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| CHAPTER I - GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY |
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- The Ohio Shale in Lorain County
- The Waverly Sandstone
- Marks of the Glacial Period in the County
- The Lake Ridges
- Soils
- Elevations in the county
- Natural Gas and Oil |
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| CHAPTER II - BOTANY OF THE COUNTY
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- The Trees
- The Shrubs
- The Wild Flowers
- The Ferns
- The Grasses
- Collectors of Plant Life. |
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| CHAPTER III
- ANIMAL LIFE OF THE COUNTY by Prof. Lynds Jones - |
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- Native and Migratory Birds
- Changes in Varieties
- Water Birds
- Songsters
- Mammals of Lorain County
- Prehistoric Remains
- Fishes of the County
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Insects |
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CHAPTER IV - LEADING TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT -
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- Great Historic Waterwasy
- French Scheme of Colonization
- French Northwest Territory
- Formally Claim Louisiana
- English Serve Notice of Possession
- First Ohio Company and Agent Gist
- George Croghan
- In the Land of the Delawares
- French and English Clash
- The Delawares Move Westwardly
- The Ottawas and the Wyandots of the Lake Erie Region
- Bouquets Expedition
- Shawnees Last to Surrender
- A Northwest Territory Assured
- Lifting of the Indian and State Titles
- Lord Dunmore's Squatters
- American System of Land Surveys
- Public Lands
- Congress Lands
- Connecticut Western Reserve
- Firelands
- United States Military Lands
- Virginia Military Lands
- Symmes Purchase
- Refugee Tract
- French Tract
- Canal Lands
- School Lands
- Other Public Tracts |
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| CHAPTER V - DAWN OF CIVIL
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- The Ordinance of 1787
- Ohio-Michigan Boundary Finally Fixed
- First Surveys of Western Lands
- How the Reserve Became National Territory
- Military and Civil Friction
- First Judiciary
- Indians at Last Subdued |
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| CHAPTER VI - SECURE UNDER THE LAWS |
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- How the Reserve Was Sold
- Acreage of the Reserve
- Judge Parsons, Pioneer Land Buyer
- Washington County (1796)
- Jefferson County (1797)
- Lawless But in Name
- Trumbull County (1800) Recognized
- Period of Civil Complication |
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| CHAPTER VII - COUNTY SURVEYED AND
ORGANIZED |
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- The Treaty of Fort Industry (1805)
- Western Lands Surveyed
- Surplus Lands of Lorain County
- Equalizing Land Values
- 'Four Townships Considered Most Valuable
- The Land Drawings
- Drawing the Townships
- Trustees of the Reserve
- Civil Jurisdiction from 1807 to 1811
- Adjustment of County Boundaries
- Fixing the Northern International Boundary
- Ely's Inducements for County-Seat Location
- Located at Elyria
- First Courthouse and Jail
- Civil Organization
- First Commissioners' Meeting
- First Official Document
- Judicial Machinery in Motion
- Original Organization of the Townships |
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VIII - PIONEER SETTLEMENT -
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- Indians Adopt First White Settler
- Disgraced by Getting Lost in the Woods
- Starts for the Black River
- Reaches the Lake
- Join Wyandots on the Site of Lorain
- The Camp at Elyria
- Replenishing the Common Larder
- Fur-Hunter Expeditions
- Return to Civilization
- Moravian Colony Attempts to Settle
- Would Return to Ruined Muskingum Villages
- Found Pilgeruh (Pilgrim's Rest)
- Abandon Plan of Return to the Muskingum
- Ordered to Move On
- Three Days in Lorain County
- Final Return to the Muskingum
- David Zeisberger, Would-Be Settler
- Settlements from 1807 to 1812
- A War Scare of 1812
- Eastern Shipbuilders Driven West
- Lorain's Early Ship-Building Industry
- Black River Settlement Becomes Charleston Village
- Hearse, First Public Utility
- Plowing Out a River Channel
- Early Hotels
- Charleston's Lean Years
- Scent of the Coming Iron Horse
- First Colony of Permanent Settlers
- Columbia Township Organized
- Pioneer Settles of Ridgeville
- Ridgeville Township Organized
- Eaton Township Settled
- Civil Organization
- The Beebes and Perrys of Black River
- Other Pioneers
- black River Township Organized
- Founding of Lorain City
- Early Settlers of Amherst Township
- Josiah Harris
- As a Political Body
- Amherst as a Village
