Area History

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Mary Fields, AKA “Stagecoach Mary,” was the first Black woman to carry mail for the United States Postal Service. Fields was born enslaved in Tennessee […]

PLYMOUTH — It arrived on Sunday, May 30. That’s when the Plymouth Area Museum unveiled a new special exhibit called Infamy: Dec. 7, 1941. The exhibit explores the events that followed Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to America’s entry into World War II. Following the attack, communities across the country united behind […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published in 2015 on Richland Source. It was built in 1949 as a Red and White ‘self-service super market,’ and it originally had a carry out “dairy freeze” window where kids could buy frozen custard cones without entering the store. The meat department offered pre-packaged, and thus “self service,” […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on June 7, 2021 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. (This is a special joint piece about the history of Serpent Mound from Ben Barnes, Chief of the Shawnee Tribe and […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on June 12, 2020 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Our current national conversation about race is leading many of you to want to dig deeper into the real stories of […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. Now it’s summer and American tradition suggests we take a trip to the amusement park. If our car could travel not only over the roads but also through time, we would point it back 100 years and take a spin out West Fourth […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Feb. 21, 2011 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. This image depicting George Washington and Abraham Lincoln is titled “Apotheosis.” Definition: 1. the elevation or exaltation of a person […]