Area History

Editor’s Note: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2015. We are publishing it as originally written. There is an addendum to it that will appear in next week’s column — as it originally happened. MANSFIELD — Then & Now recently presented a story about Big Jacque with views of his former post on Lexington […]

Editor’s Note This is the sixth in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.” Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — It’s in the Bible — I’m not kidding — you can find it in Genesis 6:4 … There were giants in the earth in those days. Those days were the early 70s in Mansfield, on Lexington Avenue. There was a giant who worked […]

Editor’s Note This is the fifth in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.” Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part […]

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. When I was a kid, I worked at the Scout camp, and made friends with an old scoutmaster who was once acquainted with Cy Gatton. As a young man, my friend had camped with his own troop at Gatton Rocks back in the 1930s. […]

Editor’s Note This is the fourth in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.” Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. This story is going to go backward. It starts with a great man — one of the most famously loved and hated men of his time — and trace him back to see where he came from. His life ended in Chicago — […]

Editor’s Note This is the third in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.” Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part […]

MOUNT VERNON — On this day in history, Feb. 22, 1945, Lt. Frederick Coe, a native of Mount Vernon, was killed in action while on a bombing mission in the Brenner Pass between Italy and Austria. Coe grew up on a farm, and he loved hunting on the property accompanied by his dogs. A graduate […]