The log cabin at the Helen Wonders Blue Park in Zanesfield was built in 1805 by Ebineezer Zane, son of Isaac and Myeerah Zane....

Before Mary Rutan Hospital opened in 1919, Bellefontaine had several small private hospitals where community physicians and surgeons...

Westinghouse operated facilities in Bellefontaine from 1948 to 1986. The Bellefontaine plants made fractional horsepower motors for a...

Dr. James Canby came to the Quincy area from Lebanon, Ohio around 1828. Shortly after he arrived, he built a grist mill on the north side...

Daniel Gutilla owned and operated several motion picture theatres and managed the Grand Opera House in Bellefontaine. He was born in...

The Electric Interurban Railway line was a system of rails that linked many of the large towns and cities in Ohio during the first part...

David Orrin Steinberger was an artist and professor who became known as the “Hermit of Mad River.” He resided at Zane Caverns from 1937...

Belle Center native George Wood Anderson was a noted pastor and evangelist. For many years, he held large multi-week revival meetings...

Brothers, Louis J. and Alfonso F. Zerbee of Bellefontaine, are both credited with several patented inventions. Louis’ invention of...

Music, dancing, and entertainment has attracted thousands of people to the Indian Lake area for many years. You could dance at the large...

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) was founded "To promote and practice the four cardinal virtues of Charity,...

In the fall of 1974, a small house owned by Rally Jones at 328 Clagg St. in Bellefontaine was condemned by the city as a fire hazard. As...

Dale Elleman Sr. began plans in 1948 for a drive-in theatre on Spruce St. in Bellefontaine next to the Detroit Aluminum & Brass “DAB”...

This year marks the 50th and 75th anniversary of the graduating classes of 1950 and 1975. In 1950, there were graduating classes from...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, with an executive order on April 5, 1933. The CCC...

The Bellefontaine Post Office was in several different store front buildings until a Federal building was constructed in 1913. Plans for...

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...

The Flatwoods settlement in Bokescreek Township was established ca 1854, when Christopher Williams, a Black man from Fayette County,...

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...

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...