PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in PORTAGE County, OH, including
the communities of Ravenna, Kent, Deerfield, Hiram, Garrettsville, Edinburg,
Mantua, Mantua Station, Palmyra, Randolph and Windham, are recalled through
a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 19 Page Booklet reprinted from
the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of
Ohio and other 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 successful bidder will receive THREE Computer-Enhanced 8 1/2 x 11 Prints made from engravings in the original book, suitable for framing.
They include include: a Central View of Ravenna in 1846, Ravenna in 1887,
and Hiram College.
Among the many and diverse topics covered:
the Cheese Industry; Early Settlements and Incidents; an Indian incident
in Deerfield; early Palmyra Settlers; Benjamin Tappan Jr., first Ravenna
settler; the Haymaker family and Aaron Burr; the Pioneer Railroad; Capt.
Samuel Brady's Leap across the Cuyahoga, and Joseph Smith tarred and feathered.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list
of 1888 county officers and businesses, including biographical information
on several prominent citizens: Gen. Louis Fairchild, Fiobus Plimpton, journalist/poet,
A. G. Riddle, lawyer/author; Marvin Kent, manufacturer/ railroad official,
and Mrs. Fannie Ward, authoress.
A brief 1933 look at the history of newspapers
in the county, a short item on the Hiram College from a 1941 Ohio history,
a map showing the 88 Ohio counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.
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