KIPTON'S OLDEST RESIDENT RECALLS SLEEPY VILLAGE
KIPTON ~ It was 150 years ago that the first settlers came to the Camden area - the families of William Scott and John Johnston of Scotland, who arrived in March 1833.
This year, the small village in Lorain County is honoring those first settlers in a sesquicentenial celebration that kicks off this week-end.
The Leonard Clark family, actually the very first to arrive, came here in 1829, but did not hold title to their land and took up residence as squatters,
The original settlement in Camden, to the south, increased rapidly during the following few years. In 1852, the railroad came through and brought the center of activity north. The village was named in 1861 in honor of Mr. Kip, the railroad employee responsible for bringing the line through Kipton.
In the early 1900's Kipton boasted a skating rink and it's own telephone exchange. The building that now houses the post office was a bank. Just south of the bank was a barber shop, pool room, hardware store and a Bayless' grocery.
A blacksmith shop north of the railroad tracks was housed in a barn which only recently gave way to the elements. Hitching posts lined both sides of the road but stopped short of the bank where, for some reason, no horses could be tied.
The town hall at one time contained a gunpowder factory which was destroyed in an explosion, later resulting in the banning of all explosives in the community.
Kipton's oldest resident, Charles Ingersoll, grew up on a farm on Gore Orphanage Road, just outside of town. Ingersoll, 85, is often seen walking in town and is well-known in the community. There is no home delivery of mail here, so he makes a daily visit to the post office, where his daughter, Rita Williams is postmaster.
Ingersoll's family farmed until, "The Depresssion put us too far in debt to keep doing", he said. We had an International tractor and a Model-T. We were spending more than we were earning, so we had an auction sale in 1931 and sold everything.
He then moved his family to Kipton, into the house next to what is now Bradley's store and service station. He went to work for General Industries in Elyria, retiring after 29 years in 1966.
"In 1916, my Dad bought the Model-T," Ingersoll recalled. There were five of us kids and we all couldn't fit in it. Later he purchased an Overland six cylinder, and that had plenty of room. Everybody called it the "Big Six".
"There were numerous freight and through trains coming through Kipton in those days," Ingersoll said. "A Train called the "Plug" came through several times daily. There were two passenger trains stopping each day, an eastbound in the morning and a westbound in the evening. The milk train came through at about 3 a.m. and the farmers would put their milk out on the platform to be sent to the city."
At the turn of the century, there were two grain elevators in town with a stockyard between them. It was not unusual to see farmers pulling wagons of hogs through town, Ingersoll said. As a child, he drove flocks of sheep into town to be sent out on the railroad.
Many local men were employed at the quarry north of Kipton, and there was even a spur off the railroad to the quarry. There was also a streetcar that ran from Oberlin to Birmingham along the ridge and crossed Gifford Road north of the quarries, he said.
Ingersoll served on the first village council when Kipton was incorporated in 1954, and as a road supervisor for six years. He assigned the first house numbers and reserved numbers for empty lots. At that time, the population was 470.
SETTLERS DAY MARKS SESQUI IN KIPTON
KIPTON ~ The village of Kipton will observe its sesquicential with a noon to dark "Settlers' Day Sunday", celebration Oct. 2.
The event will feature folk and square dancing in the afternoon, and a street dance in the evening with music by the "Country Revue"/
A hot air baloon is scheduled to arrive betweeen 5 and 6 p.m., and with it a chance for two drawing winners to go up for a ride. The rides will be re-scheduled in case of bad weather.
The town hall will be the site of an historical center, where articles, clippings and pictures of the village's early days will be on display. Quilts made by local people will also be shown.
Settler's Day activities also include an antique car and covered wagon display, craft tables, old fashioned games for kids, a jazzercise demonstration at 2:30 p.m. and a magician at 3 p.m. Visitors are asked to bring lawn chairs.
The local 4-H Club will be represented, the Friendship Club will sell a handmade quilt and sponsor a bake sale, and the Garden Club will sell flowers and other plants. Kipton Community Church will serve chicken dinners from 3 to 7 p.m.
Picture postcards with historical scenes from the area are on sale now and will available on the day of the celebration, as well as T-shirts, printed with slogan, "Yes, There is a Kipton".
This article was in my grandpa's papers he left to me. This story is from The Journal/Wednesday, September 28, 1983. The Story was written by Jane Kopas
Journal Staff Correspondent.
There is also a picture of Charles Ingersoll, and across the top of the newapaper, my grandpa wrote, "When I started to school there were only 2 pupils, Charlie Ingersoll and myself, I can not remember what he looked like."
Below the picture of Charles Ingersoll it has
CHARLES INGERSOLL, 85, Kipton's oldest resident.
