RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Richland County, OH, including the communities
of Mansfield, Bellville, Lexington, Independence, Lucas, Plymouth, Shelby
and Shiloh, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual
data in this NEW 100 Page Booklet of excerpts reprinted from the 1892 Centennial edition of
Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, A.J. Baughman's History of Richland
County Ohio, The Ohio Guide (1940 WPA project), newspaper clippings, and
other sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed 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 Howe book, suitable
for framing. These include Mansfield Square in 1846, Mansfield Square in
1888 (shown below) and a sketch of Johnny Appleseed.
Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet
are:
the two Blockhouses of 1812, early settlers, Indian incidents, Col. Jared
Mansfield and his wife, the life of Johnny Appleseed, the Ohio-Michigan
boundary dispute, unusual notations from early government records, Mansfield
of 1858, Mansfield of 1908, Mansfield Parks, Early Railroads, early telephone
service, Soldiers of the Revolution, Mexican War and Civil War, the organization
of McLaughlin Post of the Grand Army of the Republic; the individual histories
of Shelby, Plymouth, and Lexington; and newspaper stories from the 1960s
on Gatton Rocks, Coulter, area ghosts, etc.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county
officers and businesses, and biographies of Senator John Sherman, author
of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, Judge Jacob Brinkerhoff, Mordecai Bartley,
Gen. Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Michael D. Harter, and Dr. William Bushnell.
Information from the hard-to-find WPA writer's
project book takes a look at Mansfield in 1940, pointing out such landmarks
as the Pioneer Blockhouse, the John Chapman Monument, St. Luke's Lutheran
Church's Baptismal Font, Manfield's Friendly House, the Doolittle House,
etc. A 1933 look at the history of newspapers in the county, a map identifying
Ohio's 88 counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.
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