(January 26, 1849, 172 years ago): Andrew F. Tyler was hanged in Bryan. Tyler was a wandering fortune teller. In…
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(January 24, 1837, 184 years ago): William J. Knight, one of the engineers of the Civil War Andrews Raid, was…
(January 23, 1876, 145 years ago): The Primrose Church of God in Millcreek Township was formally dedicated. The Primrose Church…
(January 20, 1901, 120 years ago): The Pulaski Methodist Episcopal (now known as United Methodist) Church was dedicated. The Pulaski…
(January 22, 1888, 133 years ago): The Alvordton United Brethren Church was dedicated. The first church in what is today…
(January 23, 1836, 185 years ago): The village of Centre (now known as Williams Center) was surveyed in Center Township.…
MARKER … The Goll Woods Marker before it was unveiled, Nov. 17, 2018. (PHOTO BY JAMES PRUITT) (Story originally appeared…
AND WE ALL FALL DOWN! … On December 5, 2019, the West Unity Water Tower which had been present in…
MEMORIAL DAY … The Stryker Memorial Day service was held inside the local high school due to wet conditions at…
(1958): Ground was broken for the new 11,000-square-foot Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company plant at Edgerton and Emmett streets in Bryan. In…
Today in Williams County history (January 20, 1874, 144 years ago): Northwest Grange No. 413, Williams County’s first Grange, was…
Let’s take a look back at 1955, shall we? In 1955, the world was ten years into the ‘Nuclear Age’.…
By: James Pruitt THE VILLAGE REPORTER A group dedicated to promoting U.S. 6 stopped by the Edgerton Village Council and…
On Thursday evening, November 6, 2014, the Williams County Historical Society held their annual dinner at the fairground museum. Napoleon,…