- Townships Settled During the War
- Pierrespont Edwards Draws Avon Township
- Township
- The Cahoon Family
- Avon Township Created
- Pioneer Families Crowd into Sheffield
- Sheffield, First Township After County Organized
- Pittsfield Township Drawn
- First Permanent Settlers
- Township Organized
- Village of Elyria Founded
- The Ely Home
- The Famous Beebe Tavern
- The First Beebe Home
- The Bridal Trip
- The Old-Time Fireplace
- Last Beebe House, Pride of the Town
- Elyria Township Partitioned in 1816
- "Raisings"
- Township and Village Surveyed
- Postoffice Established
- Township Erected
- Elyria City of Today
- Father and Pioneers of Brownhelm
- Township Created and 'Organized
- Settlement of Russia Township
- Founding of Oberlin
- Russia Township Organized
- First Year of Pioneering in Grafton
- Township Incorporated
- Village of Grafton
- Wellington's Original Owners and Settlers
- Arrival of First Family
- Township Organization
- Wellington Village
- Township of Huntington
- The Labories and Other Families
- Wooden Bowl Factory
- Organization of the Township
- Penfield Township Township Rightly Named
- Coming of the Penfields
- Families of Calvin Spencer and Others
- Carlisle Township
- Pioneer Families Settle
- Brighton Township
- Henrietta Township
- Camden Township
- Rochester Township & Village
- Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Eaton Township |
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| CHAPTER IX - CENTENNIAL
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- A Centennial Herald
- Earliest Record of Lake Shore Region
- The Smith Travels
- Relics of French Adventures
- Rising of the Lake Level
- Avon's Mysterious First Settler
- Avon Through A Hundred Years
- Physical Features
- Pierrepont Edwards, Original Proprietor
- Permanent Colony Arrives (1814)
- Wilbur Cahoon Founds First Permanent Family
- Original Cahoon Tract
- Death of Wilbur Cahoon
- Nicholas Young
- Lewis Austin
- Other Families Join Colony
- Elah Park
- The Religious Matters
- Pioneer Schoolhouse
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cheese-Making Abandoned
- Curious Mounds Razed
- Avon's Patriotism
- The Sheffield Centennial
- Norman Day Describes First Colonists
- The Burrells Explore
- Wallace, First Temporary Settler
- Four Settlers in Winter of 1815-16
- First Woman and Pioneer Family
- Arrival of the Day and Burrell Families
- Captain Smith and Family
- Other Burrells Come
- Churches Organized
- First Events
- Township Organization
- Death of Captain Smith
- Other Members of the Family
- Decease of Pioneers
- Historic Contributions from Miss May Day
- Building the Saw-Mill on French Creek
- Grist and Saw-Mill
- Other Mills
- Brick Houses
- Settling in a Duck Pond
- The Burells and Hecocks
- The Root Family
- The Days
- Items About Pioneers Generally
- Two Unsuccessful Institutions
- Ship Builders and Lake Captains
- Gold Hunters of 1849-50
- Judge William Day, Active Land Agent
- The Parks Families
- Sheffield in the Civil War
- Milton Garfield
- Sheffield's History, 1865-1915
- First Railroad
- Death of Robbins Burrell
- Second Railroad
- Fatality to Edward Burrell
- Woods Leveled for Steel Plant
- First Short Line Street Car
- Last of the Day Pioneers
- First Car over the Electric
- Eightieth Anniversary of Congregational Church
- 'Claimed as Founder of Rural Free Delivery
- Industrial Matters
- Deaths of 1815-16 Pioneers
- Golden Weddings
- Old Family Relics
- Famous Natives
- The German Residents
- St. Theresa's Catholic Church
- Details of the Sheffield Celebration
- The Absent Ones
- Historic Programme
- Huntington's Home-Coming
- Myron T. Herrick, Native Son
- Professor F. D. Ward
- The Historic Kelsey Band
- Plans for a Centennial
- The Perry Centennial
- Local Participation
- The Niagara Raised from the Lake Bottom
- Grand Welcome to the Restored Flagship
- Perry Relics Exhibited |
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| CHAPTER X - GENERAL COUNTY
MATTERS |
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- At First, No Educational Fund
- Legal Compensation in 1803
- Actual Land Grant in 1834
- The Western Reserve School Fund
- Progress of School, Laws to 1834
- Foundation of Present System
- The Akron Law and Free Graded Schools
- Teachers' Institutes
- Pioneer Schools and Teachers
- Mrs. and Mr. Bronson
- Schools Founded in 1810-20
- The Strut Street School, Brownhelm
- Pioneer Schools in Elyria and Wellington
- Russia Township Schools
- Huntington and Amherst
- First School in Penfield Township
- Present Status of County Education
- The County Infirmary
- The County Home for Children
- Superintendents and Matrons
- Ame: To Provide Permanent Homes
- Buildings
- Intellectual and Moral Training
- Past and Present Management
- The County Agricultural Society
- First Agricultural Society