KIPTON ~ It was 150 years ago that the first settlers came to the Camden area - the families of William Scott and John Johnston of Scotland, who arrived in March 1833.
This year, the small village in Lorain County is honoring those first settlers in a sesquicentenial celebration that kicks off this week-end.
The Leonard Clark family, actually the very first to arrive, came here in 1829, but did not hold title to their land and took up residence as squatters,
The original settlement in Camden, to the south, increased rapidly during the following few years. In 1852, the railroad came through and brought the center of activity north. The village was named in 1861 in honor of Mr. Kip, the railroad employee responsible for bringing the line through Kipton.
In the early 1900's Kipton boasted a skating rink and it's own telephone exchange. The building that now houses the post office was a bank. Just south of the bank was a barber shop, pool room, hardware store and a Bayless' grocery.
A blacksmith shop north of the railroad tracks was housed in a barn which only recently gave way to the elements. Hitching posts lined both sides of the road but stopped short of the bank where, for some reason, no horses could be tied.
The town hall at one time contained a gunpowder factory which was destroyed in an explosion, later resulting in the banning of all explosives in the community.
Kipton's oldest resident, Charles Ingersoll, grew up on a farm on Gore Orphanage Road, just outside of town. Ingersoll, 85, is often seen walking in town and is well-known in the community. There is no home delivery of mail here, so he makes a daily visit to the post office, where his daughter, Rita Williams is postmaster.
Ingersoll's family farmed until, "The Depresssion put us too far in debt to keep doing", he said. We had an International tractor and a Model-T. We were spending more than we were earning, so we had an auction sale in 1931 and sold everything.
He then moved his family to Kipton, into the house next to what is now Bradley's store and service station. He went to work for General Industries in Elyria, retiring after 29 years in 1966.
"In 1916, my Dad bought the Model-T," Ingersoll recalled. There were five of us kids and we all couldn't fit in it. Later he purchased an Overland six cylinder, and that had plenty of room. Everybody called it the "Big Six".
"There were numerous freight and through trains coming through Kipton in those days," Ingersoll said. "A Train called the "Plug" came through several times daily. There were two passenger trains stopping each day, an eastbound in the morning and a westbound in the evening. The milk train came through at about 3 a.m. and the farmers would put their milk out on the platform to be sent to the city."
At the turn of the century, there were two grain elevators in town with a stockyard between them. It was not unusual to see farmers pulling wagons of hogs through town, Ingersoll said. As a child, he drove flocks of sheep into town to be sent out on the railroad.
Many local men were employed at the quarry north of Kipton, and there was even a spur off the railroad to the quarry. There was also a streetcar that ran from Oberlin to Birmingham along the ridge and crossed Gifford Road north of the quarries, he said.
Ingersoll served on the first village council when Kipton was incorporated in 1954, and as a road supervisor for six years. He assigned the first house numbers and reserved numbers for empty lots. At that time, the population was 470.
SETTLERS DAY MARKS SESQUI IN KIPTON
KIPTON ~ The village of Kipton will observe its sesquicential with a noon to dark "Settlers' Day Sunday", celebration Oct. 2.
The event will feature folk and square dancing in the afternoon, and a street dance in the evening with music by the "Country Revue"/
A hot air baloon is scheduled to arrive betweeen 5 and 6 p.m., and with it a chance for two drawing winners to go up for a ride. The rides will be re-scheduled in case of bad weather.
The town hall will be the site of an historical center, where articles, clippings and pictures of the village's early days will be on display. Quilts made by local people will also be shown.
Settler's Day activities also include an antique car and covered wagon display, craft tables, old fashioned games for kids, a jazzercise demonstration at 2:30 p.m. and a magician at 3 p.m. Visitors are asked to bring lawn chairs.
The local 4-H Club will be represented, the Friendship Club will sell a handmade quilt and sponsor a bake sale, and the Garden Club will sell flowers and other plants. Kipton Community Church will serve chicken dinners from 3 to 7 p.m.
Picture postcards with historical scenes from the area are on sale now and will available on the day of the celebration, as well as T-shirts, printed with slogan, "Yes, There is a Kipton".
This article was in my grandpa's papers he left to me. This story is from The Journal/Wednesday, September 28, 1983. The Story was written by Jane Kopas
Journal Staff Correspondent.
There is also a picture of Charles Ingersoll, and across the top of the newapaper, my grandpa wrote, "When I started to school there were only 2 pupils, Charlie Ingersoll and myself, I can not remember what he looked like."
Below the picture of Charles Ingersoll it has
CHARLES INGERSOLL, 85, Kipton's oldest resident.
