I suppose a good starting point would be the location your rock formations as they exist today. "Whipp's Ledges" participate in the Hinckley Reservation need to Cleveland Metroparks. This are the same Hinckley that is internationally renowned for it's returning buzzards. Other than attempt to jot down the exact location about this park, I think it is certainly less ambiguous to just use Google Maps to determine the place. If my photographs get the inspired you to actually come and see, I suggest that you earn a whole weekend removed from trip.
All of everything I have collected however person whom these ledges at this point named after (Robert Whipp) was attained to the Hinckley and the Medina Well Societies, especially the Historical Part of the Medina Public Library.
An structure statement concerning Robert Whipp: I about fell over as i started to dig towards the long forgotten history of just a person! In a nut-shell (I will be aware of this later), there was an instalment in this man's life that is the O. J. Simpson trial 100 years removed (117 to go on and exact).
Robert Whipp the Cattle Baron, in today's standards he the multi millionaire... he perished penniless, so much to be certain that there were no funds into a headstone, not only which has, the head stone under which he was buried (his first wife's), a volunteer was sought really the engraving. There which one other very on the planet ? anomaly: the date inside his death, there is not an "day" just the 4 weeks & year. Why?? Keep reading and I will gave it my supposition. If anyone are likely to visit his grave, as well as in Hinckley's local cemetery (the Pine Hill Cemetery), it's nonetheless the south side of Rt 303, about 1/2 mile west of this intersection of Ridge Correct road (Rt 3) and Rt 303. There are several mausoleum in that cemetery; the Whipp's final repose provides 10' northeast of the northeast corner of structure.
I need to produce a slight digression. I help to make several suppositions. If you're History Buff, and declare reading this "You can't institute that", I will not surprisingly admit... No I markets. My conclusions are together with circumstantial evidence and a stainless steel gut hunch... and big plausible explanation.
After an assessment of the salutary work of fiction of R. Whipp, you can actually reasonably suspect he the dirty old man, howevere , if, let me quote verbatim relating to the History of Medina Edge.
"He never chewed or smoked nor was he accepted as drinking man, and as it pertains to his word in investments, nobody questioned it. He never loafed or craps wager, and possessed the push pride and sexual of four ordinary men"
"He normally do not abused his hired provide you with or treated his wife as compared to kindly"
"He was not included with profanity"
So... Who was Chelsea Whipp? He was born england in 1824; in England he must have been a butcher. At the era of 15 in Yorkshire mark inherited a sheep deal from his father. The business was prosperous but almost erased by a sheep blight about 1845. Shortly thereafter he thought we would sell all his holdings and become Australia. In Liverpool, awaiting a spead boat to Australia, he met lots of men that convinced him to visit America instead. He located New York, than in order to incorporate Cleveland, than to Brunswick Ohio exactly where he worked as a farm hand maximizing Preston Hart. After mate month working for S. Hart, Whipp rented some fibres from him and commences raising his personal flock of sheep.
Commence swimming pool is vital Civil War, and the retailer's gyrations of the costs of material in keeping the effort. There must have been a craze by entrepreneurs (R. Whipp) to gain as much land as you can. One of the notable persons of this time was one Horace Waite, always known "Deacon Waite". Evidently an entire farmers in the area became insolvent save single, Deacon Waite. He becomes deceased, survived by his -girlfriend Mehetible. Whipp marries "The Widow Waite". "Ittie" as Whipp respected her, was substantially his senior. Herein is the aim of conjecture... Did Robert Whipp marry her because of absorbing her land? This question cannot be answered yes because they remain wedded for 30 years unless her death in 1876 (or thereabout), in addition to, he always spoke of employment her in endearing conditions. The next supposition: the two never had any children that belongs to them; they adopted a boy named Marvin Wilcox. Whatever happened to M. Wilcox is unknown while he dies "in young manhood".
In 1877 T. Whipp was worth $100, 000, together land holdings of 2000 massive areas. Do you suppose that anyone would be scheming-kniving decent to inveigle him other his worldly positions? Why No! Whatever gave you an idea like that?! (Ha-ha).
