Hooked on History: Freeport High Class of 1932
I enjoy looking at old high school yearbooks. They offer a unique perspective on the way people lived decades ago.While I like to collect yearbooks from my hometown, Dennison, I pick up other yearbooks...
View ArticleHooked on History: Laceyville – Ohio's cold spot?
February 2010 may have been one for the record books when it comes to snow in Ohio, but temperatures were relatively mild. We experienced no lengthy siege of sub-zero temperatures like residents of the...
View ArticleHooked on History: A new history Web site
Anyone who is interested in Harrison County history ought to check out the Harrison County Historical Society’s new Web site, www.harrisonhistory.org.The site has information on Harrison County...
View ArticleHooked on History: Wanted – photos, artifacts from sheep farming
The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum is in the process of gathering information for an agricultural exhibit which will focus on the Henry Law Farm, which is listed on the National Register of Historic...
View ArticleHooked on History: A box of bleached bones
On April 3, 1887, Dennison was abuzz after word arrived from Station 15, a small Harrison County community a couple of miles to the east, that the remains of a person had been discovered by a railroad...
View ArticleHooked on History: New exhibit on farming
A sizable crowd attended the opening Wednesday night of a new exhibit at the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, “Tracking Our Farming Roots.”The exhibit, scheduled to be on display for about a year, gives...
View ArticleHooked on History: The copperheads of Harrison County
The northern copperhead snake is found throughout much of eastern Ohio and has bitten more people than any other venomous snake in the United States.On July 10, 1902, the Cadiz Republican newspaper...
View ArticleHooked on History: A moonlight tour of Freeport's cemetery
I’ve always wanted to attend one of the cemetery tours sponsored by the Harrison County Historical Society, the Harrison County Genealogical Society and the Puskarich Public Library at Cadiz, but my...
View ArticleHooked on History: Dedicated teachers
At the beginning of the 20th century, teaching was a less than glamorous profession in the United States. A man or woman who chose a life as an educator had to be dedicated, because the working...
View ArticleHooked on History: The Baker family church in Harrison County
I recently purchased in an eBay auction a fascinating old photo album that once belonged to Homer and Sadie Cook of Harrison County.As I leafed through the album after it arrived at my house, I was...
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