Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on May 16, 2022. It is being published here through a collaborative agreement to share content between this outlet and the Ohio History Connection. COLUMBUS — “It is impossible to imagine a world without flowers. The most arid of urban landscapes, the driest of […]
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Loudonville speaker to discuss World War II invasion of North Africa on Nov. 21
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville continues its Speaker Series on Monday, Nov. 21 with a retrospective look at Operation Torch, the 1942 allied invasion of North Africa during the second World War. Operation Torch resulted from an uneasy compromise between the Western Allies, including opposition from the Joint Chiefs of Staff […]
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A view from history: Mansfield’s arches
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 The Sherman Room is a treasure trove of local historical content.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. Last week we looked at the Feast […]
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Then & Now: Mansfield Carnegie Library 1908
Mansfield’s charming Carnegie Library was built in 1908 on Third Street, and Mansfielders came to love it so much through the years that they refused to pass any library expansion levy until the plan was drawn that would keep the old building intact as part of the enlarged facility. A “Temple of Learning” was how […]
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Remembering North Lake boathouse in 1945
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the streams of Toby’s Run were ponded into the body of water called North Lake in 1888, a new sporting pastime was born in Mansfield: the opportunity to go boating. Through the following generations the lake had a whole fleet […]
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Remembering North Lake boathouse in 1945
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the streams of Toby’s Run were ponded into the body of water called North Lake in 1888, a new sporting pastime was born in Mansfield: the opportunity to go boating. Through the following generations the lake had a whole fleet […]
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Raising the bar: Remembering women’s football with the Columbus Pacesetters
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on May 2, 2022. It is being published here through a collaborative agreement to share content between this outlet and the Ohio History Connection. COLUMBUS — Women have played football in Ohio for decades. In 1965, women’s football teams from Akron and Cleveland […]
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A goddess is crowned in Mansfield: The Feast of Ceres
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 — About this time of year, […]
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A World War II film focuses on Mansfield in 1942
MANSFIELD — In1942, a trio of Hollywood movie stars came to Mansfield to raise money for the U.S. war effort, and their appearances were captured for theater newsreels by local filmmaker Harry DeLaney. Background In September of that year, World War II was already impacting life in Richland County with the rationing of gas and […]
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Sherman for President: when Mansfield was atop national politics
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. When you live around here for a while you can’t help but hear the name John Sherman cropping up around town in various contexts. It is easy enough to dismiss the awe with which is name has always been invoked locally because he […]