History of Fairfield County Ohio

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HISTORY OF
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO
Early days in Fairfield County, including the communities of Lancaster, Lithopolis, Rushville, Amanda and Baltimore, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
NEW
24 Page Booklet
reproduced directly from portions of 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 fine print enlarged for easier
reading.
We now have two other booklets on Fairfield County, both taken from a book by Hervy Scott. You can find them in our eBay Store.
Illustrations include:
the photo of 1886 Lancaster, an 1846 sketch of Lancaster, and a picture of Mt. Pleasant.
Among the many and diverse topics
in the booklet are: Zane's Trace; early settlers and Indian encounters; the story of Mrs. Ruhama Green's difficult decision; the discovery of natural gas; a sketch of the life of Sen. Thomas Ewing and his sons -- three of whom were Civil War generals; the life of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; an extensive report on the Ohio Boys Industrial School and the opening ceremonies for the Ohio Canal.
GENEALOGY BUFFS
will find a list of 1888 county officers and businesses and biographical information on some early prominent citizens, including Ebenezer Zane, Capt. Joseph Hunter, Samuel Coats, Sr., Hocking Hunter, William J. Reese and William Medill. A 1933 history of newspapers in the county, articles from 1941 on the Wagnalls Memorial, and "the President's Acre", excerpts from
The Ohio Guide
(a writer's project of the WPA published in 1940), a map showing the 88 Ohio counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.
Wouldn't this make a unique gift?