FREDERICKTOWN — Tim Ashcraft runs a great Facebook group, called Memories of Knox County, Ohio. I wanted to share an excellent old postcard photo he posted to the group that […]
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Lafferty Farm near Bellville has a burial mound, whether or not it was human-made
BELLVILLE — In another installment of a series on regional mounds that is unfolding as slowly as geology itself, I bring you today the unofficial Lafferty Mound, a little north […]
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Jordan to share stories, art before Feb. 10 Mansfield Symphony concert
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Symphony program commentator Mark Sebastian Jordan will give a pre-concert talk before the orchestra’s Saturday, Feb. 10, “Massive Classics” performance. The talk will feature images of the […]
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Here’s a glimpse of ‘Hell’s Neck’ in Fredericktown
FREDERICKTOWN — A picture posted some years ago in the Knox Time collection on Facebook came with an interesting detail. This area of the B&O Railroad tracks crossing Mill Street […]
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Was a woman the brains behind 1933 Fredericktown bank robbery?
FREDERICKTOWN — The news this week of a bank robbery in Centerburg reminded me of Knox County’s infamous 1934 bank robbery in Gambier by members of John Dillinger’s gang, which we’ve […]
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History Knox: Following Rud Hayes from Kenyon to the White House
GAMBIER — Rud Hayes’ mother was annoyed by her son. At age fourteen, he had taken a break from his schooling for a bit, but then refused to go back. […]
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“The Witch of Mansfield” to be released on Sept. 18
MANSFIELD — Mark Sebastian Jordan’s second book with The History Press will be released on Sept. 18. “The Witch of Mansfield: The Tetched Life of Phebe Wise” delves into the […]
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“The Witch of Mansfield” to be released on Sept. 18
MANSFIELD — Mark Sebastian Jordan’s second book with The History Press will be released on Sept. 18. “The Witch of Mansfield: The Tetched Life of Phebe Wise” delves into the […]
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Part III: Finale of the nightmare that walked Murder Ridge near Nellie
Editor’s Note This is Part III of a 3-part series that began on July 2. Part II was published on July 9. NELLIE — In the aftermath of Cletus Reese’s confession to […]
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Fredericktown temperance ladies’ liquor raid ended the party … temporarily
FREDERICKTOWN — Long before alcohol prohibition was tried in the 1920s — and disastrously failed, I might add — the anti- alcohol temperance movement had many advocates. When those advocates […]