The DeGraff Canning Co. was incorporated in April 1907 to process corn and tomatoes. Early operations were substantial; one report noted forty women peeling tomatoes and the facility processing 500 bushels in a single day, with only 84 bushels remaining by nightfall. Workers were paid four cents per bucket, and their checks were accepted as cash throughout DeGraff. At peak performance, the plant produced 18,000 cans of tomatoes in a day and achieved a test rate of 76 cans per

The Bellefontaine Mattress & Upholstering Co. produced mattresses, comforts, pillows, bed springs, mattress protectors, and wagon pads for nearly twenty years. The company was founded in September 1901 by Jesse T. Langdon at 103 S. Detroit Street. The company formally organized in June 1902 with W.W. Fisher as president, E.J. Howenstine as vice president, W.C. Huston as secretary-treasurer, John C. Sullivan as general manager, and Langdon as superintendent. Later that year, t

The Logan County Historical Society traces its origins to 1930, when an earlier historical society was organized with Oswald K. Reames serving as its first president. That organization ceased operations, likely as a result of the Great Depression, but was reestablished in December 1935, again under Reames’s leadership. Surviving records include minutes from a 1940 meeting and a treasurer’s ledger from 1941 signed by F. M. Henry. No further activity is documented until Decembe

The first Indian Lake Yacht Club was organized in August 1910 with Walter Smith serving as Commodore, E. Dodson as Vice Commodore, French Leatherman as Rear Commodore, Harry Mansfield as Secretary and H.O. Huber as Treasurer.  A constitution and by-laws were adopted and forty-three members answered the roll call. Membership was expected to exceed one hundred by the following season. The Club’s mission was to support   the betterment of Indian Lake.   Their inaugural regatta a