Logan County History: East Liberty Early History
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The village of East Liberty was first known as Garwood’s Mill. Around 1810, John Garwood and his five sons moved from... Read More.
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Logan County History: Bellefontaine Building & Loan
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The Bellefontaine Building & Loan Co was incorporated on December 14, 1894, with an authorized stock subscription of $500,000. Officers were... Read More.
Logan County History: Huntsville Presbyterian Church
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The Huntsville Presbyterian Church will be celebrating its 200th anniversary in September 2024.
Cherokee, located near Huntsville, was at one time a... Read More.
Logan County History: BullDog Electric
By: Mary E. Mortimer
In 1902, brothers Harrison Jules Louis Frank and Leon Harrison Frank, who were electrical machinery designers, founded the Mutual Electric and... Read More.
Logan County History: District No. 4 One-Room School
By: Mary E. Mortimer
In January 1974, Ruth Lyon Rubin shared her memories of attending the District No. 4 one-room school in Union Township. Her... Read More.
Logan County History: Roscoe Ails
By: Mary E. Mortimer
Roscoe Cleveland Ails was born January 30, 1890, in Vanceburg, Kentucky to Walker and Cynthia Ails. The Ails family lived in... Read More.
Logan County History: Bellefontaine Y Greys
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The Bellefontaine Y Greys baseball team began playing in the late 1890s and soon became recognized as a very good and... Read More.
Logan County History: Bellefontaine Street History
By: Mary E. Mortimer
When Bellefontaine was established in 1820, the main street was named Cincinnati St. because it was part of the road that... Read More.
Logan County History: Maier Meat Market
By: Mary E. Mortimer
John Gottlieb Maier immigrated to the United States from Wurttemberg, Germany with his family in 1854 when he was seven years... Read More.
Logan County History: Olympic Connections
By: Todd McCormick & Mary E. Mortimer
Logan County’s first known Olympic connection was in 1964 when David Wagner of Zanesfield served as an interpreter... Read More.
Logan County History: Butter Pat & Salt Cellar Exhibit
By: Mary E. Mortimer
The Logan County Museum hallway features a butter pat and salt cellar exhibit donated by the Shoots family. This collection was... Read More.
Tour Logan County: Rich History Seen Through History Center
Logan County has a long history of people living in it, dating as far back as the Paleolithic Era in 13,000 B.C.
The history of... Read More.
