INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART ONE

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1 INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART ONE Topic Article Title Date Pages Simon Kenton Simon Kenton Linked Closely to County s Early History 12/25/ Pioneers, Rivers Springs, Streams Impressed City s Pioneers 7/30/ Demint Cabin Centennial Replica of Demint Log Cabin Still Stands 7/30/ Springfield Map Old Map Shows City of Springfield as it Appeared in /30/ Mill Run Once Beautiful Rivulet 9/6/ Mill Run Mill Run Once Known as Beautiful Little Rivulet 9/6/ Early Roads Travel on Early Ohio Roads Described 8/13/ Bretney Tannery Bretney Tannery Oldest Leather Processing Business in the U.S. 8/20/ Early Fires Springfield s Worst Early Fire Occurred in /20/ Railroads Area Rail Link Once Among Most Important in U.S. 9/17/ Railroads City Entered Railroad Era in /17/ Hertzler Murder Prominent Springfield Financier, Industrialist was Slain in Interurbans/Traction City Once was Major Division Point for Many Interurban Traction Lines 9/5/ Lines Street Railway First Street Railway Had Mule Drawn Cars 9/18/

2 Bodmer, Karl 1 Bretney Tannery.12 Cabin, Centennial.4 Citizens Street Railroad.22 Clark County, early history..1 Crissinger...20 Demint, James..3, 4 Dickens, Charles 11 Foos, Griffith 3 Foos Distillery..6 Fire Department...14, 15 Fires.14, 15 Fisher, Maddox 4 Hertzler, David (Daniel) Hertzler House...19 Industries, Early..9 Interurban Traction Lines..20 Kenton, Simon.1 Lagonda.cover Limestone, KY.2 Little Miami Railroad 17 Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad...18 Map, Springfield Maysville, KY..2 Mazeppa Ride..1 Milk Cart 13 Mill Run...3, 6, 7, 8 Mill, Simon Kenton...cover Mills.6, 7, 8 Mule-Drawn Car 22 National Pike..10 Ohio, Indiana, and Western Railroad.18 Old Virginia..9 Post Office, First..4 Railroads 16 Roads..11 Sandusky Locomotive 16 School, First.4 Simon Butler see Kenton, Simon.1 Simon Kenton Trace Frontspiece Sleepy Hollow..9 Snyder Park..9 Spangenberger House 12 Springfield Firsts..4 Springfield, Founding of.. 1,2 Stage Coaches 11 Stores, Early 4 Street Cars..22 Traction Lines 20 Train Wreck Travel, Early..10 Warder Public Library.9 Werden Hotel.11

3 INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper article on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART TWO Topic Title Date Pages James Leffel Home Home of Inventor James Leffel 12/20/ First City Market First City Market Opened in 1830s 12/10/ Early City Hall Old City Hall (also City Market) 12/10/ Early Land Grants Restrictions on Property Given City are Outlined 10/26/ Memorial Park Memorial Park Shown in /26/ James Lowry Sensational Murder Occurred in /22/ Murder Springfield s First Springfield s First Schoolhouse was opened in /8/ School Streams Mills County Streams Once Powered 105 Mills 10/4/ Early Settlers Early Settlers Rode horses to Get Marriage License, Reach Minister 12/15/ Marriages Springfield 1911 Springfield Was busy Community in /22/ Limestone Street Was Limestone Street Named for City s Rock Formation or Maysville, KY? 12/22/ Esplanade Boys Esplanade Celebration Honored Boys of /23/ of 1861 Downtown Early Scenes of Downtown Springfield Shortly After Turn of Century 11/12/ th Century Livery Stables Springfield Livery Stables C.E. Todd 11/12/ Black s Opera Black s Opera House 11/12/ House Esplanade Early Esplanade 12/20/ Arcade Arcade site of former Whitely, Fassler and Kelly Factory 12/20/ City Building City Building Cost $250,000 in /19/ First Courthouse First Clark County Courthouse Occupied in /10/ First Churches County s First Churches Were Community Bulwark 9/24/ Mastodon Ohio Was home of Mastodon in Prehistoric Times 5/6/

