From the Ohio History Connection

Editor’s Note Richland Source has a collaborative content agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share stories across our sites. This story was originally published at that site. CINCINNATI — This house was home to Harriet Beecher before her marriage to Calvin Stowe in 1836, and to her father, Rev. Lyman Beecher, and his large […]

Editor’s Note Richland Source has a collaborative content agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share stories across our sites. This story was originally published at that site. PORTLAND, Ohio — Buffington Island Battlefield is the site of the only significant Civil War battle in Ohio. On July 19, 1863, a Union force of 3,000 […]

Editor’s Note Richland Source has a collaborative content agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share stories across our sites. This story was originally published on Aug. 2, 2013. CLEVELAND — On Aug. 16, 1920, at the Polo Grounds in New York, Raymond Ray Chapman, star shortstop of the Cleveland Indians, stepped into the batter’s […]

Editor’s Note This is the eighth in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.”Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part I, an […]

Editor’s Note This is the seventh in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.” Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Aug. 10, 2021 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. This story originally appeared in the July/August 2018 edition of Echoes Magazine, the OHC’s member publication. For info about membership, visit ohiohistory.org/join. In […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on May 16, 2015 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Do you remember the Lusitania, the ship that almost sank U.S. neutrality during the First World War? May 7, 1915, was a […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is the conclusion of a series on Ohio’s great American Indian chiefs released by the Ohio Historical Society on Nov. 3, 1967. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. The following is a chronology of the known history of Native American Indians in […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is Part 9 in a 9-part series on Ohio’s great American Indian chiefs released by the Ohio Historical Society on Nov. 3, 1967. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Tishcohan (or He Who Never Blackens Himself) was a chief of the Delaware […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is Part 8 in a 9-part series on Ohio’s great American Indian chiefs released by the Ohio Historical Society on Nov. 3, 1967. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Tecumseh was one of the greatest statesmen and warriors of the Shawnee people. […]