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FREDERICKTOWN — This vintage postcard captures a great view of downtown Fredericktown, around 1908. Several local businesses are visible, including Johnson & Crowell Farm Implements and Vehicles. A search of […]

Editor’s Note This is Part II of a 3-part series that began on July 9. Part III will be published on July 23. NELLIE — The Mohawk Dam was a […]

NELLIE — It was a warm summer evening on Sunday, July 6, 1924. The Reverend J. H. Proper stepped to the front of the little Mt. Nebo Church, west of […]

MANSFIELD — A small audience of curious people gathered Thursday evening in Founders Auditorium on the campus the Mansfield branch of The Ohio State University to catch a rare glimpse […]

FREDERICKTOWN — It was that time of year when the night starts coming faster, and the clouds seem to hang a little lower in the sky. This particular evening was […]

FREDERICKTOWN — Meet Orin Bishop. He’s the writer of the 1913 postcard featured in a previous History Knox column. The text of the card told us only that it was […]

FREDERICKTOWN — Say what you will about the pitfalls of social media — and there are plenty — but it can turn a local history column into a discussion with […]

FREDERICKTOWN — In the course of collecting materials for this column, I sometimes find items which open the doors to past stories. Other times, the information that is there is […]