May 2025 archive

Chattanooga School Photo, circa 1913

Below is a wonderful photo of the Chattanooga, Ohio, School No. 3, circa 1913, and most of the children in the photo are identified…

Where Were the Wolves In Mercer County?

Mercer County, Ohio, paid bounties for wolf scalps through 1847. Where in Mercer County were those wolves living?

Tombstone Tuesday, Francis M. Plants

This is the tombstone of Francis M. Plants, located in row 6 of the Old Section of Duck Creek Cemetery, Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio…

Wolf Orders, 1844-1847, Mercer County, Ohio

The old official record book “Wolf Orders” contains the names of Mercer County, Ohio, men who turned in wolf scalps for a bounty between 1844 and 1847…