HISTORY OF
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO
****
* * * *BOOKLET / PRINTS * *
* * ****
Early days in Fairfield
County, including the communities of Lancaster, Lithopolis, Rushville,
Amanda and Baltimore, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales
and factual data in this NEW 24 Page Booklet reproduced directly from portions of 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
fine 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 photo of 1886 Lancaster, shown below, an 1846 sketch
of Lancaster, and a picture of Mt. Pleasant.
Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet
are: Zane's Trace; early settlers and Indian encounters; the story of
Mrs. Ruhama Green's difficult decision; the discovery of natural gas;
a sketch of the life of Sen. Thomas Ewing and his sons -- three of whom
were Civil War generals; the life of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; an
extensive report on the Ohio Boys Industrial School and the opening ceremonies
for the Ohio Canal.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will
find a list of 1888
county officers and businesses and biographical information on some
early prominent citizens, including Ebenezer Zane, Capt. Joseph Hunter,
Samuel Coats, Sr., Hocking Hunter, William J. Reese and William Medill. A
1933 history of newspapers in the county, articles from 1941 on the Wagnalls
Memorial, and "the President's Acre", excerpts from The Ohio Guide
(a writer's project of the WPA published in 1940), a map showing the 88
Ohio counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.
|
