Schoonover Places
The Frank E. Schoonover Studios in Wilmington, Delaware
This monumental flagstaff commemorates the Dutch establishment of New Amsterdam and the 17th century European settlement which launched the modern metropolis of New York City.
To see what an impact Schoonovers have made on where they lived, look at the names of these places:
Place, State, County, Geographical site, Latitude/Longitude
Schoonover Lake, AR, Yell, reservoir , 350512N 0931218W
Schoonover Lake Dam AR, Yell, dam, 350512N 0931218W
Schoonover Gulch, CO, Douglas, valley, 391228N 1051543W
Schoonover Buttes, CO, Moffat, summit, 402848N 1084635W
Schoonover Pasture, CO, Moffat, flat, 402845N 1084710W
Schoonover Gulch, ID, Ada, valley, 433806N 1160139W
Schoonover Lake, MI, Kalamazoo, lake, 422867N 855133W
Schoonover School (historical), MO, Henry, school, UNKNOWN
Schoonover Cemetery, MO, St. Clair, cemetery, 380215N 0935305W
Schoonover Lake, NE, Garden, lake, 415855N 1022822W
Schoonover Creek, NV, Elko, stream, 413039N 1160409W
Schoonover Creek, NV, Lander, stream, 391540N 1173040W
Schoonover Lake, OH, Allen, reservoir, 404448N 0840548W
Schoonover Lake Dam, OH ,Allen, dam, 404448N 0840548W
Schoonover Park, OH, Allen park, 404452N 0840551W
Schoonover Hollow, PA, Tioga, valley, 414014N 0773202W
Schoonover Cemetery, PA, Wayne, cemetery, 413532N 0751557W
Schoonover, WA, Adams, populated place, 471354N 1183449W
Schoonover Knob, WV, Clay, summit 382555N 0810823W
Schoonover Bridge, WY, Johnson, bridge, 440839N 1060819W
Schoonover Flats, WY, Washakie, flat, 440151N 1071639W
Schoonhoven Park, CT, Fairfield, populated place,410839N 0731342W, Bridgeport
Schoonhoven Quarry, IL, Stephenson, mine, 422052N 0893503W, Freeport East
Camp Van Schoonhoven, NY, Rensselaer, camp, located on Burden Lake near Averill Park, NY
Schoonover Center for Communication, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Schoonover Observatory, Lima, OH
Schoonover Bowl and Schoonover Camp, South Korea. (See more below)
Schoonover Streets in the United States:
Schoonover Street, Pocahontas AR
Schoonover Street, Elverta CA
Schoonover Lane, Middletown DE
Schoonover Drive, Warner Robins, GA
Schoonover Drive, Craig MO
Schoonover Road, Lone Jack MO
Schoonover Road, Barton NY
Schoonover Drive, Corning NY
Schoonover Road, Tunkhannock PA
Schoonover Drive, Summerville SC
Schoonover Road, Mossyrock WA
Schoonover Road, Odessa WA
Schoonover Road, Ritzville WA
Schoonover Street, Richland Center ,WI
Schoonover Road, Schofield WI
Schoonover Road, Webster ,WI
Schoonover Street, Gillette WY
Schoonover Bowl and Schoonover Camp, South Korea
The Schoonover Bowl was named after Cpl Dan Schoonover killed in action in 1953, who was awarded the Medal Of Honor. It was called the Bayonet Bowl, then renamed after Dan. There was also a small camp near the DMZ in the central area named after him, Camp Schoonover. Not much reference to it can be found now. It was in the small village of Unchon-ni, located near Camp Kaiser. The Schoonover Bowl is located in Camp Casey and is used mostly for sports events. Camp Casey is located in Tongduchon, Korea approximately 40 miles North of Seoul.
Information about the origin of the Bowl's name supplied by Bruce Richards, a veteran who served in Korea. His website: http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/army.htm
From the U.S. Army web site:
CAMP CASEY -- Cpl. Daniel D. Schoonover was awarded a Medal of Honor after he was killed in action at age 19 during the Korean War, and it's in his memory that the Schoonover Bowl stadium here is named.
The Schoonover Bowl serves as venue for Area I soccer and football games. It was built in the late 1950s when the 7th Infantry Division was headquartered at Camp Casey.
Schoonover was serving with the 7th Infantry Division when he was killed July 10, 1953 in what's known as the Second Battle of Pork Chop Hill. His death came just over two weeks before fighting ceased with the signing of the armistice on July 27.
Pork Chop Hill stood 300 meters high and was named for its shape. Situated southwest of Chorwon, it was in what was known as the Iron Triangle area, above the 38th Parallel, said Ron Miller, Eighth Army command historian.
