ASHLAND — Dorothea Schade spent her 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family who travelled from across Ohio and even surrounding states to be with her. Schade is a mother to three, a grandmother to 11 and a great grandmother to 18, all whom affectionately refer to her as “Oma,” which means grandma in German. […]
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Pretty Boy Floyd & Christmas in Mansfield 1930
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source as a history column in 2016. Back in the 1980s an older woman in Mansfield was interviewed to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on State Route 430 east of town. She noted, almost casually, that she had […]
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Greenville Treaty Line remembered with new in-ground monuments in Richland, Ashland, Knox counties
HANOVER TOWNSHIP — Few would know it was there, the sign along State Route 3 that marks a moment in time which determined the course of history for two groups of people. But if you look hard enough — traveling through the Ashland-Knox county border — you might spot a dilapidated sign post, it’s rotted […]
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Fitchville tragedy remembered
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Kandi McCrea. Here is the link to McCrea’s original blog with the article: https://kandiblaze.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/forgotten-fitchville-ohio-holocaust-22-bodies-remain-unclaimed-after-63-in-total-perished-at-the-golden-age-nursing-home/ FITCHVILLE — There’s a dark and forgotten history that haunts the village of Fitchville, just six miles north of Greenwich. One might even be in disbelief that on a cold November night, 63 people died […]
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OSR launches $1 million campaign to restore West Cell Block at prison
The Ohio State Reformatory has launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to fully restore the West Cell Block at the historic former prison. Officials with the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society said work will be done in stages over the next three to five years. To learn more about the campaign, email Ashleigh Ramey at ashleigh@mrps.org […]
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Oak Hill Cottage welcomes guests for Christmas tours
MANSFIELD — Mansfield’s own Gothic gem will kick off its holiday season this weekend. Oak Hill Cottage is open April through December for docent-led tours. But during the Christmas season, the home takes on a special charm. Alan Wigton of the Richland County Historical Society said volunteers have spent the week decorating the house for Christmas […]
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Mansfield experienced a mass protest on the Square in 1900
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. “The right of the people peaceably to assemble.” It is a democratic empowerment so fundamental to the essence of our nation that it is inscribed prominently into the very first Amendment to the Constitution. As a core value so central to defining our […]
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Column: Gettysburg ‘Peach Orchard’ a sobering reminder of historical lessons learned
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Peaches again now grow in the “Peach Orchard” in the Gettysburg National Military Park in eastern Pennsylvania. It’s been 160 years since musket Minie balls and artillery shells ripped through the famed orchard during the second day of the famous Civil War battle that turned the tide of a four-year struggle — […]
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The Shawshank Oak, a symbol of hope
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. LUCAS — Before 1993 this was just an old oak tree in a field across from Malabar Farm and, aside from birds who perched there, nobody particularly noticed it. In 1993 it was noticed by a site production scout for Castle Rock Entertainment, […]
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Native Son: Pretty Boy Floyd & Christmas in Mansfield 1930
Back in the 1980s, former Richland Source historian Tim McKee interviewed an old woman in Mansfield because to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on Route 430 east of town. She told him, almost casually, that she had once given a room to a famous gangster. When […]