Area History

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — When the photographer took this picture in the summertime more than 100 years ago, he was standing in the spacious lawn of the estate surrounding Oak Hill Cottage. Today, the same camera angle places the lens across the intersection of two streets […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on May 17, 2017. It is being republished here through a collaborative agreement. “Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming. Four Dead in Ohio.” Inspired by the events that unfolded on the campus of […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — Every person has their own individual relationship with alcohol: how much they can take, what it does to them, what it means to them. A community is just a person times thousands, and so every community also has its own story of […]

Editor’s Note This is Part III of a 3-part series that began on July 2. Part II was published on July 9. NELLIE — In the aftermath of Cletus Reese’s confession to triple murder in the summer of 1954, many people questioned why the schizophrenic mental patient had ever been released from the Cambridge State Hospital in […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. WILBERFORCE, Ohio — The National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center’s new long-term exhibit, African Americans Fighting for a Double Victory. It features images of drawings by […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — The former Mansfield Municipal Building, located at the corner of Second & Walnut Streets, was about 20 years old when the upper floor was remodeled to accommodate larger courtrooms. At that time the city commissioned local artist HR McBride to paint a […]

Editor’s Note This is Part II of a 3-part series that began on July 9. Part III will be published on July 23. NELLIE — The Mohawk Dam was a major public works project when it was built in Coshocton County during the 1930s. A dry dam designed to hold back waters during times of […]