Historic Muskingum County Statue Auction on Saturday


	Historic Muskingum County Statue Auction on Saturday

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7-16-2008 9:48 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0b920ce6-a382-494b-8fad-29dbc2bd89d0/32C3B5E0-E72C-4A92-B1CE-F1BC59C4FE7A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101" href="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101" style="font-size: 11px;">dispatch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dispatch.com/img/7DB11E74-2561-4B26-8824-C7D624A90729" alt="<p>Aaron Keirns, who has written a book about Baughman Memorial Park, is dwarfed by a statue of William McKinley, then-governor of Ohio. Carvings in the 62-acre park were created by Daniel Baughman.</p>" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101">Statues lose home</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101">Treasures in Muskingum County will be going to highest bidders
    </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101">Down a lonely gravel road in the northwestern corner of Muskingum County,
one man's legacy perches forgotten on a remote hilltop.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101">From the 1920s through the 1940s, the 62-acre Baughman Memorial Park was a destination for
families from across the state who flocked to see its larger-than-life stone sculptures of former
presidents and generals.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101">Now, this patch of Ohio history is for sale.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101">The park is the boyhood home of Daniel Brice Baughman, whose father, Noah, bought the land as a
stone quarry. Daniel Baughman died in 1957, but not before covering the hillside with giant stone
tributes to American leaders.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/16/Park4sale.ART_ART_07-16-08_B1_6KAOVDE.html?sid=101"><P>The park, which was dedicated by the state in 1931, will go on the auction block at noon
Saturday. The auction is being conducted by Kiko Auctioneers of Canton and will include property,
oil and gas rights and a modern log home.</p> <P>The statues will be sold separately, a move that upsets some locals and historians.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/32C3B5E0-E72C-4A92-B1CE-F1BC59C4FE7A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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