CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Crawford County and its various communities --
Galion, Bucyrus, Crestline, New Washington, etc. -- are recalled through
a mixture of colorful narratives and factual data in this NEW 27 Page Booklet reprinted from
the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's Historical collections of
Ohio, the WPA's The Ohio Guide and other hard-to-find sources.
The spiral-bound booklet is single-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 an 1846 sketch by Howe of the central part of
Bucyrus, shown below, an 1887 photograph of Bucyrus, and an 1887 photo of
Galion.
Among the many and diverse topics covered in
the booklet are: Col. James Kilbourne, the lst settlers in Bucyrus, Squire
Peter Worst - the tailor justice, the two bachelor hermits, various disappearances,
an Indian war dance, honey bee hunting, Petroleum V. Nasby, Indian deer slayers
and encounters with bears.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 history of county
newspapers, additional material on newspaper humorist David Locke (Nasby),
a 1940 look at the area in the WPA guidebook, newspaper feature articles
from the mid-1960s, a map showing the 88 Ohio counties, and a map of 1805
Ohio are also included.
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