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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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