CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Champaign County and its various communities
- Urbana, Mechanicsburg, St. Paris and North Lewisburg - are recalled through
a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 22 Page Booklet reprinted from
the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of
Ohio and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed
one-sided on 60# paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading.
IN ADDITION TO THE BOOKLET the buyer
will receive THREE Computer-Enhanced 8 1/2
x 11 Prints of engravings from the original book, suitable
for framing. These include the public square in Urbana in 1886 (shown below),
Urbana in 1846, and an attractive sketch of an Ohio buckeye branch.
Among the many and diverse topics covered in
the booklet are: Anecdotes of the famous Indian Tecumseh, early political
conventions in Urbana, the escapades of Simon Kenton, a description of Gov.
Joseph Vance, John Q.A. Ward called America's first sculptor, Mechanicsburg
and the Ad White Slave Rescue Case, etc.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 look at the history
of newspapers in the county, a brief piece on Urbana Junior College, maps
showing the 88 Ohio counties and 1805 Ohio, and excerpts from the 1940 WPA
project The Ohio Guide. are also included.
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