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Certificate of Eligibility for Daniel Freeman, the first to file a claim under the Homestead Act. He settled in Nebraska.

Willford’s name on the Greene Township section of the 1823 Census of Wayne County, which shows that he lived in a rural township in the County for more than twenty years before the election. Cox is not included in the census.

The Creston Milling Company was established in 1882. The mill was five stories high and was located on the south side of West Erie Street, extending to the Erie Railroad. The company manufactured roller-process flour and had a capacity of 175 barrels…

Excerpt from the Ohio Constitution, Article VIII, Section 3, providing for religious freedom in Ohio, but insinuating that all Ohioans should have religion and should worship the “Almighty God.”

This Anti-German propaganda image was printed in the Wooster Daily News in October 1917

Photograph of Lieutenant Charles Palmer, American volunteer in the British Army, from Wooster High School yearbook, 1911

Photograph of Masonic Temple in Wooster from Frontier Cornerstone.

Wooster Republican Newspaper clip announcing the leasing of space so that the Interurban line could be extended to Wooster.

Wooster Republican Newspaper Clip detailing the celebrations the town entered into once the Interurban line had finished construction and the first cars arrived to town.

Scene of the old B&O passenger and freight depot which was located on Columbus Avenue. Note there are no buildings in this scene. The fairgrounds were built to the west of the depot, and today this building is used as a barbershop.

Colored Postcard showing old Wooster railroad depot on the Pennsylvania Railroad line, which served passenger train riders for many years until it was hit by a train and demolished. The sign tells the miles to Pittsburgh and Chicago.

Work train on B&O trestle.

Forty-two Grange members working in Grange Hall preparing chickens for the 1957 Wayne County Fair.