KIPTON'S OLDEST RESIDENT RECALLS SLEEPY VILLAGE
KIPTON ~ It was 150 years ago that the first settlers came to the Camden area - the families of William Scott and John Johnston of Scotland, who arrived in March 1833.
This year, the small village in Lorain County is honoring those first settlers in a sesquicentenial celebration that kicks off this week-end.
The Leonard Clark family, actually the very first to arrive, came here in 1829, but did not hold title to their land and took up residence as squatters,
The original settlement in Camden, to the south, increased rapidly during the following few years. In 1852, the railroad came through and brought the center of activity north. The village was named in 1861 in honor of Mr. Kip, the railroad employee responsible for bringing the line through Kipton.
In the early 1900's Kipton boasted a skating rink and it's own telephone exchange. The building that now houses the post office was a bank. Just south of the bank was a barber shop, pool room, hardware store and a Bayless' grocery.
A blacksmith shop north of the railroad tracks was housed in a barn which only recently gave way to the elements. Hitching posts lined both sides of the road but stopped short of the bank where, for some reason, no horses could be tied.
The town hall at one time contained a gunpowder factory which was destroyed in an explosion, later resulting in the banning of all explosives in the community.
Kipton's oldest resident, Charles Ingersoll, grew up on a farm on Gore Orphanage Road, just outside of town. Ingersoll, 85, is often seen walking in town and is well-known in the community. There is no home delivery of mail here, so he makes a daily visit to the post office, where his daughter, Rita Williams is postmaster.
Ingersoll's family farmed until, "The Depresssion put us too far in debt to keep doing", he said. We had an International tractor and a Model-T. We were spending more than we were earning, so we had an auction sale in 1931 and sold everything.
He then moved his family to Kipton, into the house next to what is now Bradley's store and service station. He went to work for General Industries in Elyria, retiring after 29 years in 1966.
"In 1916, my Dad bought the Model-T," Ingersoll recalled. There were five of us kids and we all couldn't fit in it. Later he purchased an Overland six cylinder, and that had plenty of room. Everybody called it the "Big Six".
"There were numerous freight and through trains coming through Kipton in those days," Ingersoll said. "A Train called the "Plug" came through several times daily. There were two passenger trains stopping each day, an eastbound in the morning and a westbound in the evening. The milk train came through at about 3 a.m. and the farmers would put their milk out on the platform to be sent to the city."
At the turn of the century, there were two grain elevators in town with a stockyard between them. It was not unusual to see farmers pulling wagons of hogs through town, Ingersoll said. As a child, he drove flocks of sheep into town to be sent out on the railroad.
Many local men were employed at the quarry north of Kipton, and there was even a spur off the railroad to the quarry. There was also a streetcar that ran from Oberlin to Birmingham along the ridge and crossed Gifford Road north of the quarries, he said.
Ingersoll served on the first village council when Kipton was incorporated in 1954, and as a road supervisor for six years. He assigned the first house numbers and reserved numbers for empty lots. At that time, the population was 470.
SETTLERS DAY MARKS SESQUI IN KIPTON
KIPTON ~ The village of Kipton will observe its sesquicential with a noon to dark "Settlers' Day Sunday", celebration Oct. 2.
The event will feature folk and square dancing in the afternoon, and a street dance in the evening with music by the "Country Revue"/
A hot air baloon is scheduled to arrive betweeen 5 and 6 p.m., and with it a chance for two drawing winners to go up for a ride. The rides will be re-scheduled in case of bad weather.
The town hall will be the site of an historical center, where articles, clippings and pictures of the village's early days will be on display. Quilts made by local people will also be shown.
Settler's Day activities also include an antique car and covered wagon display, craft tables, old fashioned games for kids, a jazzercise demonstration at 2:30 p.m. and a magician at 3 p.m. Visitors are asked to bring lawn chairs.
The local 4-H Club will be represented, the Friendship Club will sell a handmade quilt and sponsor a bake sale, and the Garden Club will sell flowers and other plants. Kipton Community Church will serve chicken dinners from 3 to 7 p.m.
Picture postcards with historical scenes from the area are on sale now and will available on the day of the celebration, as well as T-shirts, printed with slogan, "Yes, There is a Kipton".
This article was in my grandpa's papers he left to me. This story is from The Journal/Wednesday, September 28, 1983. The Story was written by Jane Kopas
Journal Staff Correspondent.
There is also a picture of Charles Ingersoll, and across the top of the newapaper, my grandpa wrote, "When I started to school there were only 2 pupils, Charlie Ingersoll and myself, I can not remember what he looked like."
Below the picture of Charles Ingersoll it has
CHARLES INGERSOLL, 85, Kipton's oldest resident.
