Area History

MANSFIELD — Once upon a time the wilderness that was Mansfield was inhabited by Native Americans, settlers, soldiers and celebrities of history. Johnny Appleseed tromped through this territory, as did various presidents, including William Howard Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy up through Barack Obama among others. The photos here, provided by the Mansfield Bicentennial […]

death culture It is not surprising that Emmaline was somewhat obsessed with death: the whole literary culture in which she surrounded herself was also. And it didn’t help that all the young men she knew were dying every month. There are four distinctly different and seemingly unrelated stories from Mansfield history that I have been […]

A couple generations ago someone looking for groceries in Plymouth had to go no farther than the square. Anchoring the business district on the main corner of the main intersection was Koser’s Royal Blue Super Market. Koser’s had the prime spot in town for a couple decades from 1955 to 1978. More complete documentation of […]

noble creature He was the kind of noble creature of whom legends are made. He certainly made the reputation of his farm and his owners. In livestock news and in the stockyards of the world everyone was familiar with the names Carpenter & Ross and Maxwalton Farm. There was a time in human history—and it […]

This postcard image was made during the last season of downtown history when Park Avenue West still terminated at the Square. Shortly after this photo was taken all of those trees in the picture were cut down and Central Park was dramatically reconfigured with the “Beautification Fund.” It has been nearly 60 years since the […]

synopsis Crossing Marion Avenue on the Richland B&O Trail you are intersecting with a very specific and fairly embarrassing moment in history involving a US President: Warren G. Harding. Harding the President President Harding does not often get much of a break from the critics of history who, for most of a century since his […]