The Nimetz family photo was taken at the time of Dorothy's early memories of when the family allowed people to help themselves to water from the spring. (l-r back) Dorothy Water's father, John W. Nimetz, brother Dale Nimetz (Dale's wife Nancy and…
Dorothy Waters' sister, Marianne Manning, at the Black Oak Spring in front of 3500 Calhoun Street. Taken approx. 1951. The table to the right of the tree was used to sell fresh garden vegetables to the local people (corn, beans, tomatoes).
Larry Nimetz standing at the site of the Black Oak spring, holding on to the spring pipe. The front of the Nimetz house is visible in the background, and to the right is the original water shed. It sat alongside 35th Ave., which was a dirt road at…
A photo of Dorothy Waters as a child on the south side of the house where people would walk past in order to leave their coins on the tree stump. Calhoun Street and mailboxes are visible in the background. "We had quite a few horse-chestnut trees…