Tag: history
From stalk to shock to fodder, harvesting the corn crop required...
Paul Locher explains how early settlers of Ohio country would have harvested corn, detailing the tools they would have used.
Help us unwrap this mystery just in time for Christmas
Item No. 1281 is made of cast iron, measuring approximately 6 inches long and 3/4 inch wide, with two saddles and a small hook on top.
Educational event to kick off historical society celebration
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society launched its 150th anniversary celebration, which will run through September and include Mahoning Valley history.
The wheat harvest: To winnow, grind and bag
After flailing the wheat, early Ohio settlers processed it into flour.
By hook or by crook, the wheat harvest was accomplished with...
Paul Locher details how 1800s pioneers in Ohio Country would have accomplished the wheat harvest and describes the tools they would have used to do it.
Of coopers, hoopers, firkins, rundlets, swiglers, crozes, scorps and butts
The fourth member of the quartet of early craftsmen vital to the success of any frontier settlement in the Ohio Country was the cooper.
Winchester heir used fortune for ‘mystery house’
Jim Abrams digs into the history and myster surrounding the hauntings of the Winchester House, which have been reported since it was completed.
Civil War Round Table set for Nov. 9
The James A. Garfield Civil War Round Table will host its 11th annual “Garfield Symposium: Telling the Story of the Civil War” on Nov. 9.
Do you know how Item No. 1278 was used?
Item No. 1278 brings to question use more than simply identifying a tool. Why does this corn planter have a spool of wire hanging from the back?
Tinsmiths were self-taught craftsmen important to daily frontier living
A tinsmith was a vital craftsman in the development of a pioneer community. The items they made encompassed everything from kitchenwares to farming tools.
