Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad: Meeting of the Stockholders Clip
Wooster's Pennsylvania & Ohio Passenger Depot, 1908
Forty-two Grange members working in Grange Hall preparing chickens for the 1957 Wayne County Fair.
Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
Wooster's Pennsylvania & Ohio Passenger Depot, Postcard
Colored Postcard showing old Wooster railroad depot on the Pennsylvania Railroad line, which served passenger train riders for many years until it was hit by a train and demolished. The sign tells the miles to Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Scene of the old B&O passenger and freight depot which was located on Columbus Avenue. Note there are no buildings in this scene. The fairgrounds were built to the west of the depot, and today this building is used as a barbershop.
Wooster Republican Newspaper Clip detailing the celebrations the town entered into once the Interurban line had finished construction and the first cars arrived to town.
Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
Wooster Republican Newspaper clip announcing the leasing of space so that the Interurban line could be extended to Wooster.
Buckeye Aluminum Company 1914, With Railroad Tracks
Photo of the Buckeye Aluminum Company showing railroad tracks on the side of the building. Photo taken in 1914.
North Grant and West Liberty Interurban Car Barn
Picture of the interurban car barn on the corner of north Grant and West Liberty Streets.
George and Mary McClarran, "Old and New Wooster".
North Grant and West Liberty Interurban Car Barn, Front View
This is a 1971 photo of the last passenger train leaving Wooster and Mayor Paul Tilford marching with a group of men as the railroad depot is being decommissioned.
Photograph of Masonic Temple in Wooster from Frontier Cornerstone.
Roberts, Allen E. Frontier Cornerstone: The Story of Freemasonry in Ohio 1790-1890. Columbus: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, 1980.
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio
Wooster in the First World War: Letters Home
Photograph of Lieutenant Charles Palmer, American volunteer in the British Army, from Wooster High School yearbook, 1911
Wooster High School Yearbook; Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
The mausoleum of Aquila Wiley, who served as a colonel with the 41st Ohio during the Civil War and lost his leg during the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
The tombstone of Charles Follis, nicknamed "The Black Cyclone," who was the first professional African American football player.
Tombstone of James Hill. He was born in Scotland and fought for the British Army in the Crimean War. After moving to America, he served in the Civil War and survived Custer's defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn. (Paul Locher, "1st Sgt. James Hill Called Wooster his Hometown," Daily Record, July 3, 2009.)
A Wooster Republican article (top) and a Wayne County Democrat article (bottom) reporting about Frederick Douglass' speech at Wooster's Arcadome in 1872.
The Wooster Republican and the Wayne County Democrat
Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and History Department
Elias Compton served as dean at the College of Wooster and had three sons, Karl, Arthur, and Wilson, who went on to gain distinction.
Herman Freedlander was the proprietor of the immensely important Freedlander’s department store.