Lenni Lenapé Map

Wooster Digital History Project Team Summer 2018

Daniel Freeman's Certificate of Eligibility
subject: Homestead National Monument of America (Neb.);
description: Certificate of Eligibility for Daniel Freeman, the first to file a claim under the Homestead Act. He settled in Nebraska.
source: National Archives
publisher: Unpublished
date: 1863-01-01
rights: No copyright - United States
format: JPEG
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: United States

1823 Census
subject: Ohio--History--1787-1865; Census;
description: Willford’s name on the Greene Township section of the 1823 Census of Wayne County, which shows that he lived in a rural township in the County for more than twenty years before the election. Cox is not included in the census.
source: Courtesy of Wayne County Public Library Wiki
publisher: Unpublished
date: 1823
rights: No copyright - United States
format: JPEG
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Green, OH; Wayne County, OH

Creston Mill
subject: Business and Labor; Mills
description: The Creston Milling Company was established in 1882. The mill was five stories high and was located on the south side of West Erie Street, extending to the Erie Railroad. The company manufactured roller-process flour and had a capacity of 175 barrels every twenty-four hours. In 1901, it was sold to Frank Brothers, and it became a cereal mill. In 1903 it burned to the ground, but the smoke stack (visible on the right) was not razed until 1917.
date: 1882-1903
contributor: Photo Courtesy of the Wayne County Public Library
format: PNG
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Wayne County

Ohio Constitution, 1803, Article VIII, Section 3
subject: Ohio--Politics and government--1787-1865; Constitutions--United States--States; Church and state; Ohio--History--1787-1865
description: Excerpt from the Ohio Constitution, Article VIII, Section 3, providing for religious freedom in Ohio, but insinuating that all Ohioans should have religion and should worship the “Almighty God.”
source: Courtesy of the National Archives
publisher: Unpublished
date: 1803-02-19
rights: No copyright - United States
format: JPEG
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Ohio

Wooster Daily News Anti-German Propaganda
subject: Anti-Germanism During the War
description: This Anti-German propaganda image was printed in the Wooster Daily News in October 1917
source: Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
publisher: Wooster Daily News
date: 1917.10.24
contributor: Scanned by Shannon Dade
rights: Out of Copyright
relation: Wooster in the First World War
format: microfilm
language: English
type: image with text
identifier: WDN_1917.10.24_Anti-German Propaganda

Moose Symbol

Knights of Columbus symbol

Harry McClarran on Secret Societies Today

Harry McClarran on Secret Societies

Lieutenant Charles Palmer Portrait
subject: Wooster in the First World War: Letters Home
description: Photograph of Lieutenant Charles Palmer, American volunteer in the British Army, from Wooster High School yearbook, 1911
source: Wooster High School Yearbook; Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
publisher: Wooster High School
date: 1911
contributor: Scanned by Brittany Previte
rights: Out of copyright
relation: World War I
format: photograph
type: image
identifier: Charles Palmer_WHS Yearbook 1911

Eighth of January Background

Ebenezer Lodge old
subject: The Freemasons Come to Wooster
description: Photograph of Masonic Temple in Wooster from Frontier Cornerstone.
source: Roberts, Allen E. Frontier Cornerstone: The Story of Freemasonry in Ohio 1790-1890. Columbus: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, 1980.
publisher: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio
contributor: Scanned by Anna Claspy
rights: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio
relation: Secret Societies
format: Photograph
type: image

Ohio 20th century Railroads

Norfolk and Southern Line on Bever

Interurban Color Map
subject: Railroads
source: Wayne County public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
format: Drawing
language: English
type: image
coverage: 1910s, Railroad

North Grant and West Liberty Interurban Car Barn, Front View

Interurban Line Car #10

Electric Line Depot Clip
subject: Railroad
description: Wooster Republican Newspaper clip announcing the leasing of space so that the Interurban line could be extended to Wooster.
source: Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
date: October 28, 1903.
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek.
rights: Legal under Fair Use.
format: Photograph
type: Newspaper

First Cars Reach Wooster Today Clip
subject: Railroad
description: Wooster Republican Newspaper Clip detailing the celebrations the town entered into once the Interurban line had finished construction and the first cars arrived to town.
source: Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
date: October 7th, 1903.
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Legal under Fair Use.
format: Photograph
type: image

B&O Passenger & Freight Depot, Old
subject: The Railroad
description: Scene of the old B&O passenger and freight depot which was located on Columbus Avenue. Note there are no buildings in this scene. The fairgrounds were built to the west of the depot, and today this building is used as a barbershop.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: Late 1800ss/Early 1900s
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image

Wooster's Pennsylvania & Ohio Passenger Depot, Postcard
subject: The Railroad
description: Colored Postcard showing old Wooster railroad depot on the Pennsylvania Railroad line, which served passenger train riders for many years until it was hit by a train and demolished. The sign tells the miles to Pittsburgh and Chicago.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: 1930s
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Postcard
type: image
coverage: 1930s, Railroad

B&O Trestle
subject: The Railroad
description: Work train on B&O trestle.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: 1900s, 1910s
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: B&O, Railroad, 1900s, 1910s

Wooster's Grange
subject: The Railroad
description: Forty-two Grange members working in Grange Hall preparing chickens for the 1957 Wayne County Fair.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Tribute to Wooster"
date: 1957
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: 1950s, Grange, Railroad

County Debts for Railroad Stock Clip

Rail Road Celebration Clip

Wooster's Pennsylvania & Ohio Passenger Depot, 1908

Railroad Timetables Clip