http://bloomacious.org/2009/10/take-a-tour-of-johnsonville-a-real-life-ghost-town/ interior design, food, gardening, architecture Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:57:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://bloomacious.org/2009/10/take-a-tour-of-johnsonville-a-real-life-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Carrie Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:30:08 +0000 http://bloomacious.org/?p=729#comment-870 hey Jack - thanks so much for sharing this info! It was a bit of a project coming up with details about the place - it sounds like it was amazing! hey Jack – thanks so much for sharing this info! It was a bit of a project coming up with details about the place – it sounds like it was amazing!

]]> http://bloomacious.org/2009/10/take-a-tour-of-johnsonville-a-real-life-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Jack Messick Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:10:32 +0000 http://bloomacious.org/?p=729#comment-865 I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's about a mile away from Johnsonville. The story is mostly accurate. Until a massive fire in 1972 or 1973, the property had a cotton twine mill that was using mechanical equipement to make twine. Wedding during the summer in the Gilead Chapel were common, as was a wonderful Christmas display every year, including a Christmas eve service in the Chapel. Volunteers would reenact 19th century living in the school house and the mercantile store, and a matched set of Belgian draft horses would pull a sleigh full of visitors. The steam boat mentioned in the story, the Royal Canadian, was brought to the pond, but Mr. Schmitt never really did anything with it. It slowly fell into disrepair. The original Johnson mansion, the Twine Mill office building (next to the site of the Twine mill) and a few out buildings were original, with most of the other buildings, including the large yellow barn, were brought in from around New England. Sad to see it in such disrepair. I grew up in the 1960’s and 1970’s about a mile away from Johnsonville. The story is mostly accurate. Until a massive fire in 1972 or 1973, the property had a cotton twine mill that was using mechanical equipement to make twine. Wedding during the summer in the Gilead Chapel were common, as was a wonderful Christmas display every year, including a Christmas eve service in the Chapel. Volunteers would reenact 19th century living in the school house and the mercantile store, and a matched set of Belgian draft horses would pull a sleigh full of visitors. The steam boat mentioned in the story, the Royal Canadian, was brought to the pond, but Mr. Schmitt never really did anything with it. It slowly fell into disrepair. The original Johnson mansion, the Twine Mill office building (next to the site of the Twine mill) and a few out buildings were original, with most of the other buildings, including the large yellow barn, were brought in from around New England. Sad to see it in such disrepair.

]]> http://bloomacious.org/2009/10/take-a-tour-of-johnsonville-a-real-life-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Geena Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:08:52 +0000 http://bloomacious.org/?p=729#comment-249 nice job on this. it looks like a really cool placce. would love to see some shots of it in its hey day. nice job on this. it looks like a really cool placce. would love to see some shots of it in its hey day.

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