- Town Fair at Oberlin
- Origin of Good Roads Movement
- County Society Founded in 1846
- First Fair
- Lecturers Approved
- Ladies' Horsemanship Introduced
- Pure-Bred Cattle
- Star Farmers
- First Election
- Improvements of Grounds
- Early Premiums Dropped
- Later History of the Society
- Population of the County, 1830-1910
- Townships and Corporations, 1910, 1900, 1890
- Electric Unification in Lorain County. |
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| CHAPTER XI - THE BENCH AND BAR |
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- Grand Opening of First Territorial Court
- Harrison, Later-Day Big Buckeye
- First Court in Lorain County
- Grand Jury Purely Honorary
- Early Judges and Associates
- Associates Abolished
- Old Bench More Democratic
- Philemon Bliss
- First Probate Judge
- Joshia Harris
- Two Noted Pesident Judges
- Wollsey Welles
- Delegates to the 1851 Convention
- Present-Day Courts
- Delegate to the 1851 Convention
- Present-Day Courts
- Common Pleas Judges, 1852-80
- Stevenson Burke
- Washington W. Boynton
- John C. Hale
- Early Probate Judges
- William F. Lockwood
- Lionel A. Sheldon
- Charles H. Doolittle
- John W. Steele
- Laertes B. Smith
- Prosecuting Attorneys Previous to 1880
- Joel Tiffany
- John M. Vincent
- Joseph H. Dickson
- Other Early Prosecuting Attorneys
- Pioneer Lawyers, Pure and Simple
- Horace D. Clark
- Other Fellow Practitioners
- A. A. Bliss
- Judson D. Benedict
- Myron R. Keith
- Joshua Myers
- John V. Coon
- "Foreign" Practitioners
- Accessions From 1845 to 1860
- Sylvester Bagg
- Attained Prominence Abroad
- Oberlin Lawyers
- John M. Langston
- The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case
- Came in the 'y0s and '70s
- J. C. Hill
- Roswell G. Horr
- Retrospect of the Earlier Bar
- Bench and Bar Since 1880
- Common Pleas and Probate Judges
- Hon. David J. Nye, Veteran Active Practitioner
- Hon. Clarence G. Washburn
- LEading Members of the Bar
- The Bar Association
- Notable Cases Within Forty Years |
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| CHAPTER XII - DISTINGUISHED
CHARACTERS |
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- Dr. Norton S. Townshend
- John Henry Barrows
- Dr. Barrows' Mother
- His Ante-Oberlin Career
- Through the Eyes of Daughter and Father
- Colonel Charles Whittlesey
- Judge Charles Candee Baldwin
- Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown
- General Quincy Adams Gillmore
- A Moral as Well as Patriotic Hero
- Hon. Myron T. Herrick
- Frank H. Hitchcock |
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CHAPTER XIII - MILITARY MATTERS
FINISHED 12/10/2022 |
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- Contributions from Oberlin College
- Company C, Seventh Ohio Infantry
- Fatalities
- The Squirrel Hunters
- Company D, Twenty-Third Regiment
- Fatalities
- Company K, Twenty-Third Regiment
- Fatalities
- Company K, Twenty-Third Regiment
- Fatalities
- Regimental History
- Company H, Forty-First Regiment
- Regimental History
- Forty Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- Company F
- Regimental History
- The One Hundred and Third Infantry
- Company F
- Company H
- Regimental History
- The Forty-Third Infantry
- The Fifty-Fourth Regiment
- The German One Hundred and Seventh
- Other Infantry Bodies
- Battery B, Light Artillery
- Fifteenth Ohio Independent Battery
- Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
- The Twelfth Oio Cavalry
- Other Civil War Organizations
- Fifth Regiment, Ohio National Guard |
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| CHAPTER XIV - LAND ROUTES |
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- Great Indian Shore Trail
- The Girdled and State Roads
- Early Post Routes
- Canals Give Lorain the Bo-By
- The Old Turnpikes
- The State Era
- Elyria, First Railroad Center
- Railroads Crush Side-Wheel Steamers
- The Awakening of Lorain
- When the Railroad Came"
- The Great Railroad Docks
- The New York Central System
- The Electric Lines
- Macadam Roads |
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| CHAPTER XV - CORPORATE LORAIN |
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- Black River "Boom" of the '30s
- Rise and Fall of Charleston
- The Saviors of the Town
- Village Chartered as Lorain
- First School and Police Department
- Increase of Population
- Incorporation as a City
- Conserving Physical and Intellectual Health
- The Filtration Plant
- The Fire Department
- Early Educational Items
- Lorain's First Union School
- Special School Elections
- Superintendents and Clerks
- Statistics
- School Population
- Present School Buildings
- The Lorain Free Public Library
- The Postoffice |
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| CHAPTER XVI - COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL LORAIN |
