Area history

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland […]

The era of streetcars and trolleys in America is intimately woven into the history of Mansfield, but more than that, the era of streetcars in Mansfield is inextricably stitched throughout […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland […]

At its height of vitality in Mansfield the Westinghouse plant covered 42.7 acres between Third Street and Sixth Street. Today most of that square footage is merely naked concrete slab. […]

This is the law of time: for every hour we go on there is an hour that slips behind, so that for every bit of gain there is equal loss. […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland […]

This historic photo from July of 1900 captures the scene on North Main Street when Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show came to town. Like any other circus extravaganza, the Wild […]

When you wonder about how the Mansfield airport got its name, it is not too difficult to find a resumé of General Lahm, and understand why the world of aviation […]

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland […]

MANSFIELD — Going east out of downtown today, the primary thoroughfare of Park Avenue East splits into Route 42 and Route 430, creating a triangle of business properties. In the […]