Yeah, I believe they are real. There were a bunch of plants in the very front room, but photos in that room didn’t come out. Flash photos weren’t allowed in any of the buildings.
You must have gone upstairs! I think the last time I went, a few years ago, we weren’t allowed to go upstairs–but had in the past.
Did you go to the museum and library, too….oh, you probably did. When I was in H.S., our band went there once to play when Eisenhower was flying in (in a helicopter, I think)–of course, this was back in the late 50’s.
My grand mother was a high school classmate of Ike. Her father, Henry Engle, is mentioned in the book At Ease, Stories I tell To Friends by Dwight D. Eisenhower as follows:
(page 88)
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Other men well acquainted with revolvers and their use were the town marshall, Henny (Henry) Engle, and the Wells Fargo agent , a Mr. Gish.
Sometimes they went out to Mud Creek and would let me accompany them as they held a shooting contest…
As my grand mother told it, this was how Ike learned to use a pistol!
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I like the plants which give the home a lived in look. Were they real, Cheryl?
Yeah, I believe they are real. There were a bunch of plants in the very front room, but photos in that room didn’t come out. Flash photos weren’t allowed in any of the buildings.
You must have gone upstairs! I think the last time I went, a few years ago, we weren’t allowed to go upstairs–but had in the past.
Did you go to the museum and library, too….oh, you probably did. When I was in H.S., our band went there once to play when Eisenhower was flying in (in a helicopter, I think)–of course, this was back in the late 50’s.
Eisenhower, what a great Irish name!!
Ele- that bedroom is on the first floor, first thing on the right when you walk in the door.
They still don’t allow visitors upstairs. Fire code, I imagine.
My grand mother was a high school classmate of Ike. Her father, Henry Engle, is mentioned in the book At Ease, Stories I tell To Friends by Dwight D. Eisenhower as follows:
(page 88)
…
Other men well acquainted with revolvers and their use were the town marshall, Henny (Henry) Engle, and the Wells Fargo agent , a Mr. Gish.
Sometimes they went out to Mud Creek and would let me accompany them as they held a shooting contest…
As my grand mother told it, this was how Ike learned to use a pistol!
How neat – to have that family connection with Ike!