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Salt Creek Twp.

• History, from Wayne Co. History Book by Richard Smith, l987

Fredericksburg

• Fredericksburg Founded by Jacob Frederick in 1824
• Cabin, Built in 1810 Fredericksburg’s First, (two copies) 13 Mar 1951
• Fredericksburg Had First Cabin Built in 1810, Harrison visited in 1840
• Fredericksburg Settlers Braved Indians, Dangers for Their Land (2 copies)
• Fredericksburg Fire Dept. Began With Bucket Brigade
• Fredericksburg Mine Goes Up in Smoke: Dynamited in 1909
• Photo of Fredericksburg in late 1800’s
• 117 Yr Old Home Housed Religious Rites and Became Dance Hall
• First Fredericksburg Band Dates Back to Civil War, (3 copies)6 Aug 1934
• Fire in Fredericksburg
• History of Congregational Church
• Fredericksburg Grades 7-8, 1930-31, photo
• Fredericksburg Pupils Collect 13,413 Cans, (photo) 13 Apr 1943
• Besancon Family Ancestors Came Here 100 Years Ago, 11 Apr 1947
• Five Generations of Lytles Live on Farm for 134 Yrs, 3 Feb 1948
• Two More Farms Owned in Same Family Over 100 Yrs, 13 Feb l948
• 7th Generation of Descendants of Thomas Johnson…WDR, 10 Aug 1949
• Facelifting of Gen’l Store Brings Memories of 1800’s
• Mrs. Jane Nixon is 98, WRD, 2 Dec 1959
• Mrs. Nixon is 100 Years Old Today
• Switchboard Manager 46 Yrs. Recalls Strenuous Times
• Centennial at Fredericksburg Church of Christ, DR, 30 Dec 1960
• Amish Town Hunts for Doctor, PD, 5 Aug 1963
• Barn Raising, photo, 5 Sep 1963
• Banks Sets Open House for Sept. 8, DR, 28 Aug 1965
• Church of Christ to Hold Open House, DR 14 Jan 1966
• Isaac (Sewing Machine) Singer Lived in Area, DR 16 Jul 1966
• George Lytle is Expert Antique Refinisher, DR 25 Jan 1967
• Fredericksburg Will Slowly Keep Growing, DR 8 Nov 1967
• Woolen Mill is Still Standing, DR 25 Aug 1967
• Old Fire Dept. Provided Funny Time, 26 Aug 1967
• Presbyterian Church Celebrates Sesquicentennial, DR 31 Oct 1967
• Meet the Town of Fredericksburg, Meadow Mart, Aug 1968
• End of Livery Stable, photo, DR 6 Sep 1968
• Ex-Teachers Meet to Talk Over Old Times
• Gentle Boom Revives Amish Town, 9 May 1970
• H. C. James 50 Yrs. As Auto Dealer, 1976
• Grandmother, Harriet Redett, Had a Way
• Homecoming Features Historical Theme
• Undated photo of Fredericksburg, 11 Nov 1986
• Fredericksburg’s Expansions, Improvements Recapped, 30 Jan 1987
• Class of 1939 Celebrates 50th, photo, DR 26 Jun 1989
• Class of 1940 Celebrates 50th, photo, DR 21 Jun 1990
• Committee Updates Fredericksburg History, Nov 1990
• History Book to be Available at Homecoming, 27 Aug 1991
• Fredericksburg School Gears Up for 100th Birthday
• Celebrate 100th Birthday at Fredericksburg School, 1 Jul 1991
• Commemorative Quilt, photo, 1991
• Class of 1941 Celebrates 50, DR 1 Jul 1991
• Villagers Petition to Save Trestle Bridge, 9 Jul 1992
• Class of 1942 Celebrates 50th, photo, DR 14 Sep 1992
• When Preserving History, You Take Good with Bad, DR 15 Jul 1993
• Building, Display will Honor Town’s Volunteer Firemen, 1 Sep 1993
• Spencer Named Citizen of Year at Homecoming, DR 7 Sep 1993
• Class of 1943 Celebrates 50th, photo, DR 4 Oct 1993
• Class of 1941 Celebrates 55th, photo, DR 22 Aug 1996
• Town Sign Gets Facelift, photo, 22 Jun 1994
• Ruritans Tear Out Interiors Walls of Century Old Bldg, ABJ, 10 Jul 1994
• Salt Creek Man’s Hobby is Civil War, Lincoln
• Woolen Mill is Still Standing
• Depression Doomed Coxon-Belleek
• Photo of Two Men

Maysville

• History of Maysville
• Maysville Lively Town in Years Gone By, 13 Nov 1950
• Once a Thriving Town; Has Original Meth. Church Bell, Aug 1967
• Memories at Maysville’s Early School
• Maysville Elevator is Busy All Year Round, 15 Oct 1991

Calmoutier

• St. Genevieve’s Church Closing

Misc.

• History of Mt. Hope – Salt Creek