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A Song in the Wilderness
03-16-2004
As pioneers established themselves in Marion County in the first half of the nineteenth century, their first priority was survival.
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A Lady's World, 1893
12-23-2003
She is not the arrogant, nor the supercilious one. She does not need to remind you of that consideration which is due to her womanhood.
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Happy Birthday, Ohio!
02-25-2003
On March 1, Ohio will celebrate the 200th anniversary of its admittance to the Union
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The Columbus and Sandusky Fraud
01-07-2003
The Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike (now Route 98), according to early local historians, began as a fraud perpetrated upon early Marion County settlers
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Noah Lee's Excellent Adventures
11-20-2002
Noah Lee was born in Scott Township, Marion County, in 1833, the son of John C. and Louisa (Spurgeon) Lee. His biography could be the basis for a western movie
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Halloween History
10-20-2002
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In the News
09-04-2002
On May 22, 1844, T. P. Wallace published the first issue of the Buckeye Eagle, Marion's Whig newspaper
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Big Island Vignettes
07-22-2002
Harvesting the Prairie: Big Island, Grand Prairie, and Salt Rock Townships,” the fourth of a series of five exhibitions in the Marion County Township Heritage Project
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Pioneer Days in Grand Prairie Township
06-01-2002
The following narrative was written in 1936 by Effie B. Robinson, descendant of early Grand Prairie Township settlers
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From Portage to Village: the Story of Morral
04-02-2002
My guest columnist this month is Annalisha Fragmin, a senior at Heidelberg College majoring in history.
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A Tale of Two Immigrants
02-01-2002
From the 1830s through the 1850s, Europe was in turmoil. Ireland suffered a devastating famine. Monarchies were threatened as democratic ideals
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President Harding's Funeral in Marion
11-11-2001
The following letter was written by F. R. Rees of Bolivar, Missouri to his wife and children on August 10, 1923
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If these walls could talk . . .
06-01-2001
Visiting an historic building makes many of us wish we could have seen and heard what happened long ago in that place
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