TALES OF THE 1700s AND 1800s Verbal accounts of ‘happenings’ in and around Wenrich’s Church were passed down through the years until, sometime in the early 1920s, they were written down.  Nevin Moyer, local educator and historian and an active member of the church, was the recorder of many of the following tales.  The tales that were recorded by Nevin Moyer are provided here in his own words.  Other tales were found in church records and transcribed from them. panthers and wolves in the area the woman in the well how to light a pipe the misfortune of one minister Sunday boots - muddy boots a flying machine a revival from the dead how the bell was raised Indians in the area shooting off the Old Year  distilling alcohol heating the sanctuary placement of the windows     Back to History home page