Geneva College was located in Northwood near Belle Center from 1848 to 1879. In 1836, James Stewart Johnston, a shopkeeper in Northwood, initiated the idea to create a Christian liberal arts college in the community. The following year, Mr. Johnston’s brother, the Rev. John Black Johnston, pastor of the Miami Reformed Presbyterian Church, held a Latin class in his study for seven students. Over the next ten years, this class grew and moved to several larger buildings. Then in

Prior to 1936, only one in five rural households in Logan County had electric service. A few people who lived near towns were able to get...

The Shick Implement Co. operated in Bellefontaine for nearly forty years. They sold John Deere tractors and implements along with a...

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

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

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...