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This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 focuses on Benjamin Hershey's Mill Creek Farm, in Chippewa Township. It features a mill in the foreground, surrounded by fields of different crops.

Portrait of Mrs. R.J. Smith, who coordinated the effort to create "comfort bags" for departing soldiers, circa 1918 

Engraving of Sarah E. Lawrence

Cover of pamphlet claiming Morgan was murdered for revealing the secrets of freemasons

Many of Wooster’s streets are named after the early surveyors such as North Grant Street (pictured above), North Bever Street, and West Larwill Street.

Picture of the interurban car barn on the corner of north Grant and West Liberty Streets.

This public sale notice emphasizes the diversity of crops on every small farm in Wayne County. The D. Y. Roebuck farm advertises their horses, cows, sheep, pigs, hay, corn, and seeds.

Dairies have been major agricultural businesses in Wayne County for over a century. This public sale notice of Milch Cows underscores the importance of these animals to the farming community.

Many members of the public, including businesses, used the newspaper as a way of selling their goods from law books and dictionaries to livestock and farm equipment.

The collection of vending kiosks breathes life into the Wayne County Fairgrounds every year. Whether you buy or not, the stands bring a sense of festivity to the fair experience. Aside from looking festive, the stands are yet another model for the…

OAES needed to make sure that they had enough money to buy equipment and pay travel expenses, so they needed to balance their budget, which can be seen in these pages from 1893-1894.

An area at the entrance of the Oak Hill Cemetery on the edge of Wooster, this is another potential site for the former Beaver Hat Town Lenape village.

OARDC celebrated their centennial in 1982 and the wheat and test tube on the front of the medal symbolizes their tradition of dealing with agricultural problems through the application of modern science.

A fact sheet from 1979 shows the always changing nature with OARDC, as the publication highlights their new research projects and available resources.

A crowd gathers around Charles Thorne while he discusses Wheat Field Day in 1918.

As OARDC headed into the 1970s, there was an increased focus on genetically engineered animals and plants, as well as the eradication of diseases. The map displays the campus as it stood in 1968 and included a library, an auditorium, and an…

The Daily Record farm brief discusses the 2011 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour, featuring the research of OARDC scientists.

OARDC’s Wooster campus is located just south of the town and features Secrest Arboretum, ATI, and BioHio Research Park.

The old administration building, one of the first building’s completed on the Madison Hill, still stands today.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows symbol meaning Friendship, Love, Truth

Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station's first campus in Columbus, OH in 1887.

Plan of the Congress Lands of Ohio