EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. GALION — The remarkable Galion depot was built in 1900, originally to service the Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad — known to folks back then more simply as the Big Four. In later generations, the railroad line associated with the depot […]
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Remember the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus?
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. It is being published here by a collaborative agreement. COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio Penitentiary, operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus. It was known for its poor conditions and at its peak in the mid 1950s it […]
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90+ years of Tygers, now 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 The Sherman Room is a treasure trove of local historical content.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. It has been an ongoing project of […]
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Then & Now: Coney Island Diner dates to 1926
The Coney Island Diner 1926 It is a well-known fact that the Coney Island Diner is the oldest restaurant in Mansfield, and it has been in that location since 1936. Ownership changed hands in July 2022, but the business continues to function, much to the delight of the downtown lunch crowd. The coney business on […]
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Interurban streetcar connected through Plymouth in 1907
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. PLYMOUTH — Today when you want to travel to another town you get on a highway. In 1907 you hopped on to an Interurban streetcar. The streetcar (captured in this photo) ran on the tracks of the Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield line, which […]
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Interurban streetcar connected through Plymouth in 1907
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. PLYMOUTH — Today when you want to travel to another town you get on a highway. In 1907 you hopped on to an Interurban streetcar. The streetcar (captured in this photo) ran on the tracks of the Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield line, which […]
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Forget Bernie Madoff, meet Cassie Chadwick, Ohio’s First Lady of con artists
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on June 22, 2022. It is being published here through a collaborative agreement to share content between this outlet and the Ohio History Connection. “In the annals of American crime there has never been a woman quite the equal of Mrs. Chadwick as an […]
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The Rock Garden at OSR was born from a doomed love story in 1926
There isn’t a lot left of the famous rock garden at the Ohio State Reformatory — it looks like a broken memory; half-remembered fragments of something that happened long ago. That’s exactly what it is. The long ago was 1930, when the first stones were moved into place, and there are some fairly amazing headline […]
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Louis Bromfield and The Farm
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. Throughout Mansfield’s long history there have been a great many artists whose works have focused on the city in one way or another. This series of articles collects portraits of our town created in different decades by painters, novelists, playwrights, composers, poets and […]
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Louis Bromfield and The Farm
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. Throughout Mansfield’s long history there have been a great many artists whose works have focused on the city in one way or another. This series of articles collects portraits of our town created in different decades by painters, novelists, playwrights, composers, poets and […]