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- The Black River Steamboat Association
- Era of Wooden Ship-Building
- The Fishing Industry
- Pioneer and Veteran Fishermen
- Status of the Present Industry
- Lorain's First Iron Furnace
- Planing Mill and Stove Works
- The Johnson Steel Mills
- First Great Plant Located at Lorain
- Founding of South Lorain
- South Lorain as It Is
- First Work on the Johnson Holdings
- Opening of the Lorain Plant
- Operations as the Lorain Steel Company
- The National Tube Company
- Other Leading Industries
- Era of Steel Shipbuilding
- Early Improvements of River and Harbor
- development of B. & O. Terminal
- The Harbor of the Present
- The Lorain Board of Commerce
- Source of Artificial Light and Power
- Telephone Service
- The Lorain Banks
- The City Bank
- National Bank of Commerce
- The Old Bank of Lorain
- The Citizens Savings Bank Reorganized
- Cleveland Trust Company, Lorain Branch
- The Lorain Savings & Banking Company
- The Central Banking Company
- The Lorain Banking Company
- The George Orosey Banks |
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| CHAPTER XVII - CHURCHES OF LORAIN |
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- Oldest Existing Church
- The Methodists and Lot No. 205
- "Father" Betts and the Presbyterians
- The Baptists Hold Early Services
- The Presbyterians "At Home"
- Methodists Organize First Church
- First Congregational Church
- First M. E. Church
- Church of Christ
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
- Twentieth Street Methodist Church
- St. John's Evangelical, First Baptist, United Brethren and Second
Congregational Churches
- Episcopal Churches
- Delaware Avenue and Grace M. E. Churches
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
- Church of the Nativity
- Hungarian Catholic Churches
- Other South Lorain Churches
- Churches Formed by Colored People
- The First Presbyterian Church
- The First Church of Christ Scientist
- Jewish Synagogue
- Fist English Lutheran
- Hungarian Reformed Church
- Trinity Baptist Church |
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| CHAPTER XVIII - UPLIFTING FORCES |
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- The Press
- The Black River Commercial
- The Lorain Monitor
- The Lorain Times Herald
- The Lorain Daily News
- The Post
- Uplifting Societies
- Lorain's Young Men's Christian Association
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- The Sisterhood of Lorain
- Social Settlement Associations
- Literary Clubs
- The Making of American Citizens
- Musical Organizations
- Federation of Women's Societies
- The Associated Charities
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- Lodges and Fraternities |
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| CHAPTER XIX - PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF
ELYRIA |
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- The Village in 1833
- The Elyria High School
- First District Schools
- Board of Education Formed
- Jason Canfield, First Superintendent
- Public High School Building Erected
- Complete Curriculum Adopted
- First High School Graduate
- Other School Events of the '60s
- Board of Education Speaks Its Mind
- Construction of School Buildings
- Manual Training and Technical High School
- The Social Settlement School
- Enrollment of Pupils and Teachers
- The Public Library
- Protection Against Fire
- Increase in Elyria's Population
- Public Improvements
- The Elyria Chamber of Commerce
- Civic Improvements
- The Elyria Chamber of Commerce
- Civic Improvement
- Legislation
- Municipal Sanitation and Public Health |
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| CHAPTER XX - CHURCHES, CHARITIES
AND FRATERNITIES |
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- Pioneer Religious Bodies
- Methodism in Elyria
- The Head of the Circuit
- Becomes a Station
- Permanent Church Building
- New Parsonage
- Pastors Who Have Served
- Building of the Present House of Worship
- Present Status of the Church
- The Presbyterian Church
- First Congregational Church
- The First Baptist Church
- St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
- St. Mary's Church and Parish
- First Resident Catholic Pastor
- Death of Rev. F. A. Sullivan
- Long Pastorate of Rev. Louis Molon
- Lesson Given to a Future Pastor
- Death of Father Schaffield
- St. Agnes Parish Formed
- St. John's German Lutheran Church
- Other Churches
- Elyria Memorial Hospital
- Grounds and Buildings
- The W. N. Gates Hospital
- Past Present and Future of the Hospital
- Its Founding Described by the Chamber of Commerce
- The Young Men's Christian Association
- The Young Women's Christian Association
- The Masons and Their Temple
- The Masonic Temple Company
- Other Fraternities |
