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History of Delaware County Ohio

History of Delaware County Ohio

$ 6.54

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  • State: Ohio
  • Country: Delaware
  • Item must be returned within: 60 Days
  • Format: Brand New Spiral Bound
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: Brand New
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    Description

    DELAWARE COUNTY
    ,
    OHIO
    * * * *
    Illustrated Booklet
    * * * *
    Early days in Delaware County, including the communities of Delaware, Sunbury, Ashley and Galena, OH, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
    NEW
    24 PAGE BOOKLET
    reprinted from the 1892 edition of Henry Howe's
    Historical Collections of Ohio
    and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed single-sided on quality paper with the print enlarged for easier reading.
    Illustrations include:
    Winter St. in Delaware; Sandusky St. in Delaware; and Ohio Wesleyan University.
    Among the many and diverse topics
    in the booklet are: the defeat of Capt. William Drake by Indians, block houses, early customs, Indian villages, Ohio Wesleyan University and Wesleyan Female College, anecdotal biographies of President Rutherford B. Hayes, Gen. John Anthony Quitman, Col. Moses Byxbe, Solomon Smith, Ezekiel Brown, Capt. John Minter and the Rev. Joseph Hughes, and an extensive discussion of Gen.William Rosecrans.
    GENEALOGY BUFFS
    will find a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 history of county newspapers, articles from 1941 on Ohio Wesleyan and Perkin's Observatory, a map showing the 88 Ohio counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also
    included.
    Wouldn't this make a unique gift?