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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Now & Then: Fredericktown’s Mill St. in 1912 and 111 years later
FREDERICKTOWN — It’s fun to catch glimpses of familiar spots in historical images. Sometimes there are significant differences, yet other times the veil between now and then is pretty thin. […]
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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 […]