MANSFIELD — The story of Ezike Ihemegwe is a family tale born in Nigeria with a Mansfield angle. Doctor Chinedu (Peter) Ezike, a healthcare practitioner at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, and his brother, Doctor Uchenna Ezike, founder of the MidOhio Infectious Disease Clinic, are authors of a book that tells of the life of their great-grandfather, […]
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Shelby Cycle Co. collectors from around the country to gather Friday
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Shelby Cycle Company, established in 1925 — the year it began producing complete bicycles.
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Archaeological survey at Copus Hill Monument to help map historical site
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP — Local historians await results of an archaeological survey done on property with tragic roots dating to 1812. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum recently commissioned the work at the Copus Hill Monument ahead of plans to install better signage and a potential walking trail and parking area. The site marks the spot of […]
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Richland County Hall of Fame project seeks donations for charter class
MANSFIELD — Dick Baker has a love of history and Richland County. Now he’s trying to marry those two passions for the betterment of the region. Baker, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, is the guiding force in a budding project to launch a Richland County Hall of Fame. “I’ve seen other communities that already […]
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160 years ago: Mansfield’s Roeliff Brinkerhoff shared his eyewitness account of Lincoln’s assassination
MANSFIELD — Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Good Friday, April. 14, 1865. The president died the next morning. In the theater audience that night was Mansfield resident, […]
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Ohio Civil War, World War I & II show set for May 3 and 4 at Richland County Fairgrounds
MANSFIELD — This will be 47 years and it’s still going strong. Area history buffs are encouraged to visit the annual Ohio Civil War/World War I & II Show at the Richland County Fairgrounds in Mansfield. Experience living history encampments at the largest Historical event in the U.S. presenting our history from 1775 through 1945. […]
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Found in Ohio announces new YouTube series: Artifact Adventures
CLEVELAND – Found in Ohio, a website dedicated to local history, is starting a new video series that will be hosted on YouTube. The series asks local historical societies’ “what’s the most interesting artifact in your collection?” Upcoming videos explore the collections of the Weymouth Preservation Society in Medina County, the Seneca County Historical Society in […]
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Ashland County courthouse featured on The Ohio Channel
ASHLAND — The Ohio Channel highlighted Ashland County’s 95 year-old courthouse recently as part of an online video series. The eight-minute video published Jan. 13 and features comments from Judge Dave Stimpert and Jennifer Marquette, the executive director of the Ashland County Historical Society. Together, they share a history of the courthouse situated on “courthouse […]
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History Knox author speaks at Loudonville museum on Shawshank book
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum’s Speaker Series continues this month with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film Shawshank Redemption on Monday, March 17 at 7 p.m. In the late spring of 1993, a young Mark Jordan had the opportunity to check something off his bucket list: Be in a movie. […]
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The production that never was: Mark Jordan shares the Appleseed Center idea that never sprouted
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP — You can’t live for 50 years without having a few stories to tell, particularly when you’ve managed to get into a few interesting adventures along the way, as I have. (Brief aside: My proudest moment is still the time I caught up my mother with my latest activities, and she shook her […]