Bachelor Capt Henry Truby of Gilpin Twp was a man of few words when writing his diary back in 1844. Here’s what the Captain was up to exactly 176 years ago, in the days leading up to Valentine’s day.

Simon Truby's Historic Farmhouse & the Families Who Lived There
Bachelor Capt Henry Truby of Gilpin Twp was a man of few words when writing his diary back in 1844. Here’s what the Captain was up to exactly 176 years ago, in the days leading up to Valentine’s day.
For most of Nellie Bly’s childhood, she resided on land that had once been a part of Simon Truby’s farm.