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Crawford County Residents Lured to Gold Rush of 1850
It was a bright Monday afternoon on January 24, 1848 when James Marshall found some gold nuggets on the American River near John Sutter’s sawmill in what is now Sacramento, California. The consequences were worldwide...
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Buildings of Crawford County: David Nelson Residence, 1820
The David Nelson homestead, built in 1820, was demolished on 22 Nov. 2016. It was two stories tall, built of brick with a frame rear wing, and stood at 2693 State Road in Fairfield Township,...
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Origins of the Crawford County Fair
Ohio race horses helped bring about the county fair With the excitement of the Crawford County Fair upon us, it’s worth taking a belated look at the origins of the what arguably is the county’s largest...
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Old Grey: The Tale of the Reisinger Rifle
Editor’s Notes: James Monroe (“Roe”) Reisinger’s family came to the French Creek area from Lancaster via Beaver County. Descended from Hessian immigrants who arrived about 1750, the family settled in the 1840s along French and...
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