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This short Then & Now documentary explores the site on Third Street in Mansfield where an Episcopal Church, a Carnegie Library, and a President of the United States all converge in time.
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The Blockhouse in Mansfield is an authentic relic from the War of 1812, and a rare and tangible link to the city's frontier heritage in the days of Johnny Appleseed. Here is a short history of the city's treasure, its origin in 1812, its resurrection in 1908 for Mansfield's Centennial, and i…
One of Mansfield's best kept secrets... right out in the open where anyone can see it. This was the very first of the Mansfield Samplers, and still the rarest. It is narrated by Marc Wilkinson, the man I had intended to do them all, who subsequently moved away and took his voice with him.
Exploring the history of the public Square in Mansfield, Ohio as a groundwork for understanding why a movement is underway to restore the Square to its original undivided state.
Maybe you have had the opportunity to take a walk in the woods at Malabar Farm, and most likely you don't know how lucky you are to have had that opportunity... so a short film The Woods at MALABAR will make your next walk there a little more meaningful. Sponsored by MOHICAN ADVOCATES who ar…
To look at North Lake today in Mansfield, Ohio you might not guess that it was once a lively and thriving amusement complex called Luna Park.
Created in 2008 as an introduction for hikers at the Mansfield Bicentennial Underground Railroad Walk, this short documentary is a brief overview of what the underground railroad was, with stories of some local stations.
The first professional base ball game in America took place on June 1, 1869 when the Cincinnati Red Stockings took on the Mansfield Independents in Mansfield, Ohio.
The City of Mansfield, Ohio sits on earth made of a pink sandstone considered so amazing in the 1880s that it was quarried and shipped all over the world. This is the story of the stone, the quarry and a world famous building created to be pink.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on June 19, 2020 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
LOUDONVILLE -- One of the oldest houses in the Loudonville area is the "Century House," located on State Route 3 at the Mohican Adventures campground.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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When Walt Anderson and Billy Ingram opened the first White Castle restaurant in Wichita, Kansas, in 1921, hamburgers were not the quintessential American sandwich, and there were not chain restaurants selling hamburgers coast to coast.
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ASHLAND -- Many of us are familiar with the catchy tune Yankee Doodle which starts out “Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni...”
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2017.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on June 19, 2020 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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PLYMOUTH -- It arrived on Sunday, May 30. That's when the Plymouth Area Museum unveiled a new special exhibit called Infamy: Dec. 7, 1941.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in 2015 on Richland Source.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on June 7, 2021 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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PERRYSVILLE -- The Mohican area has been called 比特币交易app哪个好home by number of politicians and military officers. But perhaps the most high ranking was a Perrysville native born on Nov. 18, 1835.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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ASHLAND -- In 1788, General Rufus Putman who was labeled the “Father of Ohio” and 47 adventurers landed at a site near what is now Marietta and claimed 1.5 million acres of land for the New England Ohio Company.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in 2015 on Richland Source.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Nov. 12, 2020 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Nov. 12, 2020 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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LOUDONVILLE -- With the National Football League draft looming, it seemed only natural to reflect on Loudonville's influence on the historic organization.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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FREDERICKTOWN -- I pick up postcards (whenever I can find them at an affordable price) that give us glimpses of Knox County history.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan. 15, 2021 by the Ohio History Connection. Knox Pages has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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MOHICANVILLE -- With the news of the discovery of gold in California in 1849, gold fever spread across the United States.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Dec. 22, 2020 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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FREDERICKTOWN -- A real photo postcard from Aug. 29, 1913, gives us a glimpse of the fire that wiped out a block of Fredericktown's business district that day.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan 23, 2019 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on July 24, 2017 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in 2015 at Richland Source.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan 23, 2019 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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FREDERICKTOWN -- This business establishment is a bit of genius ranking up there with the bar in Mount Vernon that used to be known as "The Office."
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan 23, 2019 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
LOUDONVILLE -- In 1948, Loudonville native Paul Weirick, best known as the music arranger for the Lawrence Welk Show, introduced his showbiz friends to a taste of his 比特币交易app哪个好hometown.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Jan 23, 2019 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites.
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MANSFIELD -- In the early settlement days of Richland County (which at the time included Loudonville and Perrysville) there was an intense -- and only somewhat friendly -- rivalry between the settlers along the Clear Fork and Black Fork rivers.
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