I would guess it is about 1/2 mile south of Chapman, closer to Chapman Road than Hollopeter Road which is further south. The farm had a name: High Point Farm. It was supposedly the highest point in Allen County. >From: BeTheBull@aol.com >Reply-To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Dutch Ridge Cemetery >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:10:34 EDT > >Diane, > >This is so interesting! I wonder if that house is still standing? Maybe >it >did belong to my Myers family long, long ago! Can you tell me about how >far >(south) down the road it was from the intersection of Chapman and Auburn >Road? > >Karen > > > I have read with great interest the correspondence on Dutch Ridge. I > > believe that in the early 1960s, I lived in the house of which you >speak. > > It was a remodeled, 2-story farmhouse on the west side of Old Auburn >Road, > > just south of Chapman Road. It was owned by a family named Jordan, and > > had > > been previously owned by a family named Parrot. From my second floor > > apartment window, I could see the Church and school and cemetery. If I > > remember correctly, the school had already been converted to living > > quarters, but the church was empty, and the cemetery in not too good of > > condition. There was quite a bit of acreage with the house, and before >I > > moved away, they had dug a lake some distance behind the house, and had > > plans to sub-divide and sell houses there. If the house on the east >side > > of > > Auburn road had slave tunnels, I never heard about it. I don't believe > > there was a river directly behind it, but there was a creek. It has >been > > many years since I have been in the area (I now live in Las Vegas) but >it > > was without a doubt one of the most beautiful areas in all of Indiana, > > especially in the fall. Wish I could give you more history. Diane > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com