Posted 9 years ago
ho2cultcha
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i think that this was a fishing club in Ohio. on the back it says J.W. Oppie. the photo itself measures 15" x 10". Can anyone read the names under it? i just found this in my warehouse. i'm sure i bought it for the frame, but have no memory of having seen the photo before.
Phil Grue Miller
**** Haumm
Jack Orrie
Billy Ouringer
Possibly on Buckeye Lake
https://books.google.ca/books?id=RrZ5mAvb2ygC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Buckeye+Fishing+Club+history+of&source=bl&ots=WQnJr5dYxO&sig=prx8TNH9cPCNdPAGAwO9TTu7xuk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBGoVChMI1YH_ioTjyAIVxh0eCh3fVgNr#v=onepage&q=J.W.%20Oppie.%20&f=false
Thank you walksoftly! i looked a little further and the club was founded in Columbus in 1885 and they fished all over, so it could be anywhere.
Phil Gruemiller, James Hamm, Jack Oppie (same as JW Oppie on the back I guess), Billy Duringer
According to Familysearch, Philip Gruemiller, JW Oppie and James Hamm lived at Grand Forks, ND, 1910 and 1915 census. Can't be a coincidence :)
American Angler, Vol. 12 "The Buckeye Fishing Club is camped at the foot of
Brown's Island. From the amount of fish they catch the
people are of the opinion that they are a fishing club in
name only. " Brown's Island, is on the Ohio River (technically West Virginia). Interestingly, the only William Duringer in Ohio around that time lived in Carroll County a few miles away from the Buckeye Fishing Club. The plot thickens as they say. So Phil, James and Jack from ND visited Billy at the Fishing Club in Eastern Ohio. Hence, Billy the host at the rodder...