Miscellanious
Here you will find tidbits regarding Farmington Ohio's History. Some census stuff, old letters, and any other miscellanious information I come across.
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New information regarding the proposed CLINTON RR that was to run through West Farmington. (Much appreciation to Mr. Stevens for supplying this information.) "The book contains several paragraphs on the Clinton Air Line, which I'll try to summarize: It was incorporated in 1853 by a son of DeWitt Clinton (governor of NY and chief promoter of the Erie Canal), and $5 million was spent on it before work was stopped during a financial panic in 1857. According to Harry, over 200 miles were graded, although he doesn't say where, or whether this was only what they did in Ohio. The company headquarters were in Hudson, Ohio, and there is a Clinton St. there. After 1857 there were various abortive schemes to use the right-of-ways -- "The Continental," "The American," "The Gibson Road," "The United States Railroad," and "The 42nd Parallel," none of which, of course, ever did anything. Harry says that the Nickel Plate used the Clinton grade between the Indiana state line and Arcadia, Ohio. At one of the entries in the forum there is an attachment of a map of the route of the Clinton Air Line across Ohio. It looks as if it would fall about where the route is indicated on the Farmington map."
Thanks again Mr. Stevens for the added information on the Clinton Air Line. |
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Farmington Festival Parade Marshals 1935-2006 35' Carl Bigalow 39' Frank Hart 40',54' Burt Huntley 55' Carl Bigalow 56' - 59' Alex Greig 60', 61' Harry Chapel 70' Lyle Hickox 72' Frank Harshman 73' Paul Graham 74' Lloyd Stevens 75' John Anthony 76' Marjorie Jones 77' John Elwell 78' Fred Dewey 79' Ulick Welsh 80' Sheriff Jackmas 91' Larry Vanhorn 92' John Elwell 93' Hans and Beth Schlacht 94' Bob and Wilma Satterlee 95' Dorothy Anthony 96' Teddy Henthorne 97' Lois Miller 98' William List 99' Melvin and Middy Smith 2000 Mayor Patchin 2001 Karl Girlt 2002 Ruth Jean Hawkins 2004 Rosemary Fasulo 2005 Josephine Stoneman 2006 Bob and Renee Stevens 2006 Honorary Eva Chockmay
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History of Mayors in West Farmington (1906 - present) 1906 J.R. Harshman 1908, 1912 F.S. Hart 1917 B.W. Huntley 1920 Frank Hart 1940 Carl Creaser 1948 H. G. Chapel 1955 Lloyd Wear 1956 Raymond (Bob) Housel 1958 John Lynch 1960 H.R. Hyden 1966 Harold Carpenter 1967 Clyde Bailey 1971 Leroy Cummins 1972 James Richards 1984 Thomas Christlieb 1996 Mike Ray 1996 to Present Allen Patchin |




