Early pioneer survival tools

                        
The early pioneer coming into the Ohio wilderness needed his trusty rifle and tools to make his bullets. But another item that was most important was a good hunting knife, which was always by his side, ready for defense or for skinning out his kills.

Abraham Shrimplin was an early settler (1810) in Holmes County, and at that time, he killed a bear and skinned him and sold the skin for a little money. An interesting history of the Shrimplin family can be found in the book Holmes County Historical Sketches, still available at the Holmes County Historical Society's Victorian House museum.

Recent auction prices: Jones and Reppert crock with blue decoration, $120; ice cream sign, $6; doll house furniture, $17.50; choice Roy Rogers comic books, $16; primitive baby cradle, $15; wood butter churn, $75; advertising thermometer, $3; sad iron and trivet, $7; secretary desk, $125; Victrola tabletop record player, $42.50; local Sugarcreek scrapbook brought a whopping $170; five-gallon brown and white jug, $25; W.J. Erb match holder, $25; cream can, $10, Charm Meat Market advertisement piece, $35; Wilmot lard bucket, $25; buck saw, $15; draw knife, $10; 1907 Holmes County atlas in bad shape, $50, 1960 Shooter's Bible, $12.50; small bevel mirror, $15; seven Alice and Jerry workbooks, $15; and rough Coke tray, $17.

Happy Hunting, Brooks.


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