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The home of Emeline Stibbs on E. Bowman Street (now part of the Wayne County Historical Society) acted as a meeting place for women of the Soldiers Aid Society during the war.

Photo of the Barnhart Rice Homestead, currently located on the OARDC campus.

A photo of a banner on the town square advertising the Ohio Light Opera

Work train on B&O trestle.

A Systems Map of the operational Baltimore & Ohio railways during World War II.

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.

Modern photo of August Imgard's house, the man credited with bringing the Christmas tree to Wooster. The building is now the rectory of St. Mary's Church.

Residence of August Imgard, the man credited with bringing the Christmas tree to Wooster. This photo was taken before the house was moved to it's current located at St. Mary's Church.

The sign shows the official partnership between ATI and OSU. OARDC also plays a role, because OSU evolved out of OARDC’s initial program in Columbus.

Although ATI was founded long after OARDC, they share a similar commitment to agriculture and the environment with their tie to OSU’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

ATI’s campus is located within the environs of OARDC, which provides easy access to their greenhouses, test plots, and livestock.

ATI has updated its areas of study and majors to provide students the most updated options in agricultural learning and research including dairy cattle production and management and biotechnology.

An artist's conception of the first Zion Lutheran Church Building, which served as a place of worship from 1840-1855. This cabin was similar to many other Evangelical churches of the time.

From the Daily Record, showing the extreme growth of the Temple in the 1950s.

The article discusses President Scovel’s address at the university chapel for Mary Irish, who was a student at the University before she became ill. The tight bond between the sisters was remarked upon and Annie B. Irish took care of Mary until her…

The Daily Record interviewed Herman and he was honored but had wanted to keep it secret. The store and the college had a long standing relationship with many of the students and their parents shopping at Freedlander’s.

This article from the Wooster Daily News describes how the vote to make Wayne a dry county resulted in the closure of the saloons in the cities surrounding Wooster.

Akron Beacon Journal front page announcing the armistice that ended WWI, November 11, 1918

The Willard Society, an all-female literary group, gave accounts of their previous meetings each week in The Wooster Voice. Their announcements included the names of the different talks and reviews and the names of the women who gave them.

The Wooster Republican's announcement of the dedication of Second Baptist Church in 1894

Title of an article announcing the Surrender of Lee's army. Appeared in the Wooster Republican on April 16, 1865.

This is an image of an Amish Windmill water pump in the foreground and a red Amish barn in the background.

This is an image of an Amish vegetable patch at the Yoder's Amish home.

This is an image of an Amish man farming with a horse-drawn tractor in Mio, Michigan.

This is an image of an Amish horse and buggy on the street in Iowa.