It was the scene of two fiercely contested battles in 1953 between UN and Chinese Communist forces. The first battle was fought in April; the second, from July 6 -10.
Schoonover was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "heroic actions…superb bravery, and willing self-sacrifice" over a two-day period, in action against Chinese Communist forces.
During the Korean War Schoonover was a combat engineer in charge of a demolition squad attached to an infantry company.
The company was ordered to drive the enemy from a vital hill.
Heavy fighting was under way and enemy fire was intense.
Schoonover decided that the best way to accomplish his mission was to deploy his unit as a rifle squad and get uphill to close with the enemy.
They made their way up the steep, barren slope and assaulted the enemy positions. An artillery round exploded on the roof of an enemy bunker. With that, Schoonover bolted for the bunker and leaped in. He killed one enemy infantryman and took another prisoner.
But his heroic actions were hardly over.
When, later in the fighting, fierce firing from another enemy bunker kept friendly forces pinned down, Schoonover charged forward under a hail of hostile fire, got grenades in through the nearest aperture, rushed to the doorway and there, emptied his pistol, killing the rest of the enemy.
With that bunker out of action, friendly troops were able to resume their advance to the crest of the hill.
The enemy counterattacked, and Schoonover needed to direct his men's fire and put artillery fire on the enemy. To do this, he exposed himself to heavy bombardment and called in an effective artillery barrage.
Although the company was relieved early the next morning, Schoonover did not move out with them. Instead, he volunteered to stay in the area, and for several hours manned a machine gun.
Later, when another assault was mounted on enemy positions, Schoonover joined the attack.
"When last seen," his Medal of Honor citation reads, "he was operating an automatic rifle with devastating effect until mortally wounded by artillery fire.
"Cpl. Schoonover's heroic leadership during 2 days of fighting, superb personal bravery, and willing self-sacrifice inspired his comrades and saved many lives, reflecting lasting glory upon himself and upholding the honored traditions of the military service."
Schoonover was born Oct. 8, 1933 in Boise, Idaho. At the time of his death he was serving with Company A, 13th Combat Engineer Battalion.
The Medal of Honor was awarded in January 1955.
He is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The 7th Infantry Division was headquartered at Camp Casey from the post-Korean War period until 1971, Miller said.
The Schoonover Bowl was built in the1950s, opening in Sept. 1958 as a football field with natural grass turf, according to real property records of U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud and Area I.
Only a year earlier, one of the Army's installations in Uijeongbu had been named in honor of another Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. That installation is the present-day Camp Red Cloud, now headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division and USAG Red Cloud and Area I.
USAG Red Cloud and Area I recently renovated Schoonover Bowl, which has all-new synthetic grass, new score boards, fencing and state-of-the-art lighting. The stadium's 400 meter track has been newly rubberized.
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This photo of the Bob Hope Show from Bruce Richards' site is of the Schoonover Bowl, taken in 1955 when it was still called the Bayonet Bowl:
Schoonover House Middle Smithfield Twp., Monroe County, PA
From: https://www.middlesmithfieldtownship.com/township-history/
The Schoonover House located on Community Drive was constructed around 1860 on property that had long been held by the Schoonover family. This family farm not only provided foods for their own use but also produced meats, dairy products and vegetables used to barter for other needed goods, as well as for sale to local grocery stores. As this area became more popular for vacationers, the home was expanded to seventeen bedrooms in order to accommodate large numbers of guests. Summer seasons and growing numbers of boarders helped boost the family income. Sterling R. Schoonover and his wife Susie were the last owners of this homestead. Sterling was a very well liked man and had presided as Middle Smithfield Township Secretary and Treasurer for 60 years. From 1934 to 1974, the Township Supervisor meetings were held around the pot belly stove at the Schoonover home and many times featured homemade treats prepared by Suzie. His handwritten minutes of township meetings can be found at the township municipal center, which was dedicated in his honor in 1988. In 1974 the Federal Government acquired the Schoonover Property to make way for the Tocks Island Dam project. For 27 years, this site housed the Bushkill Community Outreach program providing food, clothing and household goods to many families. The farm property was listed in the National Register of Historical Places in 1979.
