Lyme Township Era Reflects Early Ohio Agriculture and Thorughfare
Ly me Township in Huron County began as part of Groton Erie County and was renamed Wheatsborough in 1819 after landowner Mr Wheat. The article details soils quarries hemp and crops wheat corn soybeans sunflowers and dairy innovations with Dr Oscar Erf and early TB testing and milk testing groups shaping local farming history.
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Bob Seymour
Bellevue
Ohio
Lyme Township
Groton
Erie County
Bauman
Conrad Hawks
Nathan Strong
Bemiss Place
John F. Adams
Horatio Long
Sandusky
Milan
Huron River
Erie Canal
New York City
Philadelphia
Huron
Monroeville
Venice
Detroit
Lyme
Oscar Erf
Ohio State University
Huron Valley
William Erf
Frey Brothers
C.C. Heyman
Lawler Brothers
Newman Brothers
W.M. Norman
Henry Schnee
Reversible Bird of Paradise Coverlet Gifted to Firelands Museum
A blue and white reversible coverlet in Bird of Paradise design was presented to Firelands Museum by Allet M. Rogers and Mrs. Albert Paar of Florida. The piece was made by an elder sister for the 1848 wedding of Rhoda L. Van Wormer to Joseph N. Watross of Fitchville, who later served two terms as Huron County Treasurer after the Civil War.
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John S. Stewart
Firelands Museum
Allet M. Rogers
Albert Paar
Florida
Rhoda L. van Wormer
Joseph N. Watross
Fitchville
Watross
Huron County
Grain futures wrapup for last Friday and week results
Market report shows wheat at 3.80, corn 2.67, oats 1.35 and soybeans 5.40 in closing values. Comparisons to prior Friday, week, month, and year highlight recent declines for most grains except soybeans.
Firelands Pioneers reprint set from 1858 1878 history
An upcoming publication offers an exact reprint of the Firelands Hist Society’s Firelands Pioneers volumes from 1858 to 1878. The 1700 plus pages are bound in two hard covers with a new name index. Price 45 dollars, order via Firelands Museum Norwalk Ohio, 4 Case Ave. Phone 668-6038.
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Firelands’ Hist
Society
Firelands Pioneers
Huron and Erie Co
Ohio
Firelands Museum
Case Ave
Norwalk
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
A period list shows admissions and discharges at multiple hospitals. Names include Fern Ketchum and Barbara Weltlin at Fisher-Titus Memorial, Jara Kangars at Providence Hospital, and James McClung and Ray Duncan among others, with several Norwalk and Greenwich residents noted.
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Providence Hospital
Jara Kangars
Norwalk
James McClung
Monroeville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ray Duncan
Willard
Wind lifts Cincinnati tow truck and carries driver down street
Gene Adams reports a violent windstorm lifted his tow truck about six feet and carried him roughly 50 feet along the street. He was driving 40 mph when a gigantic tree emerged from the ground and a freight train like gust followed. Adams says he lost control and was briefly knocked out before the truck landed on the sidewalk.
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Adams
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PEPSI
Na Vince
Carnation
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Etaria
P Food Stores
MR eReLae
It’s One of
Ohio’s
John Wells
Music World Complete Record & Tape Shop
E. Main St
Music World
Phono- Log Record Guide
Jenny’s Ceramics
Washington St
Jake
Simpson St
Greg Keefer
Sat. TF
Terry's
North-Norwalk
Bronson- Norwalk Conservation Club
Diana’s School of
W. Seminary
Hopttalk
Arlene Lortcher
Eunice Twaddle
Wellington
Leonard Chaffee
Lawrence Komosinski
Janet Stewart
Wakeman
Joseph Steiert
Cincinnati
UPI
Gene Adams
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