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Published January 11, 2021 at 6:38 PM EST Listen • 30:00 / Eli Harvey grew up in a Quaker community near Wilmington, Ohio to become a celebrated sculptor. And yet most Ohioans have never heard his name. Harvey mostly sculpted wild animals from close observation. The Historical Society in Clinton County has now digitized the art and writings of Eli Harvey. Culture Couch producer David Seitz introduces us to this sculptor’s life. In 1914, real estate developer Harry Kissell used a rousing speech and the city’s growing population to have Springfield, Ohio named America’s Best 60,000 City. In the years that followed, Springfield kept growing. By 1970, the city’s population had grown to 80,000 people. But in the past few decades, Springfield has been losing its population. Today, the city’s home to around 60,000 – the same number of people as in 1914. Today, Harry Kissell’s grandson is a developer in Springfield. And he says a construction

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