Early days in Champaign County and its various communities - Urbana, Mechanicsburg, St. Paris and North Lewisburg - are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 22 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 printed one-sided on 60# paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading. Among the many and diverse topics covered in the booklet are: Anecdotes of the famous Indian Tecumseh, early political conventions in Urbana, the escapades of Simon Kenton, a description of Gov. Joseph Vance, John Q.A. Ward called America's first sculptor, Mechanicsburg and the Ad White Slave Rescue Case, etc. GENEALOGY BUFFS will find a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 look at the history of newspapers in the county, a brief piece on Urbana Junior College, maps showing the 88 Ohio counties and 1805 Ohio, and excerpts from the 1940 WPA project The Ohio Guide. are also included.
Champaign County, OH
only $7.20
Sources: Historical Collections of Ohio/ History of Champaign County Ohio
Authors: Henry Howe
Original Publication Year: 1892
Original Publisher: F.A. Bailey and Co.
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