Local History

It’s been ten years since the town of Fredericktown said goodbye to one of their most dedicated ‘employees’—Frederick, the Fredericktown...

Won’t you be my neighbor? It’s a  beautiful day in the neighborhood of Harveys Aleppo Grange – a neighborhood that...

Oh, what a blast from the past! When I pulled the 2009 - 2010 Aleppo Grange Subordinate Lecture’s Scrapbook off...

Almighty Father, maker of Heaven and Earth…. When President Andrew Johnson sent federal postal clerk Oliver Hudson Kelley to collect...

N athan Starr (April 14, 1755–July 29, 1821) was a major in the Continental Army from Middletown, Connecticut, and as...

When the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, revolutionary tendencies had been...

The poster laminated on the wall by the door of what was once Carmichaels High School Library is a loving...

The Honorable Charles Alexander Black, born February 6, 1808 to Jacob and Margaret (Grinstaff) Black, was a prominent member of...

A note to the reader: In this discussion the terms university and college may be used interchangeably in reference to...

As Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station without its towering emissions stacks comes into view, I blink and for an instant my...