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| CHAPTER XXI - NEWSPAPERS,
INDUSTRIES AND BANKS |
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- Newspaper and Railroad Parallel
- The Lorain Gazette
- Ohio Atlas and Elyria Advertiser
- The Elyria Courier
- The Independent Democrat
- George G. Washburn
- The Elylria Republican
- The Daily Telegram
- The Elyria Democrat
- The Lorain Constitutionalist
- Frederick S. Reefy
- The Elyria Chronicle
- Elyria's Manufactories
- The Southwestern Traction Shops
- Primitive Industries
- The Topliff & Ely Plant
- Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
- Elyria Canning Company
- The Garford Manufacturing Company
- The Willys-Overland
- Columbia Steel Company
- Elyria Iron & Steel Company
- Troxel Manufacturing Cmopany
- The American Lace Manufacturing Company
- Elyria Foundry Company
- The Perry-Fay Company
- Worthington Company and Machine Parts Company
- Other Industries
- Elyria Gas & Electric Light Company
- The National Bank of Elyria
- The Savings Deposit Bank
- The Elyria Savings & Banking Company
- The Lorain County Banking Company |
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| CHAPTER XXII - OBERLIN AS AN
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- The College a Modern University
- College and Town Founded Together
- Rev. John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart
- The Historic Elm
- Peter P. Pease, First of the Colonists
- Erection of Oberlin and Ladies' Halls
- First Congregational Church Founded
- The Big Tent and Cincinnati Hall
- Rev. Asa Mahan, First President
- The College in 1845
- President Finney and the Memorial Chapel
- Consolidation of Library Associations
- Oberlin Students' Monthly
- Presidents Fairchild, Ballantine and Barrows
- The Memorial Arch
- President Henry C. King
- The Great Endowment Funds
- Other Buildings of the College Plant
- Carnegie Library
- The Olney Art Collection
- Warner, Sturges and Peters Halls
- Rice Memorial Hall
- New Administration Building
- The Men's Building
- The Academy Buildings
- Warner and Women's Gymnasiums
- Outdoor Sports and Exercise
- Laboratories and Museums
- Dormitories for Women
- The Faculty
- College Administration
- Musical and Literary Advantages
- The Student Body
- Graduate Fellowships
- The College Enrolment
- Churches of Oberlin
- The First Congregational Church
- Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
- First Baptist Church
- First M. E. Church
- The Rust M. E. Church
- Church of the Sacred Heart
- Mount Zion Baptist Church
- The Oberlin Missionary Home Association
- The Oberlin Hospital
- Westwood Cemetery
- Social, Literary and Benevolent Organizations
- Village Improvement and Social Betterment
- The Oberlin Grand Army of the Republic |
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| CHAPTER XXIII - THE VILLAGE AND
ITS INSTITUTIONS. |
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- Incorporated in 1846
- Its Schools
- Oberlin Business College
- Water Works and Fire Protection
- Gas and Electricity
- First Newspapers, College Publications
- The Bibliotheca Sacra
- The Lorain County News
- The Tribune
- Current College Publications
- Oberlin Board of Commerce
- The Oberlin Banking Company
- The Savings Bank Company
- The Peoples Banking Company
- The Chadwick Frauds In Oberlin
- Carnegie to the Rescue
- Village Items of the Early Days |
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| CHAPTER XXIV -VILLAGE OF
WELLINGTON |
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- How Wellington Was Named
- Uneventful Twenty Years
- The Wellington Village
- Public Improvements
- Wellington Waterworks
- The Herrick Library
- Wellington Churches
- The First Congregational Church
- The Methodist Episcopal Church
- The Wellington Church of Christ
- The Baptist Church
- The Catholic Mission
- The Wellington Enterprise
- The First Wellington Bank
- Big Robbery
- Old-Time Dairy Interests
- Home of the Horrs
- Wellington as It Is. |
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| CHAPTER XXV - VILLAGE OF AMHERST |
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- Village Founded
- First Quarries Opened
- Growth and Consolidation
- The Cleveland Stone Company
- The Ohio Quarries Company
- The Union School
- Superintendents
- The Town Hall
- Public Institutions
- The Public Library
- The Chamber of Commerce
- Water and Sewage Systems
- Good Streets and Sidewalks
- Other Signs of Progress
- The Churches
- Methodism
- South Amherst Churches
- Amherst Congregational Church
- St. Peter's Evangelical Church
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
- Salem Church (Evangelical Association)
- Episcopal Mission
- Lodges
- Industries and Banks
- Newspapers |
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