Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: nclonghunter on January 30, 2014, 10:07:33 pm
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Just wondering if any one else ever noticed on the movie "The Hoosiers" with Gene Hackman, when he was walking along a farm road with Barbara Hershey, all the giant Osage trees along the road. The Osage balls were scattered all along the road....
Wonder where that farm is in Indiana?
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I haven't watched that movie since I got into bow making. I'll have to check it out. The school that the movie is based upon is about 45 minutes away from me. I don't know where it was filmed. I'll try to find out.
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Watched it in the last few months and also noticed that there are "hedgerows" in several of the background scenes outside. Don't know exact location but most farmland around here have hedgerows as wind breaks to reduce erosion. A lot were planted back in the early 1900's and are still alive and blocking the wind. I've got a couple places that I have been cutting for firewood for over thirty years now. Want to have some fun, call the IDNR tree nursery and tell them you want to purchase some Osage seedlings >:D hold the earpiece away from your ear LOL,
Tracy
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I was always told that osage was planted because it was high enough to keep horses in, thick enough to keep cattle in and hard enough to keep hogs from eating out. Something like that. It used to be advertised that way. That;s what one of my naturalist buddies tells me. dp
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There is a YouTube of "Gene Hackman and Barbara Hershey walk" that shows the Osage balls on the road...found it this morning.
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Looks like if it could be in Indiana and around Bloomington, if so, it would be South of town or in Owen County West of town. Some of the show was filmed in Bloomington, but I'm pretty sure some was filmed other places. I remember hearing that Gene Hackman was in town for some of the filming, though. Good eye on finding osage all the same!! dp
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Osage was the pre-barb wire fencing of the day, planted thickly in trenches and pruned to produce it's thorny sprouts in abundance, it was an impenetrable barrier to livestock.
Barb wire was invented in the 1867 with the modern patent posted in 1874, this invention put an end to the labor intensive use of osage fence rows to contain livestock.
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My mom's family is from Bedford. I believe my Grandpa graduated from Oolitic High School? Wanna do some exploring around there this summer. Maybe I'll nock on your door Clint!
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My mom's family is from Bedford. I believe my Grandpa graduated from Oolitic High School? Wanna do some exploring around there this summer. Maybe I'll nock on your door Clint!
You better be knocking on my door Parnell. I live about 1/2 hour from Bedford and 15 from Bloomington.
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Heck yeah Derick. Hmm, that could be a fun little pow wow. I'll be spending time over in Ohio for awhile so I'm thinking a road trip over there. I also have rights to go into Ft. Knox in Kentucky to visit the old family farm cemetary where they were displaced from and went to Bedford. Been wanting to do this trip for a couple years.
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I haven't watched that movie since I got into bow making. I'll have to check it out. The school that the movie is based upon is about 45 minutes away from me. I don't know where it was filmed. I'll try to find out.
It funny how different you look at things before and after you start certain hobbies.
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Indiana has the best osage in the country, at least I think so! Ive used from maybe 5-6 states and I can sure tell Indiana wood from the more southern states.
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Let me know when you are going to be up here Parnell. I'm not very close to Bedford though.
Our property lines are marked with hedge rows. I don't think they are close enough to be used as fences.
Marks, before I started making bows I thought osage was only good for fire wood and tree stands. It heated our house for 20+ years.
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Where Hoosiers was filmed:
Danville, Indiana
St. Philip Neri Catholic School Gym - 545 Eastern Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Brownsburg, Indiana, (Deer Lick Sectionals Gymnasium)
Hinkle Fieldhouse - 510 W. 49th Street, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Knightstown, Indiana,(gymnasium in Knightstown)
Lebanon, Indiana, (Theater Marquee)
Memorial Gymnasium, Lebanon, Indiana, (Gymnasium Interiors)
New Richmond, Indiana
Nineveh, Indiana, (demolished Nineveh school, is now a post office)
Wishard Memorial Hospital - 1001 W. 10th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
(hospital scene)
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Let me know when you are going to be up here Parnell. I'm not very close to Bedford though.
Our property lines are marked with hedge rows. I don't think they are close enough to be used as fences.
Marks, before I started making bows I thought osage was only good for fire wood and tree stands. It heated our house for 20+ years.
I will. Probably be mid-July. As far as being "not close", down here in Florida the next closest place I consider is Tampa and that is 2.5 hours away! We'll just keep it in mind. :)
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My mom's family is from Bedford. I believe my Grandpa graduated from Oolitic High School? Wanna do some exploring around there this summer. Maybe I'll nock on your door Clint!
If you guys head up that way check out old highway 37 north of Oolitic. There's a limestone quarry that has overtaken part of it now but there used to be Osage on both north and south sides of the quarry. Been a long time since I was up there but you used to be able to walk up the old railroad around that quarry and there was Osage - o - plenty. I wasn't into bows back then and had no clue what good Hedgeapples are!
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I was getting "Breaking Away" and "Hoosiers" mixed up. Hoosiers, not filmed in Bloomington. Breaking Away, partially filmed in Bloomington. I do remember the Nineveh Gym before they tore it down though. Not too far from where I worked @ Job Corps.
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Looks like the osage tree scene was filmed in Danville. I even found the exact street address of the farm.
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'Maclura pomifera' :
"Horse-high, bull-strong, hog-deep!"
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My mom's family is from Bedford. I believe my Grandpa graduated from Oolitic High School? Wanna do some exploring around there this summer. Maybe I'll nock on your door Clint!
If you guys head up that way check out old highway 37 north of Oolitic. There's a limestone quarry that has overtaken part of it now but there used to be Osage on both north and south sides of the quarry. Been a long time since I was up there but you used to be able to walk up the old railroad around that quarry and there was Osage - o - plenty. I wasn't into bows back then and had no clue what good Hedgeapples are!
I come from a long line of stone masons, literally, they kept records of ancestory going back to the 1200's. My great grandfather lost his leg in the quarry there. That would be a very cool goal to get staves from there...
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Okay, if you guys locate that farm and the row of Osage, I get one good stave as finder fees... ;D
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Indiana has the best osage in the country, at least I think so! Ive used from maybe 5-6 states and I can sure tell Indiana wood from the more southern states.
8)
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" "Horse-high, bull-strong, hog-deep!"" Yea, that's it. I like that saying.
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My mom's family is from Bedford. I believe my Grandpa graduated from Oolitic High School? Wanna do some exploring around there this summer. Maybe I'll nock on your door Clint!
If you guys head up that way check out old highway 37 north of Oolitic. There's a limestone quarry that has overtaken part of it now but there used to be Osage on both north and south sides of the quarry. Been a long time since I was up there but you used to be able to walk up the old railroad around that quarry and there was Osage - o - plenty. I wasn't into bows back then and had no clue what good Hedgeapples are!
I come from a long line of stone masons, literally, they kept records of ancestory going back to the 1200's. My great grandfather lost his leg in the quarry there. That would be a very cool goal to get staves from there...
When I can get up that way again I will root around a bit. If there is anything still there and I can get my hands on anything - the first stave goes to Parnell.
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I'd greatly appreciate it! Let me know what you find!