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Ohio, Warren County, Lebanon Side A: Lebanon Library Andrew Carnegie gave Lebanon $10,000 in 1906 for the construction of a library if the town would provide at least $1,000 a year for its upkeep. Money for the books and...
Ohio, Hocking County, South Bloomingville Modern roads often have their precedents in much older thoroughfares. Two ancient paths once converged near this point. As late as the 1700s, the Salt Trail guided Native Americans from...
Ohio, Jackson County, Jackson Side A: The Scioto Salts Licks, located in and around Jackson, is an area where naturally occurring salt water, known as brine, flowed to the surface as a salt-water spring. It is known that the...
Ohio, Jackson County, Jackson Side A: James Cemetery Major John James (1772-1854) established James Cemetery in 1828 on and around a Native American mound that is the only significant ancient mound remaining in the city of...
Nov 21, 2009 (The Columbus Dispatch - Fairfield County's needy now need remember only the number 211 to get help. Trained information-and-referral specialists answer calls around the clock and connect callers to government...
Stefanie Spielman, 42, died Thursday at her Upper Arlington home after battling breast cancer for more than 10 years. She was known throughout central Ohio for raising money and awareness to fight breast cancer.
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fayetteville First parish to be established under the North Carolina Catholic Church Constitution February 4, 1824 First Catholic Church consecrated in North Carolina March 17, 1829 Original...
Lancaster Colony increases quarterly dividend to 30 cents, re-elects 3 to board COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Lancaster Colony Corp., maker of specialty foods, glassware and candles, said Monday its board raised its quarterly cash...
Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Mary Harlan Doherty was born in 1862 in the Dayton Street neighborhood of Cincinnati. She graduated from Woodward High School in 1880 at a time when women were not expected to go to college,...
Ohio, Holmes County, near Walnut Creek Jonas Stutzman, from Somerset County, Pennsylvania, came to this site in 1809 to clear land for farming and to build a log home for his family. He was the first permanent settler in the...
