Logan County History: Tom Shick Implement Co.
*This article has been submitted by the Logan County History Center
The Shick Implement Co. operated in Bellefontaine for nearly forty years. They sold John... Read More.
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Logan County History: Coach Harold A. Dodd
This story is submitted by the Logan County History Center.
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Harold A. Dodd spent forty-three years at Bellefontaine City Schools as a... Read More.
Logan County history: Apple orchards
This article has been submitted by the Logan County History Center:
By Mary E. Mortimer:
Apple picking season in Ohio usually begins late summer and runs... Read More.
Logan County history: Zane Cabin
This article has been submitted by the Logan County History Center:
By Mary E. Mortimer
The log cabin at the Helen Wonders Blue Park in Zanesfield... Read More.
Logan County history: Early Bellefontaine hospitals
*This article is thanks to the Logan County History Center
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Before Mary Rutan Hospital opened in 1919, Bellefontaine had several small private... Read More.
Logan County History: Westinghouse
*This article is thanks to the Logan County History Center
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Westinghouse operated facilities in Bellefontaine from 1948 to 1986. The Bellefontaine plants... Read More.
Logan County History: 1972 Gas Explosion
By: Mary E. Mortimer
On April 12, 1972, a violent thunderstorm dumped nearly three inches of rain in Bellefontaine in about four hours. Possum Run,... Read More.
Logan County History: Allinger Mill
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Dr. James Canby came to the Quincy area from Lebanon, Ohio, around 1828.
Shortly after he arrived, he built a grist mill... Read More.
Logan County history: Daniel Gutilla
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Daniel Gutilla owned and operated several motion picture theatres and managed the Grand Opera House in Bellefontaine. He was born in... Read More.
Logan County History: The Electric Interurban Railway
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The Electric Interurban Railway line was a system of rails that linked many of the large towns and cities in Ohio... Read More.
Logan County History: The Hermit of Mad River
By: Mary E. Mortimer
David Orrin Steinberger was an artist and professor who became known as the “Hermit of Mad River.” He resided at Zane... Read More.
Logan County history: George Wood Anderson
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Belle Center native George Wood Anderson was a noted pastor and evangelist.
For many years, he held large multi-week revival meetings... Read More.
