Area History

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. During the next month, Amelia became a Zeiters. She learned to feed the animals, and even overcame […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. Amelia didn’t have much say in how she spent the rest of the day. As soon as […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. As Peggy brought out breakfast, Autumn walked up from the barn, and Amelia was surprised, because she […]

At the turn of the last century Miss Susan Sturges felt very strongly that everyone in town needed the benefits of belonging to a Congregational Church. So, if folks in the north end of town weren’t going to travel down to Park Avenue West to attend First Congregational, then she would build a second Congregational […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. Amelia woke up to an aroma that was foreign to her, but not unpleasant. Its warm aroma […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. Coming to Ohio, this summer of 1831, had been Amelia’s father’s idea. He and Uncle Jacob had […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. “Amelia, child, play something for us on your fiddle,” said Uncle Jacob. “It’s a violin,” Amelia replied. […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. It was as though her ears had been invaded by the fullness of the forest her first […]

There are not a lot of buildings left in Richland County that are built of our distinctive native sandstone, but fortunately the First Presbyterian Church still holds its ground in Shelby and glows with that rosy pinkish aura in the morning sun. It was built in 1901 when Gamble Street was still a quiet, tree-lined […]