Tag: history
Smalley enjoys 99th year of independence
Judith Sutherland continues telling tales of Alexander Smalley in Eckley community near Jeromesville, Ohio, in 1875.
Butchering was first big event of winter season
Paul Locher describes the process of butchering hogs on the frontiers of Ohio Country in the early 1800s.
Ohio’s worst natural disaster underscores the value of stormwater management
Stark SWCD stormwater inspector Todd Clark recalls the Flood of 1913 in Massillon, Ohio, and how it created awareness for stormwater management.
Alexander Smalley unimpressed with ‘Barnum’s traveling humbug’
Judith Sutherland continues to tell the tale of Alexander Smalley, a 19-century Ashland County, Ohio farmer.
Of schnitz and rye straw
Paul Locher outlines the use of rye straw to make baskets and store dried apple slices, schnitz, at homesteads in the early 1800s in Ohio Country.
Alexander Smalley looks for a wife
Judith Sutherland takes readers back in time to 1873 via the journals of Ashland County bachelor farmer Alexander Smalley.
The engine from Paradise
Paul Harvey shares the tale of how he acquired a Twelve Mule Team engine, manufactured by Associated Manufacturers Company, in Paradise, Pennsylvania.
How do you make apple butter? It depends who you ask
Paul Locher recounts the process for making apple butter in Ohio Country in the early 1800s.
Help us unravel the mystery behind Item No. 1286
Patrick Brown purchased Item No. 1286 at an auction, and it was listed as a yarn winder. Do you know what our mystery item was actually used for?
Crossroads community holds stories of those who came before
Judith Sutherland considers the significance crossroads communities used to have in rural American, recalling the history of Eckley community.
