Carol Rimedio Righetti, Mahoning County commissioner, is shown along West Federal Street in Youngstown in the area where a huge parade, shown above, took place in 1908 on the day the cornerstone of the current Mahoning County Courthouse was put in place.
Staff photos / R. Michael Semple
YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning County’s earliest history included political intrigue and controversy, as the seat of government started in Canfield in 1846, but moved to Youngstown 30 years later.
From 1873 onward, the county’s governance has been focused on Youngstown.
Bill Lawson, Mahoning Valley Historical Society executive director, noted historic highlights to mark the county’s 175th anniversary during a recent presentation to the Mahoning County commissioners.
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This is a 2021 photo of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church at 316 E. Market St., Urbana.
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This is a 2021 photo of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church at 316 E. Market St., Urbana. It was built in 1866 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. This “Looking Forward” is from the perspective of Elijah Brown, an early member and deacon of the A.M.E. Church.
Sometime after Elijah Brown’s death George Brown and Lewis Adams in 1837 testified before William Patrick, Justice of the Peace of Champaign County, that based on frequent conversation they had had with Elijah Brown that it was his intention that his entire estate be bequeathed to the church after his debts were paid. He wanted the proceeds from his estate to be used to erect a church building as services were being held in church members’ homes.
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POLAND The historic Riverside Cemetery Bridge will have a marker this year, declaring it part of the National Register of Historic Places.
The marker is being made and once it is placed, local historians plan a dedication ceremony.
These National Register of Historic Places roadside markers appear across the nation. The Riverside Cemetery Bridge was added to the registry in 1983 along with the historic South Main Street area, which was added in 1974. Neither one had a marker until now, thanks to local historian Dave Smith.
“I am the one who wrote the application for the bridge marker,” Smith said.
MANSFIELD Daylight was expiring outside as I stood alone in a Mansfield Reformatory hallway connected to a maze of rooms in what used to be administrative offices.
A film crew and paranormal investigator had departed the third floor, heading up a stairwell to the chapel. Positioning a cellphone between my fingers, I stayed behind and captured a photo of a bedroom that had been featured in the movie The Shawshank Redemption, when from a darkened corridor emerged a faint, whispery voice: What are you doing?
A chill passed through my body, goosebumps prickling my skin.
Questions filled my head: Did the sound materialize from a dimension or realm beyond this world? Was it spoken by the spirit of a former inmate? Did the voice belong to another member of the group? Or was it a trick of the imagination?
MANSFIELD Daylight was expiring outside as I stood alone in an Ohio State Reformatory hallway connected to a maze of rooms in what used to be administrative offices.
A film crew and paranormal investigator had departed the third floor, heading up a stairwell to the chapel. Positioning a cellphone between my fingers, I stayed behind and captured a photo of a bedroom that had been featured in the movie The Shawshank Redemption, when from a darkened corridor emerged a faint, whispery voice: What are you doing?
A chill passed through my body, goosebumps prickling my skin.
Questions filled my head: Did the sound materialize from a dimension or realm beyond this world? Was it spoken by the spirit of a former inmate? Did the voice belong to another member of the group? Or was it a trick of the imagination?