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Blanchat:  by Dr. Bill Stoner

Blanchat: by Dr. Bill Stoner

NOTES:  This post enhances a previous post: "An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Springfield"  If you recall Joseph Blanchat was a stonemason who helped build that building.   The article below…

August 8, 2017February 22, 2019

An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Springfield

I haven't had a lot of time to work on this lately but a conversation started which I wanted to quickly share.  Today I got an introduction from a comment…

January 24, 2015

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