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Centennial Souvenir T itiiliitiAA AA AAi*?! itiiffulnTiiTi ••,,>i.,ft.-'>-i>--*--<»--*--*--<*--'*--o--*--'»—'>--'*--*-<*- 4> ILLUSTRATED * Centennial Souvenir t X Block House Number of the Richland Gninty Historical X J' Sodet/s Publication, Gnnpiledl by the Secretary. ^ I t i 4» *2» 4» I MANSRELD BLPOli HOUffS. $ Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio t T Published by the Society. J907. J HON. HUNTINGTON BROWN, President Centennial Commission. ILLUSTRATED Centennial Souvenir Block House Number of the Richland County Histdrical Society's Publication, Compiled by the SecretarA MAN8FIELO BLOCK HOUSE. Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Published by the Society, 1907. Proceedings of the Richland County Historical Society. Thq Richland County Historical Society lield its eiglitti annual meeting in tlie G. A. R. rooms of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial building, on Thursday, June 28, 190G. The following from the Mansfield News ot that date gives such a correct account of the meeting that it- is copied here, hu follows: Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock the eighth annual meeting of the Rich­ land County Historical Society was cftlled to order by its president, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Father Schreiber, of St. Peter's Catholic church. Following this there was an excellent pro- gramme^ made up of a number of ten-minute addresses, among other speak­ ers being Edwin Mansfield, the Rev. Mr. Crawford, of Nashville, Tenn., and Gen.' R. Brinkerhoff. Following is the address delivered by the last named gentleman: / PRESIDENT BRINKERHOFF'S ADDRESS. Today we hold the eighth annual meeting of the Richland County His­ torical Society and it is my pleasant duty, as its president, to extend a cordial welcome to all who have honored us with their presence. While this Society, as now organized, is only eight years old, yet it is the lineal successor of the first historical society in this county, organized at Hemlock Falls, near Newvllle, 50 years ago, and which, with various inter- ruiitions, has persevered until the present day, and has succeeded, I think, in preserving In various publications, the pioneer and current history as fully, with a few exceptions, as any other county in the state. It is true, we have not kept pace with Huron and Erie, to the north of us, where the peo- (lio generally are interested in such matters, and where the Firelandp His­ torical Society has published an annual volume for many years and where a building has been erected at Norwalk for its meetings and historic ac­ cumulations.' However, I have the faith to believe that our fellow citizens of Richland County appreciate our work more fully than heretofore and we are encouraged for the future; What we need Just now, more than anything else, is a building for our historic arcbaelogical and geological collections, which I am very sure are unsurpassed and I doubt it they are equaled by .any other county in the State of its size. Soon after completion of this Memorial building, its third story was assigned to this collection and its care was provided for by the OFFICERS RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. GEN. R, BRINKERHOFF. Preside M. B. BUSHNELL, Vice President. A. J. BAUGHMAN, Secretary. W. S. CAPPELLER. Treasurer. PROCEEDINGS OF RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 3 city board of education for a number of years, by the employment ot our elflc'ent curator, Edward Wilkinson, and its value was fully Indicated al­ though the space for its i)roper display was entirely insufficient. The ottly essential for its i)roper development would be the employ­ ment of a'Competent curator Ifke Mr. Wilkinson, whose salary, I think, could bp provided without much trouble. Our city board of education has already indicated its willingness to contribute one-half of such expenses in return for the educational advantages It will afford to the various schools, and es­ pecially to its classes in geology, botany and history and if the city and township authorities will co-operate, we will have an institution which will bo an honor to our county and of great educational value, not only to our schools but t^ ail of our cItlzenS. .The law authorizing the erection of this memorial building provides (Ohio Laws Vol. 84, Page 345) that it shall con­ tain "an assembly room for the use of the Grand Army of the Republic, free ot rent," "library rooms for the public library," and also "memorial room or rooms for the preservation of flags, documents and relics of the several wars und of the early settlement of Ohio. It will be noticed that the three uses for which it is authorized are, the soldiers' memorial rooms, the memorial library and a memorial room for rel'cs, and, therefore, if the Library should lie removed, the space vacated can very properly be occupied by a memorial '.iiuseum and would In a few years be fully