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The Hancock Historical Museum will be hosting the 7th annual "Spirits Arise: Maple Grove Lantern Tour" given by the Living History Troupe on Sunday, October 19, 2008.
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Several times a week, listeners of the University of Findlay's WLFC 88.3 can enjoy reliving 125 years of the college's fascinating history.
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On February 21, 1893, the following announcements were posted in the Findlay Republican: "Bro Crouse of the Findlay Republican rejoiceth exceedingly over the birth of a son... the Republican must be enjoying great success to afford such luxury.
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Early Findlay was a horrible place to be traveling in. Roads were often under water, and the logs that were meant to be sidewalks were always sinking. Often wagons got stuck in the mud. The weary traveler was sometimes an Easterner looking for a new home, but it could just have easily been a local coming to town from his farm. Old-timer or newcomer, they would all meet at the local tavern. In fact, taverns were very important to early settlers.
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Spring is the season for violent storms, the kind that wakes us up in the middle of the night and sends a shiver of fear through us. Who could forget the great wind storm of 1920, when John Hancock was blown off his pedestal? More recently, we mourned when the great sand sculptures at Riverside were destroyed just before Easter. Perhaps the worst storm, however, came to us in 1888, a most prosperous time for our town.
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19th Century Farmer's Invention Revolutionized Agriculture
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The Civil War was a bloody time in American history. Perhaps you have visited one of Ohio's many sites dedicated to the remembrance of the War Between the States. It is good that we do this, but many of these sites are in great danger of being lost to developments. One such place is Johnson's Island, located on Lake Erie off the coasts of Marblehead and Sandusky.
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The 1800s was a time of medical discovery. Doctors had new tools, such as microscopes and thermometers, that were technological marvels. The indiscriminate killer known as smallpox was being contained by a new vaccination technique. However, for a new frontier town like Findlay, these wonders were of little use. |
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In 1826 Squire Carlin, an ambitious young man of 25, came to Findlay Township with his wife of 6 years. Findlay wouldn’t become an official community until 1838. The roads were mostly under water and few businesses were established. Squire and Findlay seemed made for each other. Carlin was a fur trader, and Findlay was known as a trading post. Together, they would grow up. |
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On the second day of Christmas, is the Lutheran tradition to sing Bach’s “Break Forth o Beauteous Heavenly Light.” It’s a song of light triumphing over darkness, of hope and assurance in better times to come. |
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