EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the streams of Toby’s Run were ponded into the body of water called North Lake in 1888, a new sporting pastime was born in Mansfield: the opportunity to go boating. Through the following generations the lake had a whole fleet […]
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Remembering North Lake boathouse in 1945
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the streams of Toby’s Run were ponded into the body of water called North Lake in 1888, a new sporting pastime was born in Mansfield: the opportunity to go boating. Through the following generations the lake had a whole fleet […]
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Richland County elects the President (not)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — There are dozens of cities and counties and precincts around the country who all like to claim the title of Presidential Election Bellwether — indicating that any candidate who wants to take the White House will have to carry their specific […]
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Richland County elects the President (not)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — There are dozens of cities and counties and precincts around the country who all like to claim the title of Presidential Election Bellwether — indicating that any candidate who wants to take the White House will have to carry their specific […]
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View the Madison Theater through the years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — People who grew up in Mansfield speak of the Madison Theater in such a way that you would think the place was still open for business. That is easy to understand: places lodged in the heart never go away — even […]
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View the Madison Theater through the years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — People who grew up in Mansfield speak of the Madison Theater in such a way that you would think the place was still open for business. That is easy to understand: places lodged in the heart never go away — even […]
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Remembering a glimpse of Miss Ohio in the 1970s
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — It was February or March sometime in the 1970s. We had just figured out how to get up on the roof of Malabar High School. It was one of those sparkling clear winter nights with a full moon and we knew […]
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Remembering a glimpse of Miss Ohio in the 1970s
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — It was February or March sometime in the 1970s. We had just figured out how to get up on the roof of Malabar High School. It was one of those sparkling clear winter nights with a full moon and we knew […]
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1899: Main St. at N. Park Street in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the photographer set up his tripod in the 1890s to capture this image of North Main Street, he was standing in the middle of a traffic lane and his equipment probably straddled a streetcar track. Capturing the same scene today entails […]
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1899: Main St. at N. Park Street in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the photographer set up his tripod in the 1890s to capture this image of North Main Street, he was standing in the middle of a traffic lane and his equipment probably straddled a streetcar track. Capturing the same scene today entails […]