From Wikipedia:
Schoonover Mountain House, also known as Schoonover Farm, is a historic home located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built about 1850–1860, and enlarged at least three times by 1900. It is a large, rambling two-story "L"-shaped frame banked dwelling. It is five bays wide, has a slate covered gable roof, and features a one-story wraparound porch. It was owned by the locally prominent Schoonover family, and was operated during the late-19th and early-20th centuries as a vacation and boarding house. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Schoonover Stadium, Kent State University
"Facilities: Kent State University broke ground November 25 on a new $3 million varsity baseball field, which has been funded in part by the largest single gift to the university's athletics department. The lead gift of $1.53 million has been provided by the Schoonover family in honor of Harold A. (Hal) and Julia Schoonover of Akron, Ohio, who have been supporters of Kent State for more than 50 years. The new stadium will be known as Schoonover Stadium. 'Our family is pleased to make this gift to Kent State University in order that our parents and the contributions they have made to the university will be remembered forever,' said Steve Schoonover, who runs the Schoonover Foundation in Minden, Louisiana. 'Their hearts and dedication have been with Kent State since the days after World War II when my dad was a catcher and letterman at KSU, and remains that way today. Our dad was the first Schoonover to ever have received a college education, and he set the example for all of us who have followed in his footsteps to college.' Features of the new Schoonover Stadium, which will open in spring 2005, will include seating that will double the capacity of the current stadium to 1,148, with 200 new chairback seats; a landscaped plaza, public restroom building, picnic area and entrance gate with display area for memorabilia; field improvements, including new bullpens, backstop and outfield fence as well as an underground drainage and sprinkler system; field lighting, a state-of-the-art scoreboard and improved public address system; and a skybox for media and VIPs, along with camera bays adjacent to the dugouts and center field. Hal Schoonover lettered in baseball as a catcher at Kent State from 1947 to 1949, serving as team captain as a senior. He helped lead the 1948 team to a record of 12-7-1, which established a school record for wins that stood until 1959. In the late 1960s at the request of then-Kent State head coach Dick "Moose" Paskert, Schoonover taught a young Kent State outfielder named Thurman Munson to play catcher. Munson went on to become the American League Rookie of the Year in 1970 as a catcher and the AL MVP in 1976 ... "
Another interesting bit of information:
According to ReferenceUSA database, on July 10, 2005 there were 3,350 Schoonovers in the U.S. with listed residential phones. On July 15, 2007, there were 3124.
Dutch Colonial Coin: (recently for sale on eBay by vendor Treasures of Maryland)
FIRST GOLD COIN OF NEW YORK! 1592 DUTCH GOLD DUCAT! (Front and back)
More on Dutch flagstaff:
Designed by H.A.van den Eijnde (1869-1939), a sculptor from Haarlem in the Netherlands, it was dedicated on St. Nicholas Day, December 6, 1926 to mark the tercentenary of Dutch settlement, and the purchase of the island of Manhattan from Native Americans. At that time it stood south of Castle Clinton, then the site of the New York Aquarium. In 1939 the monument underwent restoration and the inscriptions were recut. Subsequently, a fire caused damage to the monument. When the park was closed from 1940 to 1952 for renovations and to build the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, the monument was relocated to its present site at the northeast entrance.
In 1609, the Dutch East India Company ship De Halve Maen (The Half Moon) entered the harbor. The river still carries the name of the ships commander, an Englishman named Henry Hudson. Subsequent trading missions led to the formation in 1614 of the New Netherland Company which stretched from Delaware to Connecticut. In 1621, the States General of the Netherlands established the Dutch West India Company. Around this time, Dutch and Walloon families formed a small community at the southern end of the island, though the precise date and circumstances of New Amsterdams creation remain the subject of debate. Also in question is the location of the almost mythical purchase of the land now known as Manhattan by Dutch provincial Director General Peter Minuit from the Lenape people, an event depicted on the south-west faade of the monument.
New Amsterdam grew in size and prosperity over the ensuing decades, and became its own municipality in 1653the same year that a fortification wall was built between the Hudson and East Rivers at what is now Wall Street. This wall was built to defend against an invasion from New England during the First Anglo-Dutch war. Opposite todays monument site, and the present-day location of the National Museum of the American Indian (formerly the Old Custom House), stood Fort Amsterdam. The waters of the harbor lapped at a shoreline, which has been extended repeatedly over the past three centuries. New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British in 1664 and renamed New York.
Though comprising about .003% of the citizenry, the Dutch have had far-reaching influence on local culture. Two boroughsthe Bronx and Brooklyn (Breuckelen)numerous streets, and the New York Knickerbockers professional basketball team derive their names from the Dutch. Old Dutch-style Houses such as the Dyckman Farmhouse (circa 1785) in northern Manhattan and the Wyckoff House (circa 1652) in Flatbush, Brooklyn survive a bygone era. Monuments to the Dutch legacy dot the landscape, and include Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitneys statue of Dutch director general Peter Stuyvesant, commissioned for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair, which has stood on the western side of Stuyvesant Square Park since 1941. Above all, New York Citys preeminence in commerce is a direct outgrowth of its origins as a Dutch mercantile trading outpost.
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