Mabel Berra, Opera Singer
Loudonville, Ohio
Come Be a Part
of History
We make Ashland County’s history come alive through education, preservation, and community engagement.
Mabel Berra, Opera Singer
Loudonville, Ohio
Come Be a Part of History
We make Ashland County’s history come alive through education, preservation, and community engagement.
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19th Century
Mother of Pearl
Opera Glasses
19th Century
Mother of Pearl
Opera Glasses
Why Ashland History?
At the Ashland County Historical Society, we’re passionate about bringing history to life in fun and exciting ways for all ages!
At the Ashland County Historical Society, we’re passionate about bringing history to life in fun and exciting ways for all ages!
When you visit our museum, you’ll have a fun experience seeing the beautiful properties and artifacts from Ashland County’s historic past.
When you visit our museum, you’ll have a fun experience seeing the beautiful properties and artifacts from Ashland County’s historic past.
Why Ashland History?
At the Ashland County Historical Society, we’re passionate about bringing history to life in fun and exciting ways for all ages!
At the Ashland County Historical Society, we’re passionate about bringing history to life in fun and exciting ways for all ages!
When you visit our museum, you’ll have a fun experience seeing the beautiful properties and artifacts from Ashland County’s historic past.
When you visit our museum, you’ll have a fun experience seeing the beautiful properties and artifacts from Ashland County’s historic past.
Charles C. Chapman, Attorney &
Co-Founder of the Ashland County Historical Society
Recent Blogs
Ashes to Ashland: Ann “Pee Wee” Petrovic
On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy, bringing the United States into the Second World War. At its peak, the U.S. Armed Forces had […]
Ashes to Ashland: Helen Arnold, A Pioneer Probation Officer
Helen Phillips Arnold was born on the 30th of July in Ashland Ohio in 1875 to Mr. David Allison Phillips and Mary Reep Phillips. She lived out her youth in […]
Upcoming Events
Vietnam: My Story – Book Signing with Greg Gorrell
Ashland Native, Greg Gorrell, community leader and Vietnam War infantry combat veteran, chronicles his personal journey during the war – and “the War” in his country when he came home.
His book, Vietnam-Survival: There & Home, depicts the good, the bad, and the ugly on a military and personal level.
It is about life, death, heartache, injury, mistakes, divorce, tragedy, and a lifetime journey of survival, hope, faith, redemption, forgiveness, reflections, and healing.
Greg joins the Ashland County Historical Society on Thursday, May 22nd at 6:30 PM at the Freer Children’s Home (1260 Center St, Ashland) for a book signing, presentation, and discussion. We hope to see you there!
Greg’s book will be $20. All proceeds from the book go directly to the printing of the book and to supporting the veterans of Ashland County. To preorder the book, click the link below!
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Seth Barber: The Hero Ashland Forgot – With Dr. Peter Slade
Seth Barber served as Ashland’s school superintendent from 1852-1862 and 1866-1870. A pious man with a great love of learning, he laid the groundwork for public school education in the town at a time when the fight over slavery was ripping apart the country and the community. When Col. James Garfield came to town in 1862 raising a regiment, Barber joined up to lead his “boys” — the young men of Ashland who had been his students– to war. After the war he returned to his position as school superintendent with only one leg – having lost one during the Siege of Vicksburg. Perhaps one of Ashland’s most notable citizens — a civic leader, military hero, and mentor to a generation — the town has no statue, street name, or marker for this remarkable man.
Barber’s personal papers are part of the archives at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums in Fremont, OH, and offer a fascinating insight into the educational, religious, and political world of Ashland in the 1850s. In this illustrated presentation, Dr. Peter Slade will share his findings and offer suggestions as to why Seth Barber is the hero that Ashland forgot.
Dr. Peter Slade is a Professor of the History of Christianity and Christian Thought at Ashland University. The author and editor of several books and articles on 20th-century American church history, he has recently become fascinated with the history of Ashland Ohio in the mid-19th century.