KIPTON ~ It was 150 years ago that the first settlers came to the Camden area - the families of William Scott and John Johnston of Scotland, who arrived in March 1833.
This year, the small village in Lorain County is honoring those first settlers in a sesquicentenial celebration that kicks off this week-end.
The Leonard Clark family, actually the very first to arrive, came here in 1829, but did not hold title to their land and took up residence as squatters,
The original settlement in Camden, to the south, increased rapidly during the following few years. In 1852, the railroad came through and brought the center of activity north. The village was named in 1861 in honor of Mr. Kip, the railroad employee responsible for bringing the line through Kipton.
In the early 1900's Kipton boasted a skating rink and it's own telephone exchange. The building that now houses the post office was a bank. Just south of the bank was a barber shop, pool room, hardware store and a Bayless' grocery.
A blacksmith shop north of the railroad tracks was housed in a barn which only recently gave way to the elements. Hitching posts lined both sides of the road but stopped short of the bank where, for some reason, no horses could be tied.
The town hall at one time contained a gunpowder factory which was destroyed in an explosion, later resulting in the banning of all explosives in the community.
Kipton's oldest resident, Charles Ingersoll, grew up on a farm on Gore Orphanage Road, just outside of town. Ingersoll, 85, is often seen walking in town and is well-known in the community. There is no home delivery of mail here, so he makes a daily visit to the post office, where his daughter, Rita Williams is postmaster.
Ingersoll's family farmed until, "The Depresssion put us too far in debt to keep doing", he said. We had an International tractor and a Model-T. We were spending more than we were earning, so we had an auction sale in 1931 and sold everything.
He then moved his family to Kipton, into the house next to what is now Bradley's store and service station. He went to work for General Industries in Elyria, retiring after 29 years in 1966.
"In 1916, my Dad bought the Model-T," Ingersoll recalled. There were five of us kids and we all couldn't fit in it. Later he purchased an Overland six cylinder, and that had plenty of room. Everybody called it the "Big Six".
"There were numerous freight and through trains coming through Kipton in those days," Ingersoll said. "A Train called the "Plug" came through several times daily. There were two passenger trains stopping each day, an eastbound in the morning and a westbound in the evening. The milk train came through at about 3 a.m. and the farmers would put their milk out on the platform to be sent to the city."
At the turn of the century, there were two grain elevators in town with a stockyard between them. It was not unusual to see farmers pulling wagons of hogs through town, Ingersoll said. As a child, he drove flocks of sheep into town to be sent out on the railroad.
Many local men were employed at the quarry north of Kipton, and there was even a spur off the railroad to the quarry. There was also a streetcar that ran from Oberlin to Birmingham along the ridge and crossed Gifford Road north of the quarries, he said.
Ingersoll served on the first village council when Kipton was incorporated in 1954, and as a road supervisor for six years. He assigned the first house numbers and reserved numbers for empty lots. At that time, the population was 470.
SETTLERS DAY MARKS SESQUI IN KIPTON
KIPTON ~ The village of Kipton will observe its sesquicential with a noon to dark "Settlers' Day Sunday", celebration Oct. 2.
The event will feature folk and square dancing in the afternoon, and a street dance in the evening with music by the "Country Revue"/
A hot air baloon is scheduled to arrive betweeen 5 and 6 p.m., and with it a chance for two drawing winners to go up for a ride. The rides will be re-scheduled in case of bad weather.
The town hall will be the site of an historical center, where articles, clippings and pictures of the village's early days will be on display. Quilts made by local people will also be shown.
Settler's Day activities also include an antique car and covered wagon display, craft tables, old fashioned games for kids, a jazzercise demonstration at 2:30 p.m. and a magician at 3 p.m. Visitors are asked to bring lawn chairs.
The local 4-H Club will be represented, the Friendship Club will sell a handmade quilt and sponsor a bake sale, and the Garden Club will sell flowers and other plants. Kipton Community Church will serve chicken dinners from 3 to 7 p.m.
Picture postcards with historical scenes from the area are on sale now and will available on the day of the celebration, as well as T-shirts, printed with slogan, "Yes, There is a Kipton".
This article was in my grandpa's papers he left to me. This story is from The Journal/Wednesday, September 28, 1983. The Story was written by Jane Kopas
Journal Staff Correspondent.
There is also a picture of Charles Ingersoll, and across the top of the newapaper, my grandpa wrote, "When I started to school there were only 2 pupils, Charlie Ingersoll and myself, I can not remember what he looked like."
Below the picture of Charles Ingersoll it has
CHARLES INGERSOLL, 85, Kipton's oldest resident.
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