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RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 06-21-2025
What is the name of the man viewing the Gutzon Borglum statue of Abraham Lincoln in Newark, New Jersey?
![[Image: nameofmanlookingat%20statue.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/nameofmanlookingat%20statue.jpg)
RE: Who is this person? - Rob Wick - 06-21-2025
Wild guess, but is it Osborne Oldroyd?
Best
Rob
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 06-21-2025
He's not a US Citizen?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 06-22-2025
Osborne Oldroyd it is! Kudos, Rob!
Oldroyd loved to take long walks. In 1913, at age 71, he walked from the Petersen House to New York City. On the way he stopped to view the Lincoln statue in Newark.
RE: Who is this person? - Rob Wick - 06-22-2025
I think I should play the lottery. That was a complete and utter guess.
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Rob
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 06-22-2025
Rob, I would be most proud of you if you walked from the Petersen House to New York City like Olydroyd!!! I wonder how many folks on the forum could do that. I sure know I could not.
RE: Who is this person? - Rob Wick - 06-22-2025
I can barely walk a block without my back bothering me. Maybe it was shorter in Oldroyd's time.
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Rob
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-23-2025
Let's see if anyone can answer this correctly without any research (googling, using books, etc.).
A person arrived in Springfield on January 1, 1843. Lincoln Day-by-Day says the person "arrived Saturday and is today's sensation in Springfield."
Who was the person?
RE: Who is this person? - David Lockmiller - 11-23-2025
(11-23-2025, 12:58 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Let's see if anyone can answer this correctly without any research (googling, using books, etc.).
A person arrived in Springfield on January 1, 1843. Lincoln Day-by-Day says the person "arrived Saturday and is today's sensation in Springfield."
Who was the person?
Daniel Webster
I remember a little boy was told something like he was the "country's biggest man." The little boy went down to see for himself and returned to say one of Springfield's heaviest citizens (I forgot name) was "much bigger."
RE: Who is this person? - Steve - 11-24-2025
Martin Van Buren?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-24-2025
Nope, it's not Webster or Van Buren.
RE: Who is this person? - ReignetteC - 11-24-2025
(11-24-2025, 06:52 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Nope, it's not Webster or Van Buren.
I just reread the book a few months ago. Was it an animal?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-24-2025
Nope, it was a human.
RE: Who is this person? - Rob Wick - 11-24-2025
Wild guess, but could it be Horace Greeley?
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Rob
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 11-24-2025
Nope, it's not Greeley.