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Mother's Study Club
On July 29, 1940, a group of young mothers interested in parenting education met in the Mary Lee Tea Room at 136 N. Main St., in...

Mary Mortimer
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Flatwoods One-Room Schoolhouse
The Flatwoods settlement in Bokescreek Township was established ca 1854, when Christopher Williams, a Black man from Fayette County,...

Mary Mortimer
May 24 min read


Donn & Abram Piatt
A Salute to Logan County Veterans Open House Date: April 27, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 5:00 pm Join us as we salute our Logan County Veterans...

Mary Mortimer
Apr 243 min read


Gen Charles J. Bondley
Charles J. Bondley, Jr., was born in Big Springs, Ohio on September 10, 1910, to Dr. Charles J. and Dora Titus Bondley. Dr. Bondley had a...

Mary Mortimer
Apr 222 min read


The Belle Center Herald-Voice
The Belle Center Herald-Voice newspaper was established in 1904 when The Herald and The Voice newspapers combined. There were several...

Mary Mortimer
Apr 183 min read


Latham Care Center
The Latham Care Center was located at the current site of the Orr Mansion and Logan County Museum for over twenty years. In 1906, William...

Mary Mortimer
Apr 112 min read


The Pratt Family
Three generations of the Pratt family served as physicians in Logan County, starting with Dr. Edwin Pratt in 1850. Members of the Pratt...

Mary Mortimer
Apr 44 min read


Satan's Angels Drum & Bugle Corps
The Harold Kerr American Legion Post #173 of Bellefontaine established a drum and bugle corps in 1930 with armed services veterans. The...

Mary Mortimer
Mar 283 min read


Jeneane "Lefty" DesCombes Lesko
Jeneane DesCombes was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1935. When she was ten years old, she moved to Lakeview with her mother and two...

Mary Mortimer
Mar 213 min read


Maple Syrup Production
Maple syrup production is one of Logan County’s oldest industries. In the latter part of the 1800s, many Logan County farms had groves of...

Mary Mortimer
Mar 143 min read


A & I Supply Co
The Howard Supply Co. was established in Urbana in 1938 by Bob Howard. The company sold automotive supplies and later added sporting...

Mary Mortimer
Mar 73 min read


Schuler Marina
The Indian Lake Boat Show has been an annual event for nearly 70 years. The boat show is usually held the first weekend in March and...

Mary Mortimer
Feb 283 min read


Costin Family Practice
The medical building at 130 N. Detroit St. was built by Dr. Guy H. Swan in 1910. Since that date, the structure has been known as the...

Mary Mortimer
Feb 214 min read


Lt. Georgia Insley Stamm
Georgia Insley was born on October 25, 1917, to George and Margaret Insley. She graduated from Bellefontaine High School in 1935 and...

Mary Mortimer
Feb 193 min read


Daniel Evan "D. E." Strayer
Daniel Evan “D.E.” Strayer was born in Allen County, Ohio in 1861 to William M. and Mary Jane Strayer. The Strayer family moved to...

Mary Mortimer
Feb 143 min read


Zent Automobile Company
Schuyler Zent owned a machine shop in Marion, Ohio in the late 1890s. He received a patent for gasoline engines in 1899 and 1901. Zent...

Mary Mortimer
Feb 73 min read


Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale was born in 1898 in Bowersville, Ohio to Charles Clifford and Anna DeLaney Peale. His father was a physician and...

Mary Mortimer
Jan 253 min read


Ice Harvesting and Manufacturing
Before electric refrigeration, blocks of ice were used to keep food from spoiling. In the winter months ice harvesting from lakes and...

Mary Mortimer
Jan 184 min read


Larence Rausenberger
Larence Rausenberger and his twin sister, Leona, were born to Andrew and Mary Rausenberger on on a farm near DeGraff in 1887. From an...

Mary Mortimer
Jan 113 min read


Blizzard of 1978
On January 26, 1978, Logan County was hit with one of the biggest recorded blizzards. Governor James Rhodes declared a state of emergency...

Mary Mortimer
Jan 43 min read
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