Logan County History: Costin Family Practice
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The medical building at 130 N. Detroit St. was built by Dr. Guy H. Swan in 1910. Since that date, the... Read More.
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Logan County History: Daniel Evan “D.E.” Strayer
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Daniel Evan “D.E.” Strayer was born in Allen County, Ohio in 1861 to William M. and Mary Jane Strayer. The Strayer... Read More.
Logan County History: Zent Automobile Company
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Schuyler Zent owned a machine shop in Marion, Ohio in the late 1890s. He received a patent for gasoline engines in... Read More.
Logan County History: Bellefontaine Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The Bellefontaine Coca-Cola Bottling Co. operated in Bellefontaine from 1916 to the mid-1960s.
The Bellefontaine Index-Republican reported in 1916, that the Bellefontaine... Read More.
Logan County History: Norman Vincent Peale
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Norman Vincent Peale was born in 1898 in Bowersville, Ohio to Charles Clifford and Anna DeLaney Peale. His father was a... Read More.
Logan County history: Ice harvesting & manufacturing
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Before electric refrigeration, blocks of ice were used to keep food from spoiling. In the winter months ice harvesting from lakes... Read More.
Logan County History: Larence Rausenberger
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Larence Rausenberger and his twin sister, Leona, were born to Andrew and Mary Rausenberger on a farm near DeGraff in 1887.... Read More.
Logan County History: Blizzard of 1978
By: Mary E. Mortimer & Todd McCormick
On January 26, 1978, Logan County was hit with one of the biggest recorded blizzards. Governor James Rhodes... Read More.
Looking Back at 2024: March 14th a Day Marked in Local History
The night of March 14, 2024, brought devastating destruction to the Indian Lake area of Logan County when a tornado tore through the area,... Read More.
Logan County History: Willie “Santa” Yoder
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Wilfred “Willie” Yoder was Santa to Logan County children for at least fifty years.
Yoder was born in March 1935 to Elbert... Read More.
Rapp Sworn in as Magistrate, Making History with All-Female Judiciary
Stacia Rapp was sworn in as a magistrate for the Logan County Court of Common Pleas, Family Court Division, on Friday, marking a historic... Read More.
Logan County History: New Richland
By: Mary E. Mortimer
In November 1977, Bellefontaine Examiner staff writer, Erika Fiske, interviewed New Richland area residents Ruth Milroy, Bess Allen, and Hersel Jakeway.... Read More.
