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History of Champaign County Ohio

History of Champaign County Ohio

$ 6.44

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  • State: Ohio
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  • Condition: Brand New
  • Country: Champaign
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Format: Brand New Spiral Bound

    Description

    CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
    ,
    OHIO
    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 quality paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading.
    Illustrations
    include the public square in Urbana in 1886 and Urbana in 1846.
    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.
    Wouldn't this make a unique gift?