Lagonda

1937 Lagonda LG45
60 piece jigsaw puzzle

Lagonda, where have I heard that name before? Wikipedia knows:

Lagonda is a British luxury car brand established in 1906, which has been owned by Aston Martin since 1947. . . . The Lagonda company was founded in 1906 in the UK in Staines, Middlesex, by American-born Wilbur Gunn (1859–1920), a former opera singer. He became a British national in 1891 and worked as a speedboat and motorcycle engineer in Staines. He named the company after the Shawnee settlement "Lagonda" in modern-day Springfield, Ohio, the town of his birth. This is a glacially eroded limestone gorge of much beauty.

Wait, what? The Lagonda car company was founded by an opera singer? From Springfield, Ohio? Are you kidding me? The world is full of strange stuff, so I suppose that could be the way it happened.

Mad River Gorge & Nature Preserve

There is a gorge in Springfield, though it's not a giant geological feature that can be seen from space, it's deep enough to amuse the local rock climbers.

Lagonda Club Building, Springfield Ohio

Some good ol' boys founded the Lagonda Club and built themselves a clubhouse way back in 1895. It's still there.

Back in the 1930's the Lagonda car company was a force to be reckoned with. They won the 24 hours of LeMans in 1935.