Restoring The View From Oak Hill Cottage

The book in which Frances Ida Jones's phrenology reading was recorded and the phrenology bust.

Phrenology

By the time Frances Ida Jones, of Oak Hill Cottage, had the bumps on her head recorded by American phrenologist...

“Scott Brown Cartoonist” by Christopher Kuntz

“Scott Brown Cartoonist” by Christopher Kuntz

By Alan Wigton Christopher Kuntz is returning to Mansfield this August 16th to talk about his grandfather, Scott Brown. In...

A Tunnel to the Rocky Fork?

By Alan Wigton 1896 headline: “Miss Mary F. Huber, Precipitated…Into the Bed of a Mill Race Long Since Abandoned”. A...

Mystery of the Bell

This is a request for information to solve a mystery surrounding the demolition of the old Richland County Courthouse. Earlier...

Christmas Tours

Christmas Season is under way at Oak Hill Cottage! Sunday tours continue through December 18th on our usual schedule; 2pm...

The Temple of Justice

Mansfield, Ohio A piece of Richland County History lingered in a farm field for over 50 years, camouflaged by the...

July Newsletter 2022

Our latest newsletter has just been published at Issuu in flip book format: July 2022 Oak Hill Member Update Featured...

The Newman Cabin

The Newman Cabin

The first cabin built by pioneer settlers  in Richland County was surveyor Jacob Newman’s, on a hillside which today is...

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