Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. In 1993 when Castle Rock Entertainment was filming The Shawshank Redemption in Mansfield no one could have imagined what a terrific impact the movie would still be having here more than three decades later. The scene of Morgan Freeman’s character ambling down the […]
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Ohio President James A. Garfield to Speak at Chautauqua on Oct. 27
MOUNT VERNON – Benjamin Frayser, of Mentor, will portray James A. Garfield, the 20th United States President on Thursday, Oct. 27. The program will take place at the Grand Hotel (12 Public Square in downtown Mount Vernon) at 7 p.m. The Chautauqua Series is brought to you with the help of a grant provided by […]
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With Halloween looming, now is the time to look behind the scenes of The Raven
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Jan. 29, 2021. It is being republished through a collaborative agreement. Masters of literature know exactly how to set a tone from the very first line of a piece. With “Once upon a midnight dreary,” Edgar Allan Poe created the perfect gothic […]
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Looking back at the Brumfield House around 1906
MANSFIELD — If you read the early novels of author Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) it is not difficult to recognize various Mansfield landmarks that appear as settings for his stories. One of these places is his childhood home on Third Street. As of 2015, it still stands on the south side of the street between Benton […]
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View the Madison Theater through the years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — People who grew up in Mansfield speak of the Madison Theater in such a way that you would think the place was still open for business. That is easy to understand: places lodged in the heart never go away — even […]
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View the Madison Theater through the years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — People who grew up in Mansfield speak of the Madison Theater in such a way that you would think the place was still open for business. That is easy to understand: places lodged in the heart never go away — even […]
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Knox Pages historian to discuss regional serial killer on Oct. 17 at Loudonville museum
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville kicks off its fall Speaker Series on Monday, Oct. 17 with a look at Cletus Reese, the former resident of Coshocton County who sparked headlines in the 1950s after a string of murders. In 1952, mental patient Cletus Reese was sent home from the Cambridge State […]
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Creepy, kooky, mysterious & spooky, it’s Halloween in Ohio
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on Oct. 7, 2022. It’s being shared here in a collaborative agreement. How many of you call autumn your favorite time of year? Of those who do, how many of you love to delve into the spookiness of the season? I can’t see […]
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The Richland Album: Mills
MANSFIELD — This chapter from the virtual album features Mills of Richland County. In early Richland County nearly every road led to a mill. The earliest log books of the County Commissioners are mostly details of laying out roads to connect farms to the mills that were so essential to farmers’ survival. In the 1800s […]
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Remembering a glimpse of Miss Ohio in the 1970s
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — It was February or March sometime in the 1970s. We had just figured out how to get up on the roof of Malabar High School. It was one of those sparkling clear winter nights with a full moon and we knew […]