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MANSFIELD — Georg Nillsen became an American in 1926. He sailed across the ocean from Sweden because he believed there was a wonderful and exciting new life for him in the United States. With his name reconfigured in English to George Nelson, he wound up in Mansfield working at the Steel Mill. He was so […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. The home that author Louis Bromfield built on his farm in Pleasant Valley was designed very intentionally to appear as if it had grown through the generations, with successive additions built on to an old farmhouse. The ‘generations of additions’ part of the story […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2015. MANSFIELD — John Angle had a grocery store on the south side of the Square in 1900. He also had a camera and a fierce desire to capture the world around him on paper. One of the attractions that drew folks in off the sidewalk was a […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — Go to the corner of Second and Walnut and you’ll find a pretty quiet place: folks sitting on the porch; a little slow coming and going; some friendly low-key conversation. As of 2015, it’s the West Park Senior Center. Had you reached […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — Certainly, no one living remembers Dr. Craig, but nearly everyone in town knows his home, and many remember it in different ways. The home, at the corner of Third and Mulberry, was built in 1890 of handmade bricks in a style that […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — Tracing back the history of North Lake Park can be confusing, because the many decades of its existence have seen the place taking on and shedding several different names. As recently as the 1950s, people were still calling it Casino Park, though […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — When the photographer took this picture in the summertime more than 100 years ago, he was standing in the spacious lawn of the estate surrounding Oak Hill Cottage. Today, the same camera angle places the lens across the intersection of two streets […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — Every person has their own individual relationship with alcohol: how much they can take, what it does to them, what it means to them. A community is just a person times thousands, and so every community also has its own story of […]