Area History

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on May 27, 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. Spring means it’s garden season. As at-home planters ready their gardens, they have to choose from the many, many, MANY […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published in 2015. Every community has a cast of characters from generations past, whose memory lingers outside the confines of the officially sanctioned local history. These are the ones whose time on the planet was remarkable not for accomplishments or newsworthy notoriety, but simply because they were so extraordinary, […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Nov. 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. Maya Ying Lin was born in Athens, Ohio, on October 5, 1959 to parents who fled China after the Chinese Communist […]

LOUDONVILLE — With the National Football League draft looming, it seemed only natural to reflect on Loudonville’s influence on the historic organization. The NFL has a long, and storied history in Ohio; including famous teams and names such as the Canton Bulldogs led by Jim Thorpe and the Akron Professional’s who won the league’s first […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. This is the law of time: for every hour we go on there is an hour that slips behind. So that for every bit of gain there is equal loss. In order to enter the future we must relinquish the past. As each […]

FREDERICKTOWN — I pick up postcards (whenever I can find them at an affordable price) that give us glimpses of Knox County history. On some occasions, addition information on the card can be mined to tell us more about the scene or the person who sent the card. And, sometimes, the search is a dead […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan. 15, 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. COLUMBUS — Each state’s capitol building is a unique symbol of democracy and a gathering place for important events in […]

MOHICANVILLE — With the news of the discovery of gold in California in 1849, gold fever spread across the United States. Many area residents headed west dreaming of glory and fortune — a few struck it rich, most failed, and some never survived — but perhaps the most interesting case comes from the small town […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. In April of 1865 two hugely transformative events took place in the United States: on April 9 the four deadly years of Civil War finally came to an end; and only a few days later on April 15 President Lincoln was suddenly killed. […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Dec. 22, 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. COLUMBUS — Imagine how excited you might be to not only find, but also be able to watch home movies of your […]