This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Back Yonder in Ottawa Life and Local Notables Recalled
A nostalgic reminiscence of early Ottawa life recounts local figures including Henry Houser an early automobile dealer and the Dodge introduction. It sketches a network of carriers doctors merchants and Chautauqua era residents with names like George Fowler Ray Anderson Pete Kaiser S. F. Beeler and Joe Black, recalling community ties, services, and events from the north side and river area, ending with a self typed flourish as Ancient Mariner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Houser
Dodge
Herald
George Fowler
Ray Anderson
Madison’s Jewelry Store
the Herald
George’s Loo
Denly
Ray
Santa Fe
North Oak
Pete
Pard
Ageney
Bodley
Pete Kaiser
S. F. Beeler
George Hudter
Stinebaugh
Francis Knapp
Knapp
Charles W.' Oldroy
Mark Whitebread
Harvey B. F. Keller
Jim Forgey
J. C. Armstrong
J. F. Armstrong
J. H. Armstrong
Jeptha Davis
H. W. Gilley
George W. Davis
Princeton
Vilas BE
Lawrence
H. F. Kennedy
F. C. Herr
John Chenoweth
Charlie Lamb
Forest Park
Thomas Fortune Ryan
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
William A. Elliott
Marais Des Cygnes
Beeler
J. T. Black
Joe Black
Methodist Church
Chautauqua
Ed’ Youngberg
Sam Lucas
Thompson - DeFord
Ter
Ed Thomp
A. F. LeChien
Stnson
C. A. Lilly
Jim Miller
Ottawa
Nelson
Ford
John
Libya
Eddie
North Side
the and Mary
North Cedar
Lincoln School
Lloyd Hammill
Ferguson
Ethel Hubbard
Moody
Rusty Lucas
Joe Beeler
Fred
O. L. Hawkins
Harold Hutchinson
Glen Spears
Elmer Manley
Pierre Elder
Lafe Jones
Sam Hubbard
Gardner Walker
Fred Houghton
GAR
Rohrbaugh
Legion
B. Rohrhaugh
Sheldons
Shirases
Sam Fry
Leland Tenks
Ted Wallace
Frank Denio
Larry Crater
Mills Petit
Lee Hicks
Joe McCarthy
Roy Calvin
Harrison Baldwin
Alfred Waddle
Wayne Blair
Rolland Hough
Carroll Gamble
Charlie Ikenberry
Dave
Wayne Gilliland
Joe Foote
Grover Knight
Harry Worthington