HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Hancock
County, OH, and its communities -- Findlay, Mt. Blanchard, McComb, Arcadia,
Van Ive, Van Buren and Benton Ridge -- are recalled through a mixture of
colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 16
Page Booklet of excerpts reproduced directly from the
1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio,
The Ohio Guide (a 1940 WPA Writers project), and other hard-to-find
sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed one-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 Howe
book, suitable for framing. They include the sketch of 1846 Findlay shown
below, a photo of Findlay taken in 1890, and an Ohio oil field in winter.
Among the many and diverse topics covered in
the booklet are: Fort Findlay, built during the war of 1812, Gen. James
Findlay, Wilson Vance, the first white settler, Blanchard's Fork, the good
Count Coffinberry, Dr. Charles Oesterlen - the "gas fool," the great Karg
well, the sight, sound and smell of a burning well, speculation in the gas
belt, and the Great Natural Gas Jubilee of 1887 with 40,000 attendees.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888
county officers and businesses. The Howe history covers the development
of this area until about 1890, while excerpts from the WPA book, give a nostalgic
glympse from a 1940 vantage point, including interesting historical notes,
especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities. A 1933 look at the
history of newspapers in the county, a map showing the 88 Ohio counties
and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.
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