Wayne County, Ohio Online Resource Center:Documents needing wikification/Township Notebooks/WOOSTER CITY Vol I

History

• Ohio Territory Settled After Peace Treaties
• Sixteen Indians Shot to Death within Wooster City, WDR
• City, County Named For Them, WDR, 6 Sep 1949
• Wayne Co. Included Mich., Ind. Till 1808
• Town In Louisiana Named for Giauque, 26 Dec 1952
• 1st Settlements in Wayne County
• Wooster City Platted in 1808
• Wayne Co., Once Huge Organized in 1796, DR
• Wooster Platted in 1808 by Larwill, Bever, Henry
• County’s First Four Settlements
• First Marriages in Wayne County, WDR 6 Sep 1949
• Early Churches of Wayne County
• Wooster’s Firsts: In Home, Marriage, Roads and Election
• About Changing Name of Buckeye Street, WCD 1888
• First Newspaper Prints Poem as Want Ad
• Some Stories of Old Wooster by Mrs. Aquila Wiley, 1909
• Gerstenslager Carriage Fac.,Wooster Shale Brick Co., WDN 15 Jun 1912
• Oak Hill Cemetery, WDN 15 Jun 1912
• History of Wooster Going Back 100 Years, WDN 15 Jun 1912
• Photo of downtown Wooster in 1866
• Very Old Deeds In The Museum, WDN 10 Dec 1919
• Wooster Was Celebrated for Horse and Livery Barns
• Interesting History of Early Days Recalled, WDN 4 Jun 1919
• Would Extend Market Street
• Squire Bolus Recalls some big “Eighths” of Long Ago WDN Jan 1920
• McDonald & Co Photo, 1920
• Wooster Square Photos 1923
• Historical Pageant, 125th Anniv. Announcement
• City Pageant Photos, WDR 7 May 1932
• Pageant Tickets on Sale, WDR 16 May 1932
• Burials Made During Year (1948)
• Sixteen Indians Are Shot Within Wooster City, WDR 6 Sep 1949
• Roster of Wayne Co. Officials 1820 to 1949, 6 Sep 1949
• City, County, Named for Them and Org. of Townships, 6 Sep 1949
• Transportation Difficult and Slow for Pioneers, 6 Sep 1949
• Court Records Show Pioneers Fought for Precious Pennies, 13 Jun 1954
• Memories Tell of Early Northend Wooster
• Wooster’s Glamorous Past, DR, Jan 1950
• “City Hall” in Band Stand Days, DR 26 Jul 1950
• When Timber was Cut from Area of New Homes, 17 Jan l951
• Recalls Days When He Fed Horses on Square, DR 10 Sep 1949
• Powder Blast of Early Days Wrecks Store, DR 6 Sep 1949
• Co. Officials are All Descendants of Old Families 17 Apr 1951
• Five Generations of Metzlers Here 18 Apr l951
• Wooster Platted in l808 By Larwill, Bever, Henry, 1953
• Wayne Co. Included Mich., Ind. Till 1808
• Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebrated by State, 1953
• Larwill Picked Name of General; Some “First” History, 14 Jun 1958
• County Seat Placed On Madison Hill at Start, WDR 14 Jun 1958
• Senator Lausche’s Letter re 150 Anniv. of Wooster, 14 Jun 1958
• Wooster’s Firsts in Homes, Marriages, Roads, etc, WDR 14 Jun 1958
• Repair Edict Recalls Opera House Era, ABJ Dec 1959
• First Dial Phone Call Here (photo) Open House of Guidance Ctr.(photo)
• Wayne Co. Bible Society, 16 Nov 1962
• Historical Novel Uses “Ft. Fizzle” Incidents for Story, DR 13 Jun 1963
• Wooster Memorial Day 1920 (photo) DR 29 May 1967
• Maize Property Being Torn Down (photo) DR 14 Sep 1959
• History Included Hanging for Murder, 2 Dec 1967
• Tomb of August Imgard (photo)
• It All Started Here 132 Yrs. Ago, DR, 17 Dec 1979
• Getting There Was Half the Fun, DR 7 Jun 1983
• 175th Birthday Bash, l983
• Wooster, Wayne Soldiers Have Honorable Records
• Co. Prepares to Memorialize War Dead
• Stone for Memorial Awaits List of Names
• Ground Broken for Memorial, DR 11 May 1987
• Livery Stable was 1st Seat of Justice System, DR 24 Sep 1988
• Remembering “Good Ol Days” DR 25 Mar 1991
• First Lady Lou Hoover Paid a Visit to Wooster, DR 1992
• Pictorial History of Wayne County Order Form

