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 […]
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Building Doctors will make rounds in Shelby on Oct. 10 & 11
SHELBY – The Historic Preservation Commission of the City of Shelby and the Ohio History Connection’s State Historic Preservation Office will hold a Building Doctor Clinic on Oct. 10 and 11. The clinic features Building Doctors Rachel Krause and Sarah Hanna of the State Historic Preservation Office. It begins with a free seminar from 7 […]
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Significant Grant family photographs part of Ohio History Connection collections
Editor’s Note This story was originally published on May 13, 2022 by the Ohio History Connection. When Ulysses S. Grant was born in 1822, photography was not invented yet. As a result, there are no photographs of him as a child. When he left his boyhood home in Ohio for West Point in 1839 the […]
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The End of the World in Newville: 1844
So here it is autumn and anywhere you look it seems as if everything is dying so it ought to be a good time to talk about the end of the world. That’s what they thought in 1844 anyway — and they weren’t just thinking about it and talking about it, they were getting ready […]
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1899: Main St. at N. Park Street in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the photographer set up his tripod in the 1890s to capture this image of North Main Street, he was standing in the middle of a traffic lane and his equipment probably straddled a streetcar track. Capturing the same scene today entails […]
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1899: Main St. at N. Park Street in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the photographer set up his tripod in the 1890s to capture this image of North Main Street, he was standing in the middle of a traffic lane and his equipment probably straddled a streetcar track. Capturing the same scene today entails […]
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Ohio’s John D. Rockefeller was world’s wealthiest man
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered a collaborative agreement to share content across our sites. John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, at Richford, New York. His father was a merchant who traveled across the Midwest and Northeastern portions of the United States. […]
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Hearken back to 1934 and Zitzer’s at the corner of 4th & Diamond
MANSFIELD — Take a look at Zitzer’s on the corner of Fourth & Diamond. By the time this picture was taken they were selling all kinds of appliances and lighting fixtures. But when the company first went into business Zitzer’s was a music store. They had the very first Victrola in Mansfield. Few people could […]
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Knox County’s McClelland offers 1st-person account of serving under George Washington
It’s amazing the stories that can be found when you dig deep into Knox County history. While I knew the county had a number of Revolutionary War veterans, it was exciting to discover one who was an eyewitness to and participant in some of Gen. George Washington’s most ingenious maneuvers. We know of these events […]
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The life & afterlife of Davey Field
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. If you study baseball, and you study history, you begin to understand that both of these subjects are totally shaped and sustained by the same element of our existence: the element of time. Because there is no clock in baseball, it is easy […]