We are NOT interested in listing the building with a realtor at this time. We are open to entertain well founded ideas.

Update: March 6, 2026 - You've probably heard by now this was precipitated when a Door Dash Driver turned in front of us the night of the Halloween Parade on East Second Street October 24th. I slid right under the lap belt and hit my knees on the dash. I was taken by squad to the ER. Mark braced for the impact on the steering wheel with his left arm and it tore his rotator cuff. Over $19,000 damage to our Suburban and totaled the other car. Mark had his six week post op follow up today (rotator cuff) and doc says he can lift up to 2 pounds with his left arm now! He can also take his sling off more often. He was and is supposed to have it on ALL the time when out and about. We've come up with many "how many men to screw in a lightbulb" jokes as Mark can't do that right now; or put on a switchplate cover, or change batteries in the smoke detector, or... well, you get the picture. My knees are better. My main issue is a contusion to the nerves under my knee caps and, I'm told, that just takes alot of time. Tonight is the first time I've been able to sit with the laptop on my lap for any amount of time, but as I type, I feel the burning starting up again, but much milder. I couldn't even hold our 5 month old grandson on my lap at Christmas without pain. I do OK now if I'm just puttering around the house and I am so grateful for that! I can now make it through TWO stores to run errands and do the shopping. I really have to try to limit my steps and I rely HEAVILY on the shopping cart. I've even had to resort to a handicap placard and the scooter at Lowe's twice. Let me tell you, those scooters are NOT easy to use. I now know to give a wide berth to those using them. And there are no cart returns anywhere near the handicapped parking spaces, and I feel like such a slug not putting the cart somewhere, but walking it back to the store or the cart corral defeats the purpose of limiting steps! Ugh. We are staying positive that we will make a complete recovery, but realistically, it will probably be a couple of more months until we can do what we used to do just 5 months ago at The Dark Horse. On a brighter note, we are looking forward to a new grandaughter in just a couple of weeks and have at least 3 visits line up with our Boston daughter between April and August.

Do you have a gift card? Please consider using it toward souvenir merchandise or one of Trish’s local history books, but you can also mail it to us at The Dark Horse PO Box 483 Defiance, OH 43512 for a full refund. Please include your name and address and also, take a photo of the back of the gift card before mailing. If you do want to use the gift card for any souvenir “swag” or books, just message us through the Facebook page. We ask that all gift cards be redeemed by May 15th.