Portrait of Joan Spengler when she was young. She was raised on Delray Farm in Strasburg but spent every summer from the time she was 14 riding for Pringle Brothers Stable of Oshkosh, Nebraska. She rode in local fairs and even competed in the Ladies…
Known by several names, the Old Mill Tavern Restaurant was located on the southern edge of Strasburg on Route 11 (or Stover Avenue as that stretch is named). The building is still there today.
The original water-powered mill was built between 1797…
Advertisement that appeared in the Sentinel of the Valley, published in Woodstock Virginia, for a public sale of several slaves and other personal property who had belonged to Anthony Spengler deceased. Spengler's slaves had lived on his farm near…