From the Ohio History Connection

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on April 16, 2011. It’s being published here as part of a collaborative agreement. The Civil War began in April of 1861 when Confederate troops under the command of Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard fired on Fort Sumter, a Union fort in the harbor […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Aug. 23, 2012. It is published here as part of a collaborative agreement. Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman is well remembered in Ohio. In his hometown of Lancaster, the Fairfield Heritage Association maintains his birthplace as a museum. During Heritage Days […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. It is being published here by a collaborative agreement. COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio Penitentiary, operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus. It was known for its poor conditions and at its peak in the mid 1950s it […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Jan. 29, 2021. It is being republished through a collaborative agreement. Masters of literature know exactly how to set a tone from the very first line of a piece. With “Once upon a midnight dreary,” Edgar Allan Poe created the perfect gothic […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered a collaborative agreement to share content across our sites. The Ohio Indian Wars were a series of struggles between settlers from the newly independent United States and American Indian residents of the Ohio Country in the years after the […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Aug. 9, 2022. It’s being republished here through a collaborative agreement. DAYTON — Whether you’re traveling by plane for your summer vacation or just watching planes buzz by overhead, remember the two Ohio men who helped make flight possible for humanity. August […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published via a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection. It was originally published on July 29, 2022 by Ohio Memory. July 29, 2022 marked the 249th anniversary of the first schoolhouse in the Ohio country. With the first day of school, quickly approaching, kids may appreciate seeing how […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. DAYTON — Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of America’s greatest poets, spent almost his entire life in Ohio. He published hundreds of poems, as well as novels, […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. WILBERFORCE, Ohio — The National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center’s new long-term exhibit, African Americans Fighting for a Double Victory. It features images of drawings by […]