In the broadest sense he wasn’t really homeless because he knew everybody in town: and they were all happy to feed him, and he was welcome to sleep anywhere he wanted. So his home was Mansfield.
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Richland Chronicles Chapter 1: The Gossip Begins
Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles Volume 3, by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of young people. This is the third in a three-book trilogy. Volume 1 was Amelia Changes Her Tune, […]
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Then & Now: West Park Shopping Center 1977, 1986
When you’re out hunting for last minute gifts don’t forget to hit Sport & Toy City, or perhaps Yesteryear Mart at West Park Shopping Center. Oh. I’m sorry. I forgot to mention you’ll have to time travel back to 1977 or 1986.
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Native Son: Finding the Schrack Mill at Malabar Farm
A trip to Malabar Farm State Park is always like opening the pages of history. The most frequently read chapters in the book are about how this place was an exciting hub of activity in the years from 1939 to 1956: when national attention was pointed at Louis Bromfield because of his best-selling books and […]
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Richland Chronicles Chapter 20: A Shot Rang Out
Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles Volume 2, by author Paul Lintern. It is set in the summer of 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of young people. This is the second in a three-book trilogy. Volume 1 was Amelia Changes […]
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Native Son: Shadow of the Leland Hotel
When the Leland Hotel opened in 1927 it was the tallest building in downtown Mansfield, so naturally it cast a considerable shadow. The grand old hotel has been gone now for more than 40 years, and yet it still casts a shadow in the city.
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Richland Chronicles Chapter 19: I Know Where It Is
Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles Volume 2, by author Paul Lintern. It is set in the summer of 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of young people. This is the second in a three-book trilogy. Volume 1 was Amelia Changes […]
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Then & Now: Main Street in Butler 1911
At first glance it doesn’t appear as if Main Street in Butler has changed a lot in the last 100 years: but take a closer look.
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Native Son: Mansfield’s evolving streetscapes: Churches, gas stations, drug stores
I had a friend who spent most of the 20th century in Mansfield. She lived nearly a century herself, and so she was a witness to the epic pageant of history that was America in war and peace; for richer for poorer; in all its glory and fluctuating hemlines.
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Richland Chronicles Chapter 18: It’s Just Not Fair
Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles Volume 2, by author Paul Lintern. It is set in the summer of 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of young people. This is the second in a three-book trilogy. Volume 1 was Amelia Changes […]