Tag: history
With trees cut down, firewood takes center stage
How did settlers chop fire wood and heat their homes in 1800s Ohio Country? Paul Locher offers insight in the latest installment of An American Tale.
Mystery item unearthed in soybean field
Item No. 1275 was buried in a bean field behind a house, which was the location of a one-room schoolhouse in the early 1900s. Do you know what it is?
Fighting back against deadly livestock predators
A huge hunt in Medina County in 1818 resulted in the harvest of 21 bears, 17 wolves, 300 deer and untold numbers of turkeys, foxes, raccoons and opossums.
Help us identify the Moore family’s mystery tool
Item No. 1274 comes to us from Moe Moore, of Greenwich, Ohio, and has been in the Moore family for close to 100 years.
Creating creature comforts for the creatures
Having reached adequate comfort for the pioneer family with the creation of the barnhouse, it was time to work on creature comforts for the livestock.
Help uncover the mystery of Item No. 1273
Item No. 1273 was made by the same company, Church Brothers, as previously submitted item, Item No. 1203, which was identified as a fence stretcher.
Completing the punch list before occupying the barnhouse
Once the the main log crib of the barnhouse was built, there were still a number of tasks to complete before it was ready to occupy through the winter.
Helping family members in need
Judith Sutherland transcribes Alexander Smalley's journal entries from 1873.
Recalling a wet CPM Fall Exposition in 2011
Paul Harvey takes readers back to an exceptionally rainy Coolspring Power Museum Fall Exposition in 2011.
After the house raising, there was still plenty to do
Paul Locher continues the journey of early settlers in Ohio by detailing the work they did following a house raising in his latest An American Tale column.
