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Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son
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Drawn by Henry Howe in 1846. Public Square, Medina.
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MEDINA COUNTY. 463 1 Methodist, 1 Disciples, 1 Baptist, 1 Catholic. Bank: Phoenix National, J. H.Albro, president, R. M. McDowell, cashier. Manufactures and Employees.—B. H. Brown & Co., planing mill, 14 hands;A. B. Bishop, carriages and wagons, 6 ; George Weber & Co., stove hollow-ware,25 ; A. I. Root, bee supplies, 96 ; Medina Carriage Co., carriages and wagons, 4 ;Hickox Brothers, planing mill, 3; O. C. Shepard, flour and feed, 3.—State Re-port, 1888. Population in 1880, 1,484. School census, 1888, 505; J. R.Kennan, school superintendent. Census, 1890, 2,073. Medina has an extensive bee culture interest, combining the cultivation of beeswith the manufacture of implements connected therewith. Its beginnings andgrowth are related in the catalogue of A. I. Root, whose immense establishmentcovers nearly three acres of land. The grounds are beautifully laid out withshrubbery and vines, and contain nearly one thousand hives of bees. SaysMr. Root: In 1865 a swarm of bees chanc
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