If the link at the left does not satisfy your quest for knowledge about outhouses, take a look at this web page titled "10 things you probably didn't know about outhouses."
The following link may provide more information about outhouses than you will want to know; but, just to demonstrate that, whenever possible, this website is research-based, check out: "Eight things you should know about outhouses."
Darrtown native, Steve Menke, contributed this story (and the accompaning photos).
Steve tells the tale of how Menke family members, with the cooperation of Harry Ogle, built an outhouse in Darrtown in 2021.
Built just for fun, this outhouse replica stands as a historical salute to all the outdoor toilets that dotted the landscape of Darrtown as recently as the 1950s.
Back in the day, (before indoor plumbing), there was a tradition in Darrtown related to Halloween and outhouses.
IF YOU (AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) have a tale to tell about tipping over outhouses - especially in Darrtown - this is your chance to "fess up," about your deliquent ways as a youth. Jot down your confessional and send it to the Darrtown webmaster.
Young boys, with old men faces, telling tales.
For a MUSICAL PERSPECTIVE on "outhouse days," click the following link and listen to Bobby Bare sing "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back."
To learn more about the design and construction of Ogle's Outhouse, see: Steve Menke's comments.
Two more photos of the Ogle outhouse have surfaced.
These, taken July 18, 2021, were donated by Fred Lindley.
