DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO

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Early days in Delaware County, including the communities of Delaware, Sunbury, Ashley and Galena, OH, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 24 PAGE BOOKLET reprinted from the 1892 edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed 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: Winter St. in Delaware; Sandusky St. in Delaware; and Ohio Wesleyan University.
Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet are: the defeat of Capt. William Drake by Indians, block houses, early customs, Indian villages, Ohio Wesleyan University and Wesleyan Female College, anecdotal biographies of President Rutherford B. Hayes, Gen. John Anthony Quitman, Col. Moses Byxbe, Solomon Smith, Ezekiel Brown, Capt. John Minter and the Rev. Joseph Hughes, and an extensive discussion of Gen.William Rosecrans.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 history of newspapers in the county, articles from 1941 on Ohio Wesleyan and Perkin's Observatory, a map showing the 88 Ohio counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.