4 Arcade 2, 15 Billy Sunday Tabernacle...20 Black s Opera House.14 Cary, Martin 2 City Hall.2, 16 Court House...17 Churches....19, 20, 21 Civil War Celebration 12 Cummins Family.9 Douglas, Fred...2 Douglas, Stephen A.2 Esplanade. 2, 3, 12, 15 Episcopal Church...19 Fairbanks Building.13 Foos, John (Oil Mill)...8 Fountain...3 Icenbarger, Granny..2 Jail..18 Kelly, O.S 3 Kenton, Simon.10, 11 Leffel, James 1 Limestone Street.. 10, 11 Livery Stable..14 Log Cabin Campaign.18 Lowry, James - Murder... 4 Market City (wood).2 Mastodon...22 Mill Run...2 Mills.6, 7, 8 Old Virginny..18 Rat Row...4 Roads, Early...10, 11 St. John s Church...21 Schools.5 Sleepy Hollow 18 Snyder Family, Park.3 Springfield, Downtown..13 Trappers Corner.13 Vallandingham, Clemency L...2 Veterans Memorial Park..3 Weddings, Pioneer...9 Whitely, Fassler, and Kelly..2 Wood Market...2

5 INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper article on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART THREE Topic Title Date Pages Runaway Slave Clark County Figured in Sensational Case Over Runaway Slave 9/20/ Case National Road Travelers National Road Brought Continuous Stream of Travelers to Springfield 10/1/ Pennsylvania House Pennsylvania House 10/1/ Pioneer Life Hardships of Pioneer Life Often Caused Early Deaths of Settlers 9/29/ First Street Lights First Street Lights Erected During /8/ O.S. Kelly Industrialist O.S. Kelly Spent Early Years Working as Carpenter 10/15/ Early Stores Springfield Stores of Yesteryear 12/19/ Springfield County Springfield Named County Seat 150 Years Ago 12/14/ Seat Mother Stewart Eliza D. (Mother) Stewart Rallied Area Women Against Evils of Drink 12/22/ Log Cabins Two Log Cabins Make Home Utles, Tote 7/27/ Police Department City Police Department Was Created in /24/ John T. Norris Enigmatic John T. Norris Still Man of Mystery 11/17/ Gus Sun Gus Sun Helped to Put Springfield on Map 12/21/

6 Addison White Case.1, 2 Ambler, John Treasurer..11 Celebrities..21 Clark, Bobby and McCullough..21 Collins Grocery 8 County Seat (Springfield)..10 Crime and Criminals..17 Esplanade.7 Fisher, Maddox Postmaster.11 Fountain Square...7 Frey, J. Ward see Gano 6 Gano Home..6 Herb Doctor see Smith, Dr...5 Hunt, Dr. Richard.5 Jungles, Burning Of 16 Kelly, O.S.7 Levee, Burning Of.16 Levy, M.D. & Sons Store 8 Lights, Street 6 Lime Kiln, Pettigrew 9 Log Cabin (Clifton) 13 Lynching 16 McCullough Family...8, 21 National Road..3 Norris, John T 17 Pennsylvania House..3-4 Pioneer Life..5 Police Department..15 Pettigrew Lime Kiln.9 Prohibition...12 Postmaster, see Fisher 11 Riots...16 Slavery.1 Smith, Dr. Peter 5 Stewart, Mother Eliza...12 Stores 8 Sun, Gus.21 Taxes, Early...11 Theater, Fairbanks.21 Travel, Early..11 Treasurer, see Ambler 11 Ultes Family.7, 13, 14 Underground Railroad.1 Vaudeville..21 Welch, James L. Sheriff 9 Welch & Watkins Vehicles..9