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Coach Harold A. Dodd
Harold A. Dodd spent forty-three years at Bellefontaine City Schools as a teacher and football and basketball coach. Harold A. Dodd was...

Mary Mortimer
Sep 26, 20253 min read


Apple Orchards
Apple picking season in Ohio usually begins late summer and runs through the end of October. Ohio produces around 50 different varieties,...

Mary Mortimer
Sep 20, 20253 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Sep 12, 20254 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Sep 6, 20254 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Aug 28, 20253 min read


Allinger Mill
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...

Mary Mortimer
Aug 14, 20253 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Aug 8, 20253 min read


The Electric Interurban Railway
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...

Mary Mortimer
Aug 1, 20254 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Jul 25, 20254 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Jul 18, 20253 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Jul 11, 20254 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Jul 3, 20254 min read


Bellefontaine B.P.O.E. Lodge No. 132
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) was founded "To promote and practice the four cardinal virtues of Charity,...

Mary Mortimer
Jun 27, 20253 min read


DeGraff Log Cabin
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...

Mary Mortimer
Jun 20, 20253 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
Jun 3, 20252 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
May 30, 20251 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
May 23, 20254 min read


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

Mary Mortimer
May 16, 20254 min read


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
May 9, 20253 min read


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 2, 20254 min read
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