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Yellow Springs Heritage Pursues Early History Further

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

Yellow Springs When Young — Part 2

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Bicentennial Pageant Revisited — Scene 4

Posted on May 5, 2013 by admin

Scene 4: Dance card Synopsis: A humorous and romantic scene written by Kay Reimers. It features Marion Ross as the suitor. TWO FEMALE ANTIOCH STUDENTS Miss Thomas and Miss Hamilton enter, holding their dance cards, in deep conversation. MISS HAMILTON … Continue reading →

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Yellow Springs Heritage Is Amazed by John Bryan

Posted on April 22, 2013 by admin

The story of the man behind the building: John Bryan—The Romantic

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Bicentennial Pageant Revisited — Scene 3

Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin

Previous installments: Prologue/Scene 1 — Scene 2 Cabaret Horace Synopsis 1853 to c. 1921: Antioch College’s first 75 years are marked with great aspirations and numbing fiscal realities. Famed educator Horace Mann is appointed first president. He sets high standards for … Continue reading →

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Bicentennial Pageant Revisited — Scene 2

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

Previous installment: Prologue/Scene 1 Scene 2.. Synopsis: 1827 to 1852: After a brief period of operation in the 1820s by utopian socialists called Owenites, Elisha Mills buys the hotel at the Yellow Spring and expands the business. He deeds the … Continue reading →

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Yellow Springs Heritage Explores the Water Cure

Posted on March 21, 2013 by admin

Yellow Springs’ Water Cure An earlier blog entry by Scott Sanders reveals the next phase of the Water Cure’s history.

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Bicentennial Pageant Revisited — Prologue/Scene 1

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin

This summer will have been a decade since the celebration of Yellow Springs’ bicentennial, and one of the livelier activities on the schedule was the Bicentennial Pageant presented in the Antioch College Amphitheatre July 17-19, 2003. The pageant was filmed … Continue reading →

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Historical Society Program February 24

Posted on February 12, 2013 by admin

The Best Town in the World:  Touring Yellow Springs 100 Years Ago by Postcard The Best Town in the World:  Touring Yellow Springs 100 Years Ago by Postcard Dave Neuhardt will lead us on a graphic tour of Yellow Springs just … Continue reading →

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The Area Before the Civil War — Part 1

Posted on January 25, 2013 by admin

Benjamin Drake was an early author, historian, editor whose works showed a fascination for Native American leaders and societies (make what you will of the fact that those works have been classified as fiction). Efforts by Project Gutenberg and other … Continue reading →

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The Rachel Smith Letters — Letter #23

Posted on December 22, 2012 by admin

Clifton Ohio Feb 12 1865 My Dear husband I received your letter of the 2nd last eve. I have been reading yesterday’s paper this morn. It states that part of the 6th corps was engaged, but does not state what … Continue reading →

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