Miscellaneous

• Early Girl Scouting in City
• Liberty Bell on Wooster Square, DR 15 Jun 1950
• Wayne Property Deeds on Microfilm, DR 30 Jun 1950
• No Original Families Left in Mechanicsburg, Dec 1950
• Wayne Co. Home Operated 100 Years, DR 2 Jun 1952
• Wayne Co. Home, DR 2 Jun 1952
• Poems about Wooster, Spindrift, 14 Jun 1958
• Local Outdoor Oven Restored
• Wooster Sewage Plant, DR 26 Jun 1958
• Wooster to Arrange Twp. Including Only Area within City Limits
• Commissioners Study Twp. Plan, DR 15 Jan 1957
• Annexation Foes in Minority
• Supreme Ct. Weighs Wooster “Cityship” Case, DR
• West Wooster Factory Waste May Boost Cost, DR 3 Feb 1961
• Treatment Plant Gets New Life, DR
• Ohio Central Telephone (photo) DR 10 Nov l961
• Women’s Thursday Club DR 23 Feb 1962
• Three Dedicated Teachers Represent 101 Years, 4 Apr 1962
• Kiwanis Club Hears Plea for World Friendship, DR 23 May l963
• New Organ at Presbyterian Church, DR 10 Sep l963
• Wooster Sewer Main is Half Done, DR 24 Feb l964
• Township Protests Rejected, DR 27 Feb 1964
• YMCA’s Mortgage Paid, DR 26 Feb 1964
• Township Protests Rejected, DR 27 Feb 1964
• Sewer Plant Pouring Had Started, DR 4 May 1964
• Iron Workers’ Strike Halts Wooster Work, DR 4 May 1964
• Market-South Lot Cleared and Filled, DR 29 May 1964
• New Allotments Verify Area Growth, 26, Oct 1967
• Oak Hill Development Will Hold 103 Families, DR 7 Mar 1968
• Wooster Youth Baseball, Inc., DR 30 Apr 1968
• Ohio Power Bldg. Set for Occupancy in 1969, DR 30 Apr 1968
• Kiddielander Zoo, Wayne Co. Topics, Jun 1968
• College Hills Village, Wayne Co. Topics, Oct 1968
• College Hills Village Dedication, DR 28 Sep 1970
• Todd Home In Wooster New CAC Center, DR 14 Oct 1970
• County Jail Shows Its Age, DR 14 Aug 1972
• Girl Scouts Place Markers for Bicentennial Project, DR 26 May 1976
• Aerial Photograph of Wooster Taken in 1958
• Aerial Photographs of Wooster
• Photographs of 1980 Census Workers
• Tiny Town That Was (Bloomington) DR 12 Feb 1985
• Historical Society Breaks Ground for Carriage House, DR 9 Jun 1987
• Treasures Needed For Quilt Documentation Days, 15 Jun 1987
• Quilts to be Featured in Exhibition, DR Jul 1987
• Historical Soc. to Exhibit Nachtrieb Paintings, DR 15 Jun 1987
• Nachtrieb Exhibit to be Highlight of Hist. Soc. Open House, 1987
• Commisioner Criticized for Going Public, DR 9 Jul 1987
• Emblem Club Gives New County Flag to Hist. Soc., Bargain Hunter
• Freedlander Meet: a Rite of Summer, DR 27 Jul 1987
• NOW Members Work to Strengthen Local Chapter, DR 1 Aug 1987
• Students in JA Plan Weekend Trade Fair, DR 18 Nov 1987
• County Courthouse Undergoes Remodeling, DR 13 Apr 1988
• Honor Vet Robers to Speak at Dedication, DR 1 Jun 1986
• New Booklet on Wooster is Unveiled, 16 Mar 1989
• Facelift for Wayne Co. Courthouse, Bargain Hunter, 6 Jun 1989
• Wooster to Initiate Pilot Recycling Project, Bargain Hunter
• Kiwanis Playground Project, DR 27 Apr 1990
• Playground Dedicated, DR 30 Apr 1990
• Farmers Market, DR 13 Jul 1990
• Playground Project Earns Kiwanis Top Service Award, 25 May 1991
• Melrose Ears Hall of Fame Status, DR 12 May 1990
• Poetry Club Has Long & Healthy Life, Bargain Hunter, Sep 1 – 7 1992
• Historic County Mural Unveiled, 1 Jul 1991
• Eightysomething Friends Share Coffee, Memories, DR 3 Aug 1991
• Fans of Old Oak Plot Survival Plan, DR Jun 1993
• Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow, DR 23 Nov 1993
• WacPac Means a Good Time for Everyone, Mar 1 – 7, 1994
• 20-30 Club Plans to Celebrate Old Times, DR 22 Mar 1994
• Photograph of Gas Shortage
• Program for Wayne Co. Glass Exhibit, Apr – May 1995
• Example of Printing Done in 1893
• Ohio Mag. Does Cover Story on Wooster, ABJ 3 Jul 1994
• Old Mercantile is New Again, DR 7 Jun 1995