occupied.. Clearly,, I think, the trustees of the Memorial Building have the authority to make such an as- s'gnment. Possibly they may also have pcwer to provide for its proper care; l.ut.if not, legislation could doubtless be secured for that purpose at the next meeting of the legislature. Last year we published a report of our ^proceedings for the preceding seven years, copies of which were furnished to all our members and which Ciin be frnished to all new members, of whom we would be glad to welcome a goodly number. Membership is not llm'ted to the descendants of pioneers, but every one is welcome, who is interested in preserving history whether nast or present and who is willing to contribute a membership fee of one dollar and annual dues of the same amount. We ought to have a member­ ship sufficiently large to authorize the iiublicat'on of an annual report. The programme was pleasingly interspersed by several vocal selections by Mrs. W. G. Gilger, of Ncrwalk, the iiiano accompaniment being by Miss Charlotte Anderson. One of the most charming of the numbers rendered was "Years Touch Not the Teart." There were present at this meeting apout thirty members of the Craw­ ford County Pioneer Society and during the morning this party visited the (Children's Home, accompanied by a local committee. Mrs. T. J. Wilson and Mrs. S. M. Morgan acted as a reception com- I'littee. >' The officers of the Richland organization and invited guests to the num­ ber of 28 took dinner at Keirschbaum's. ^ 4 PROCEEDINGS OF RICHLAND COtJNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Among the out-of-town people present at this meeti'ng^ were Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gilger, ot Norwalk; Dr. Sheldon, of Norwalk, secretary of the Pire- lauds Historical Society, accompanied by his wife and daughter; Mrs. Buck- cnberger, of Bellville, who acted as stenographer at the meeting; the Rev. .Joshua Crawford, of Nashville, who is a kinsman of Col. William Crawford, T.'ho was burned at the stake by the Indians. On display at the meeting there \*'a8 a sword which was carried by one of the officers of the Crawford expedition and which was found after having been buried for 13C years. It is now the property of Ira Pinfrock. M. B. Bushnell is vice president of the Organization, and A. J. Baugh- man, secretary. A Centennial Commission Created/ Former Mayor Huntington Brown was called upon to tell 6f the Salem Centennial which be attended recently. ^T. Brown gave a comprehensive outline of the Centennial and told of how successful' it was. It was a great home coming and one of the Unest events ever held in that little city. He told of the elaborate entertainment the processions and the social events, the addresses by prominent people from various parts of the contry and going into detail he explained how the Salemltes had gone about the enter­ prise. Some months ago in the Shield the suggestion was made by A. J. Uaughman in an ajticle that Mansfield ought to celebrate its Centennial lT/o years h(ence and this has been followed from time to time by'other items along the same line and editorial mention. The Shield is glad to see that Mansfield is to have a centennial—a great home coming of the former Mansfield people and their friends. Secretary Baughman, at the conclusion of Mr. Brown's speech called upon Father Schreiber for remarks) Mr. Baughman mentioning that he knew of no one who takes a greater interest in Richland County history than does Father Schreiber. Father Schreiber in his Impromptu remarks gave the project his hearty endorsement. He spoke of what a splendid thing it is to commemorate the founding of our city. His remarks were very greatly appreciated. Capt. T. B. Martin endorsed what had been said in behalf of the enter­ prise and made a short address. He presented a resolution that a Mansfield Centennial Commission be created, with the Hon. Huntington Brown as chairman and with power to select the members of his cabinet, to consist of from 7 to 9 members as he should deem best. This resolution was carried unanimously and Mr. Brown in accepting stated that he thought two years was none/too long for the accomplishment of all that there is to be done. He announced that he would elect A. J. Baughman as secretary of the commission and would name the others in a short time. PROCEEDINGS OF RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 6 The selection of Mr. Brown wili meet with the hearty approbation df the people of Mansfield at large. He has the time and the ability and the lucl'natiqn for this work and thef' selection of Mr. Brown for chairman in- siues at the outset of the'undertaking that the Centennial in 1908 win be one ef the greatest events in the history of Mansfield,' a celebration to look forward to and one which when over will hold for our citizens and all who shall come here during the week of the Centenniali celebratioh the most de­ lightful of recollections.
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