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Random Thoughts from North of the River Baseball player Zach Davis Wheat, who played at Brooklyn with Cy Barger, was distant kinsman of Adair County born-All American/Major League Star Steve Hamilton By "Jim" Since I moved north of the Green River and into the God-forsaken eastern time zone sometime around 1812, it's always an hour later than it should be, even when I arise an hour early. Alas, I flunked out of the Jethro Bodine School of Higher Cyphering and Gideon Bible Sales, so figuring all that out will have to be left to someone considerably smarter than I am. But I digress. Had my memory (or the remnants thereof) been hitting on its only cylinder yesterday, I would have mentioned that Zach Davis Wheat of Baseball Hall of Fame fame was a distant kinsman of Adair County's own Steve Hamilton of pro baseball and pro basketball fame. Does anyone know of Adair County natives or residents who have played professional sports other than Columbian-by-choice Cy Barger and the above-mentioned Mr. Hamilton? I'm pretty sure there are others, but being longer of tooth than of memory, the names are quite lost in the infinite disconnect between my Swiss cheese memory and the tip of my overly long tongue. Quite possibly, both E.B. "Cy" Barger and his parents, Eld. Flavius J. and Ocilla Adeline (Addie) Williams Barger, lived on Jamestown Hill in the early part of the 20th century. The July 22, 1908 News reported that Eld. & Mrs. Barger had purchased of Mr. John D. Lowe (for the magnificent sum of $300!) an acre-and-a-half lot on Bomar Heights, as Jamestown Hill was then known. In late October of that year, the News informed readers that The residents of Bomar Heights are a busy set of people, and judging from the progress they are making, in a very short time it will be the most densely populated portion of our growing city. At present Mr. J.D. Lowe is putting up a cottage, F.J. Barger will soon have an eight room residence completed, L.B. Hurt is erecting a cottage, [and] Walter Ingram is building a barn and boring a well on his premises...The Bargers removed to their new domicile in early spring, 1909. (Eld. Barger was a native of the quasi-sovereign nation of Esto, Russell County. Mrs. Barger, while also a native and long-time resident of Russell County, lived well within the uplifting sphere of influence radiated by the wholesome, morally upright citizenry of the Greater Montpelier Metroplex. Only one mention was found of E.B. (possibly) residing on Jamestown Hill at approximately the same time, that brief reference appearing in mid-December, 1909: "Mr. E.B. Barger, will build a cottage on Bomar Heights. The contract has been let to Mr. H.C. Feese, who will begin work next week." And now for something completely different On a totally different subject, a question for CM readers: have any of you have ever had an encounter with the rare but dreaded Adair County jumping ticks? Well, dadgummit, I've typed as fast as my faltering fingers can fly, and it's still an hour later than it should be. Is there no end to this insanity? (I must admit to finding but hollow solace in the sympathetic words of a well-known editor of an online Columbia magazine: "Fast time is a devil's curse.") --Jim This story was posted on 2010-06-27 14:35:04
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