WARREN COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Warren County, OH, including the communities
of Lebanon, South Lebanon (Deerfield), Franklin, Waynesville, Morrow, Harveysburg,
Springboro, Ridgeville, Butlerville, Murdoch, Mason, Maineville, Foster's
and King's Mills, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual
data in this NEW 43 Page Booklet reprinted from the 1892 Centennial 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 made from engravings in the original book, suitable for framing.
They include the 1886 photo of Lebanon shown below, a view of an old style
schoolhouse "in the forties," and a sketch of Shakers Dancing.
Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet are: Buckskin Petticoats;
Early Settlers; Forfeitures; the Perilous Adventures of Capt. Benham; the
Laying Out of Lebanon in 1802; a Courtroom in a Tavern; Turtle Creek Valley;
National Normal University; the Unusual Death of Clement Vallandigham; the
Old graveyard; the Rise and Decline of the Shaking Quakers; Fort Ancient;
and Why Pres. Jefferson Removed Gov. St. Clair.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officers and businesses, and biographies of Gov. Thomas
Corwin, Edward D. Mansfield (the "Sage of Yamoyden" and an author and statistician),
Gen. William Schenck (founder of Franklin and promoter of the Ohio Canal),
Gov. Jeremiah Morrow, Supreme Court Judge John McLean, Joshua Collett (Ohio
Supreme Court Judge), Gen. Robert C. Schenek, Admiral James F. Schenek,
Judge Francis Dunlevy, Gov. Durbin Ward, James Scott, William Henry Venable
(the Teacher Poet), and Achilles Pugh (abolitionist printer, who once scared
off Indians by removing his false teeth!)
The Howe history covers the development of this
area until about 1890, while excerpts from The Ohio Guide, a WPA
Writers project, 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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