Area History

Editor’s Note Richland Source has a collaborative content agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share stories across our sites. This story was originally published at that site. CINCINNATI — This house was home to Harriet Beecher before her marriage to Calvin Stowe in 1836, and to her father, Rev. Lyman Beecher, and his large […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. The full summer foliage of this tree at the corner of Third and Benton helps to disguise the discrepancies between these two Then and Now photos. If you look closely past the leaves you’ll find that two of the houses are now gone from […]

NELLIE — It was a warm summer evening on Sunday, July 6, 1924. The Reverend J. H. Proper stepped to the front of the little Mt. Nebo Church, west of the village of Nellie, at the head of Opossum Hollow, near the Knox/Coshocton County line. Rev. Proper smiled and started the evening’s program, which began […]

Editor’s Note Richland Source has a collaborative content agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share stories across our sites. This story was originally published at that site. PORTLAND, Ohio — Buffington Island Battlefield is the site of the only significant Civil War battle in Ohio. On July 19, 1863, a Union force of 3,000 […]

Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on June 27, 2022. It is being published here through a collaborative agreement to share content between this outlet and the Ohio History Connection. MARION — The Page One headline of The Marion Daily Star on July 4, 1922, said it all. President Harding […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — The Hall at Kingwood is certainly a formal setting today as seen from the Park Avenue side but when viewed in its original state, as Mr. King knew it when he first moved into his home, there was a much more relaxed […]