Tag: Coldwater
In the agricultural heartland of Mercer County, Ohio, the year 1921 was marked by a contentious public health and consumer protection battle. The central figures were a traveling purveyor named Dr. D.W. Nolan, his associate E.A. Brenneman, and their aggressively marketed hog remedy, “Noxine.” This episode, meticulously documented in regional newspapers and agricultural journals, reveals […]
A Dream on Moorman Road In 1970, a massive joint vocational high school was nearly built along Moorman Road near Montezuma. Plans were drawn. Land was optioned. But six levy defeats later, the project vanished—giving way, after years of community effort, to what eventually became Tri Star Career Compact. The journey from that ambitious Moorman […]
Spend enough time around Grand Lake, and sooner or later the conversation drifts—not just to boating or ballgames, but to food. Not the kind served today in polished chains or drive-thrus, but the kind that used to come steaming out of small kitchens tucked behind counters, served with a smile, on chipped plates in places […]
Founded by educator and inventor Joseph Oppenheim in Maria Stein, Ohio, and moved its operations to Coldwater, Ohio, in 1908, New Idea revolutionized agriculture by developing a manure spreader that efficiently and widely distributed manure, significantly reducing manual labor and improving farm productivity. Early advertisements for New Idea highlighted the spreader’s unique paddle mechanism, inspired […]
In Coldwater, Ohio, Coldwater High School’s athletic identity has long been synonymous with the “Cavaliers.” But this wasn’t always the case. Before 1940, Coldwater’s teams were known as the “Yellow Jackets,” a name that by the late 1930s had begun to seem ill-fitting to students, staff, and the community. Through documented efforts by Coach Bill […]
