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Second Treaty
of Greenville’s Bowery dedicated to the public
GREENVILLE – “In the 1990’s we had five pow-wows in this field,” said
State Representative Jim Buchy. Pointing to the array of 250-year-old
oak trees, he added “I remember at one of them, a chief had a tear in
his eye… he was thinking ‘my ancestors probably stood under this tree.’”
Buchy was speaking to a large crowd surrounding The Bowery, built for
the Bi-Centennial Anniversary of the Second Treaty of Greenville… The
Peace and Friendship Summit held July 26. The Bowery was about 100
yards east of the Anthony Wayne Peace Council House next to Garst
Museum. Across the road, the Garst Gathering was getting into full
swing for the weekend.
Buchy told about his great grandfather owning the land in 1878. He
owned a meat packing plant and, a generation later as a young boy,
Buchy was often in the field running down cows. “Today,” he added, “the
big charge is to teach our history…
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