Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. GEORGETOWN, Ohio — If Ulysses S. Grant were alive today, he would be surprised to hear that the first school he attended as a boy in […]
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A unique Christmas truce in 1914 momentarily halted World War I hostilities
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Dec. 5, 2018. It is being republished here via a collaborative agreement. World War I was one of the most destructive events in human history. Over the course of the four year conflict (1914 to 1918), around 10 million military personnel lost […]
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From 1895 to today, Engwiller’s became Artspace
Editor’s Note This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. If you go to this address today — on Main Street just a few doors north of Fourth — you’ll find a classy little art gallery. But if you had visited the same building 100 years ago, you would have been at the […]
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Native Son: Harry & Walter go to OSR: 1975
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — It was the first movie filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory. At the time one of the Hollywood producers called it “the first major motion picture ever filmed in Ohio.” He added, rather wistfully, “it may not be the last.” This was […]
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Native Son: Harry & Walter go to OSR: 1975
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — It was the first movie filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory. At the time one of the Hollywood producers called it “the first major motion picture ever filmed in Ohio.” He added, rather wistfully, “it may not be the last.” This was […]
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Mansfield had its own Miracle on 4th Street in 1995
Take a look at this corner of Fourth and Diamond in 1995, and then how it looks today. If the comparison does not seem miraculous to you, then you have not seen other comparable American cities our size who lack the benefit of forward-thinking community leaders to rescue classic downtown business streetscapes. There are corners […]
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Native Son: Pretty Boy Floyd & Christmas in Mansfield 1930
Back in the 1980s, former Richland Source historian Tim McKee interviewed an old woman in Mansfield because to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on Route 430 east of town. She told him, almost casually, that she had once given a room to a famous gangster. When […]
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From the Archives: Happy Holidays to Mansfield’s mayor from … the Roosevelts?
Inside the Sherman Room This story is from Mary McKinley, who operates the Sherman Room at the Mansfield Richland County Public Library. The Sherman Room is a treasure trove of local historical content. For more of Mary’s posts, blogs, and content, be sure to check out this link. MANSFIELD — Happy holidays from the Sherman […]
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Wright Brothers paused inventing flight to return to Dayton for Christmas in 1903
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Dec. 19, 2011. It is being republished here through a collaborative agreement. DAYTON — Christmas was so important to the Wright Brothers, the aerial pioneers from Dayton assured their family they would not miss the holiday at home, even in the process […]
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Extra! Extra! Thousands of pages of unique Mansfield newspapers available online
Inside the Sherman Room This story is from Mary McKinley, who operates the Sherman Room at the Mansfield Richland County Public Library. The Sherman Room is a treasure trove of local historical content. For more of Mary’s posts, blogs, and content, be sure to check out this link. MANSFIELD — Newspapers have been printed since […]