DARKE COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Darke County, OH, and its
various communities -- Greenville, Gettysburg, Arcanum, Versailles, Ansonia
-- 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, The Ohio Guide and other
sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed one-sided 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 book,
suitable for framing. These include the 1846 sketch shown below of the public
square in Greenville, an 1886 view on Broadway in Greenville, and a picturesque
sketch titled "Pioneer Railroad of the West."
Among the many and diverse topics covered in the
booklet are: Fort Greenville, Gen. William Darke, defeat of St. Clair, exploits
of Mad Anthony Wayne, Indian peace treaties, Enoch Seitz a math wiz, the
demand for marriageable girls, a wedding at the point of a "dog," the 40th
Ohio Infantry and medicine in pioneer days.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 look at the history
of newspapers in the county, excerpts from a WPA writer's project that studied
the state's points of interest in 1940, brief pieces on the Ft. Jefferson
monument, Arthur St. Clair and Lowell Thomas, and maps showing the 88 Ohio
counties and 1805 Ohio are also included.
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