is a baseball field that the brothers maintain for the kids to play on. An added bonus for the young boys of Derry is that the Brothers often have nude calendars tacked to the corkboard in their office--directly across from one of the windows.

During the summer of 1957, "Belch" Huggins hits two home runs here; in 1985 (the Brothers have since either died or gone out of business; the depot is closed), Belch would later become one of the most prolific hitters in all of baseball.

The depot was destroyed in the storm in 1985 that flooded the Civic Center.

D1 - Derry From the Air


D2 - Let's move Closer in on Derry


D3 - Exit 6 into Derry


D4 - The Civic Center


D5 - Derry Bridge behind the Civic Center at Night


D6 - Church at Night


D7 - Some Commercials in Derry


D8 - The Standpipe is a large watertower in Derry, built to house the town's drinking water (it had a seven hundred thousand gallon capacity). In its earlier days it remained unlocked so that patrons of the adjoining park could climb a staircase (which spiraled around the actual tank) to look out over Derry from the top. The door was locked after several people drowned in the tank.


D9 - Simply Pets


D10 - Another picture of the church at night


D11 - Derry Overview at Night

[bat]

A lot of wonderful new pictures there! And great cities! Also fantastic day and night shots!

[Pat]

Todd i loved the last few updates they are soo very good!!!

[Jmouse]

My compliments on the night shots.

Until next time...
Joan