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Photo taken for a "Rep. for Frick," of the original Old Main Building. Presumably, this is one of the photos that encouraged Henry Clay Frick to donate money to build a library for the new, Christian school.

In the interior lobby of the Trinity United Church of Christ stands the original facade of the church.

This map shows undeveloped parts of Ohio in 1785 and sections numbered after the Land Ordinance of 1785.

Ohio’s controversial motto “With God All Things Are Possible,” a quote from the New Testament, was established in 1959 and survived a federal constitutional challenge in 2001. It remains a symbol of the Christian Church’s influence on the Ohio…

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.”

Plan of the Congress Lands of Ohio

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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

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.