WOOD COUNTY, OHIO
Booklet / Prints
Early days in Wood County, OH, including the communities of
Bowling Green, Perrysburg, North Baltimore, Grand Rapids, Freeport, Tontogamy,
Bradner, Pemberville, Weston, Haskins, Bairdstown, Millbury, Jerry City
and Rising Sun, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual
data in this NEW 33 Page Booklet, reprinted from the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's
Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Guide (a WPA
Writers Project), 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 8 1/2 x 11 Computer-Enhanced Prints of engravings in the book, suitable for framing. They are:
an 1846 sketch of Perrysburg from Maumee City, a photo of Bowling Green
from 1887, and the Stafford Exchange Hotel.
Among the many and diverse subjects in the booklet are: Early Military
Expeditions; the Effect of Drainage; the First White Settlers; Importance
of the War of 1812; Escaping the Pottawatomies; the Last of the Ottawas;
Building of Fort Meigs; Langham's Desperate Enterprise; Seige of Fort Meigs;
British View of Seige; Dudley's Defeat and Massacre; the second Siege of
Ft. Meigs; Speculation in Would-Be Cities; Story of a Bell; Gas, Oil and
Lime.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officials 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.
There is also a brief article on early Wood County newspapers, a map showing
Ohio's 88 counties, and a map depicting Ohio in territorial days.
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