Putnam
Artist Emerson Burkhart
Kalida, OH
Described as a Columbus “institution” when he died in 1969, Emerson C. Burkhart was born on a farm in Union Township, Putnam County in 1905.
Bridenbaugh District No. 3 School / Bridenbaugh District No. 3 School
Bridenbaugh District No. 3 School.
Columbus Grove Municipal Pool
The construction of Putnam County’s first public swimming pool helped Columbus Grove weather the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Frances Rappaport Horwich
Ottawa, OH
Frances Rappaport Horwich was born in Ottawa on July 16, 1907, the daughter of Sam Rappaport, an Austrian immigrant who operated a...
Native Americans in Ottawa
Ottawa, OH
The Ottawa, or “Tawa” Indians had inhabited the Maumee Valley since the middle of the 1700s.
The Miller City Wildcats / The “Cinderella Kids” of 1950
Miller City, OH
Team photograph here Standing, L to R: Coach C. Norris Simpson, Donald Alt, Bill Ziegler, Roy Meyer, Jerry Kuhlman, Karl Inkrott, Vern...
The Putnam County Historical Society / Pioneer Days in Kalida
Kalida, OH
The Putnam County Pioneer Association was organized September 6, 1873, at a meeting in Kalida, Ohio.