source: Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum The community is best remembered as the capture site of the county’s namesake. Later it decided to pass on the railroad before the days of the Parker Brothers game of Monopoly. But now Leesville is waiting for the completion of a brand new nature center so others can better enjoy and appreciate … Continue reading Memories Remain in Leesville
Brokensword Ohio Was Famous During Civil War
by Hal Weiland source: Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, August 3-4, 2002 In Civil War, Community Became Famous When it was opened to settlers in 1828, northern Holmes Township was covered with dense forest and soggy marshes. Even the Wyandot Indian Reservation in the western third of the township was sparsely inhabited. There were no roads: Settlers would … Continue reading Brokensword Ohio Was Famous During Civil War
Railroad Produces Brandywine Ohio in mid-1800s
Crawford County Ohio Villages Spotlight on Brandywine source: Hal Weiland, Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, 6-7 July 2002 2 County Towns Products of Railroad, Post Office How would you like to live on Spore-Puckertown Road? That could have been the name of County Highway 31 north of Bucyrus. In the mid-1800s enterprising settlers established an early version of … Continue reading Railroad Produces Brandywine Ohio in mid-1800s
Tax Lists from 1832 from Galion Ohio and Sandusky Township
Tax List: Sandusky Twp. & Galion, 1832 source: Reprinted from Tracking Vol. II, #3 (August 1976), p. 16 and Tracking Vol. II, #4 (November 1976), p. 19 NOTE: From 1816-1845, these four miles were the western part of Richland County when they then became the eastern section of Crawford County, Ohio. Adams, SolomonCannon, JoshuaFisher, JacobAdrain, … Continue reading Tax Lists from 1832 from Galion Ohio and Sandusky Township
Early Crawford County Ohio School Teachers & Officials Part 3
(All items as copied and printed in our newsletter, Tracking -Please check original records for accuracy or additional information) Tracking Vol. III #2 pg.5 * May 1977 From the Teachers' Blue Book for the Public Schools of Ohio for 1885-86comes this information about the Crestline Schools. School Board President - D. Babst, Jr.Clerk - G.W. ZintTreasurer - Lewis HolckerPrincipal - … Continue reading Early Crawford County Ohio School Teachers & Officials Part 3
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