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Looking east along East National Road, 10 miles east of Springfield, OH–its western end point as of 1838 (daughter, Alana, in foreground).  Image taken July 2016.

History is written by the dominant culture’s aristocracy.  But it is of interest to historians that written accounts of the common man’s experiences should be preserved, however mundane.

I am one such man, and while history will be the judge of my contributions, I offer the observations and interpretations of one of my time.  And if my prose should prove of limited value to my successors, may it instead serve as a simple memoir to my peers and kin.

–Simon Moorhead, 2018