HISTORIC REFLECTION … The former Pioneer Methodist Episcopal Church on South State Street was dedicated. The Pioneer Methodist congregation constructed a…
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HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following picture shows the aftermath of a fire that struck the village of Metamora back in…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following photo shows the Chesterfield School Marching Band in 1948 when they performed in Wauseon for…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … Lyman O. Critchfield was born in 1862 and was raised in Jefferson Township. At one time he…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following photo shows the Wauseon Men’s Band in front of the Congregational Church. The photo was…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … 1913 – Fire destroyed four structures in Edon’s downtown business district, causing $10,000 to $15,000 in dam-ages.…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following photo shows the Wabash Depot used in the Wauseon Post Office Depression Era Mural. This…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The above photo shows the last New York Central Station crew to work out of Wauseon. Back…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … One of Williams County’s oldest businesses is Krill Funeral Service, which traces its history to 1875. The…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The above photo shows the Detroit Toledo and Ironton tracks in Delta, OH. Henry Ford was responsible…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Village of Blakeslee was incorporated. On November 8, 1880, John Boman had the village of Blakeslee…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … This vintage image of the 100 block of Bryan’s West Butler Street (south side of the Williams…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The above picture, from the 1940’s, shows the St. Caspers Roman Catholic Church and rectory which is…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The above photo shows children in Mrs. Segrist’s 2nd grade class at the Pike Township School. The…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … Henry Kunkle, one of the founders of the village of Kunkle. Henry was born in Perry County,…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The above photo shows thirty-two children aged six to thirteen years old. The photo was taken in…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The village of Melbern in Center Township owes its existence to the railroad. Melbern was originally surveyed…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … A grand opening was held for the Sommer-Haus, located in the former Springfield Grange Hall on Ohio…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The above photo, taken in the late 1950s, shows the Congregational Church and High School located across…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The photo above was taken in the late 1940s and shows Clinton and Depot Streets. Located there…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The coastal cannon on the northwest corner of the Williams County Courthouse lawn in Bryan was formally…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following photo was taken some time between 1900 and 1910. The photo includes the Ottokee Methodist…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The St. Joseph Catholic School in Blakeslee was dedicated. The first St. Joseph parish school was organized…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following photo shows Chesterfield School children in class. The photo was taken of the 7th and…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The first Williams County Fair began on the courthouse square in Bryan. The Williams County Agricultural Society…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The following photo shows York Township Native Barney Oldfield, Circa 1909, along with his wife Bess. The…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … The Bridgewater Center Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated. According to the 1882 Goodspeed History of Williams County,…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … DONATION … Wendy’s presents a check to Rescue Chief Fred Tober, from the Swanton Rescue Squad, for…
HISTORIC REFLECTION … Charles E. Arnold Post No. 284 American Legion moved into its new Legion home on the northwest…
Bryan, Ohio Was At The Forefront Of The Pioneering Of Aviation Ohio is famous in aviation history for providing the…