EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on May 11, 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. This story will take a look at a historic pandemic in Ohio. As our lives change to fight COVID-19, this can […]
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Lucky Teter and the Hell Drivers were Ashland’s daredevils in the 1930s
ASHLAND — Did you know that Ashland had its own version of Evel Knievel back in the 1930’s and early ‘40’s? His name was Earl Moseman Teter and his stunt shows were very popular. Earl entertained under the name “Lucky” Teter and was lovingly referred to as “Tete” by his closest friends. Lucky was born […]
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Then & Now: Plymouth Fountain: 1914
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014. PLYMOUTH — People in Plymouth had seen pictures of the fountain downtown, so they were familiar with it, but it had been gone long before they were born so it wasn’t like there was any great nostalgia for it. How do you miss […]
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Can’t keep a good Ohio blacksmith down
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on May 8, 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. Blacksmithing has been seen throughout history as both a skilled craft and an art form. G.H. Birch, a scholar with […]
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Butler Elevator: 1908 and R.I.P.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published at Richland Source in 2014. The accepted premise behind a “Then & Now” column is that everything changes over time, but generally the distance between Then and Now is measured in decades. What we never expect is when Then & Now unexpectedly turns into a Then & Then […]
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Phoebe Wise: A Richland County legend
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on May 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. One of the many pleasures unearthed while reading Stephen Heyman’s excellent new biography of Ohio author and agricultural pioneer Louis […]
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Historical perspective looks at impact of Olive Hill & Little Kentucky
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2014. There is a good chance we would never have heard of Olive Hill, Kentucky if it hadn’t been for the wartime factory boom of the 1940s. Mansfield industry had weathered the insecurity of America’s Great Depression in the 30s with a remarkable degree of […]
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Ashland County had a vibrant scene in the 1970s
ASHLAND — The 1970’s was the decade of disco music, wide-collar shirts, eight-track tapes, shag carpet, pet rocks, Atari, Saturday morning cartoons and mood rings were all part of the scene. But what was the actual “lifestyle” people lived in Ashland during this time and what was going on here? Ashland was still considered the […]
