WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET /
PRINTS
Early days in Wayne County, OH, including the communities
of Wooster, Orrville, Doylestown, Shreve, Dalton, Sterling, Creston, Fredericksburg,
Congress, Burbank, Apple Creek, West Salem, Marshallville and Mount Eaton,
are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
NEW 20 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 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 book, suitable
for framing. These include a view of Wooster's Public Square drawn in 1846,
a photograph of the square 41 years later, and a picturesque sketch of
an early passenger train.
Among the many and diverse topics covered in
the booklet are:
the Formation and Original Extent of the County; Indian Trails; Early
Settlers; How Smoking Led to an Explosion; the University of Wooster; When
an Indian Wanted Grease; Mock Indian Scares; Chief Johnny-Cake "Skedaddles",
the Remains of Buffaloes and Cedar Trees; the Adventures of Adam Poe, Indian
Fighter; Harry Franks, Indian Captive; a Wild Bunch of Outlaws and the Market
House Mob.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officers and businesses,and biographical material
on John S. Rarey, a horse tamer; the colorful life of Herr Driesbach, the
lion tamer and his wife; William B. Allison, senator; Gen. Thomas Thornton
Eckert, superintendent of telegraphy for the Army of the Potomic in the
Civil War; France Fuller and Metta Fuller, poets and writers; Edward Thomson,
bishop of the M.E. Church; Reasin Beall, Congressman; and John Sloane, United
States treasurer. A 1933 look at the history of newspapers in Wayne County,
excerpts from The Ohio Guide a 1940 WPA writer's project), brief
piece on two colleges, an excerpt from The Ohio Guide (1940 WPA project),
and maps showing the 88 Ohio counties and 1805 Ohio are also included.
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