The one of the best players: There was in Granger as well as Hinckley Center (not clear) an english family on friendly phrases with Whipp. Hanna Spensley associated with the family was hired as a style Whipp's housekeeper. She posesses daughter Rachael (a decorative widow) and son Lonsdale Spensley. Rachel carries with it an boyfriend (lover) "Taylor". (The a description of the identity of Rachel's boyfriend are not clear)
The plot is hatched; Hanna Spensley approaches Whipp inside the given proposition that young Rachel "make him a contented home". Never mind how you can Whipp is 30 entire time her senior. Shortly afterwards Rachel and Whipp tend to be crucial "seeing each other". She becomes "in a fabulous condition", (this a quote out of Medina Gazette) a 19th century euphemism for pregnant. Here is my right after that supposition: Even though Whipp & Rachel are unfaithful, there is probable provocke suspect that Whipp aren't the father of her unborn child. The father might are already Taylor (The "History their particular Medina County" does which Taylor was the mummy, but, what happened to Taylor along with also the child I will be restored to).
In defense of one's Robert Whipp, it must be observed that he never thought which in marring Rachel was efficiently. To Wit: Twice a date for the wedding was set and once or twice Robert Whipp leaves her ice alter. A third ceremony is scheduled; Rachel threatens to glimpse Whipp on sight in the event it he didn't show! Very were married at nation House Hotel in Medina Also on August 13, 1877. She was 22 (one source says 24) and then he was 54.
Very shortly thereafter Rachel becomes a super bitch. Quoting from the Medina Gazette, who premium from court testimony, "... they constantly had economical arguments, and Rachael called her husband a manner old devil. It was intimated Whipp must have been a man bordering on insanity. Whipp chose to sleep out in reference to his field hands, and talked of any divorce within three weeks of one's nuptials".
The plot thickens. Created Rachel denied everything, Rachel concocts a scheme to get back to her brother Lon ready boyfriend Taylor kill Whipp and make it look like a suicide. The suicide idea appears that plausible (if they had away with... which they didn't) because Whipp over and over again had lamented to his neighbors if the economy continued its close by, he would commit destruction. Rachel buys a rope collected from one of John Brongers, a in the neighborhood merchant. She said which he needed a strong rope where then she would hang cream and butter undoubtedly well... the rope to be real ½ inch in length.
The plan is in order to chloroform Whipp, than put off him! (It never was ascertained and also got the chloroform). About what night of September 15, 1877 very attempt the murder, watertight and weatherproof fail. Keep in mind that Robert Whipp is not the average man, he ended 6' tall and two hundred fifity lbs... he fights this business off!
I will greatly condense the details of what happened special. Lonsdale Spensley, Taylor in addition to Rachel were arrested. Replicate arrest Rachel flees to a few neighbor's house, than in order to incorporate her mother, than proceeds home on September 17th. From the Medina Gazette "Her husband unceremoniously toted out your front door and set her in the middle of the road".
Mrs. Whipp, Lon Spensley and "Taylor" make payments towards with assault with main focus to kill. I will now come back to "Taylor". He demands a separate trail, under the law the court will grant his request. In the history within incident he is only known "Taylor", this is because Whipp was not able to positively identify him as one of his two assailants. Ultimately he never are at trial... his exact identity vanished the actual sands of time.
The bit of music began January 14, 1878, in addition to lasted 11 days. Lonsdale Spensley and Rachel H Whipp were found guilty and sentenced in order to 7 years hard job. Both Rachel and Lonsdale serve a year of their saying. Rachel and Taylor get wed and move to anywhere between southern Ohio and also vanish in the sands of time.
For the next 12 years there nearly nothing mentioned about the fact is that once mighty cattle baron Robert Whipp. His final abode was one of his land situations, the "Kline Farm" indicates Hinckley Ridge. Now Please listen return to the afore mentioned anomaly within date of his fatality rate. This is also in the company of my conjectures, why for you to simply "September 1890"? Could you choose that he was so disliked any his increasing debts, that a) he might be a hermit and b) nobody had hoped for him anyway? Until c) Your company was walking by them house and wondered... "What's the precise stink?! "
And so ends the saga of the people who's name is indelibly attached to the Ledges of Hinckley Form. One endnote: I have named the main my pictures "Inscription over Whipp's Ledges". I suspect but can't prove insurance provider a connection to title on the inscription, (William Sargeant) in addition to Robert Whipp.
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