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Athens, Ohio - The Village Years (Hardcover, 1)
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Athens, Ohio - The Village Years (Hardcover, 1)
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Two hundred years ago, Rufus Putnam, leader of the Ohio Company,
sent eleven men west into the Ohio Country to found what is now the
City of Athens. As one of the oldest communities in Ohio, Athens
has a heritage rich in history and lore. Now, as Athens looks ahead
to its third century, historian and raconteur Robert L. Daniel
provides a timely assessment of the community's past.
Drawing on reminiscences by Athens residents over the past two
centuries, and on newspaper accounts, institutional archives,
census records, and a host of historic photographs and drawings,
Daniel illustrates how the Athens community grew, how it changed
over the years, and what it was like to have lived in Athens in the
past, from the times before white settlement to 1920. He identifies
the problems the community faced and how it went about resolving
them--its efforts to provide local government, the changing ways
its people earned a living, the ways they worshipped, their efforts
to establish Ohio University, how they coped during times of war,
and what they did to amuse themselves.
In a lively style peppered with firsthand accounts by the people
who made Athens, Daniel narrates his tale with wry humor and a
sharp eye for detail. Always focusing on the people who lived
there, he brings Athens to life during its village years.
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