HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows a Toledo and Indiana Trolley Car accident that occurred in the 1920s. Photo…
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HISTORIC REFLECTION … Kuehne’s Radio in Bryan invited the public to a demonstration of a 21-inch color television, featuring Red…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows the old switch tower between the NY Central and the Wabash Railroad in…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … April 19, 1841: The first session of Williams County Court of Common Pleas was held in…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows the Swanton Railroad Depot circa 1910. Photo provided by the Fulton County Museum.…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Howe Post Office in Jefferson Township was established. The Howe Post Office was named after then U.S.…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows Henry Ford’s DT&I “Malinta Cutoff” being built in the 1920s. Construction efforts in the…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Lattanner House hotel at Montpelier was destroyed by fire. In her book “Montpelier, Ohio, 1845-1976,” local…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … Pictured are young men in Wauseon waiting to head into WWII onboard a train. Photo provided by…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The grandstand on the Williams County Fairgrounds in Montpelier was destroyed by fire. The wooden frame grand-stand—a…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Van Camp Packing Company (later Pet Milk Company) condensory on East High Street in Bryan began…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows an Early Amtrak train traveling through Wauseon sometime during the 1970s. Photo pro-vided…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The last day of production occurred at the Strydel, Inc., plant in Stryker. Strydel was founded by…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows an Early Amtrak train traveling through Wauseon sometime during the 1970s. Photo pro-vided…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Charve Theater opened on January 22, 1947, at the northeast corner of Michigan and Lynn streets.…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows the A.D. Baker Co. building located by railroad tracks circa 1880. Photo provided by…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … A tornado struck the Nettle Lake area at approximately 8:45 p.m. Williams County Emergency Management Agency Di-rector…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … A reunion was held for those who had graduated from the school in Ottokee. The photo was…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … Bryan Lodge No. 1064 Loyal Order of the Moose was instituted with 50 charter members. The group’s…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … A Pet Milk factory was once located in Delta, Ohio. The building was created back in 1905. …
HISTORIC REFLECTION … Fire destroyed Paul’s Harness Shop on North Defiance Street in Stryker. In the mid-1950s, Paul Nafziger began…
Spangler Candy Company completed its purchase of the A-Z Candy Manufacturing Company of Detroit, a major manufacturer of candy canes…
Two high school students wait for a bus as they prepare to leave for a Senior Class Trip to Niagara…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Bryan High School on South Portland Street opened for classes. The Bryan Board of Education awarded $1.275…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … A fire struck the Swanton School House back in 1905. The school was located on then Independence…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … This picture shows what people would gather around to do on a Saturday afternoon in Ottokee around…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … This Stryker school was erected in 1903-04 southwest of the intersection of Defiance and Short streets, just…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The front end of the Swanton Fire Department is depicted here with the photo being taken in…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Bryan Theatre opened on the west side of the square in Bryan. The Bryan Theatre was…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The first issue of the Advance Reporter newspaper—created by combining the former Stryker Advance and West Unity Reporter…