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Newspaper article about Jane Kelley Jones (Mrs. Tauy) dealing with border ruffians from Missouri who came to their home northeast of Ottawa looking for her husband and possibly John Brown on August 30, 1856. The article was written by John Mark…

Third of three newspaper articles about the development of Rev. Jotham and Eleanor Meerker's mission to the Ottawa Indians. Article written by John Mark Lambertson and published in The Ottawa Herald June 8, 1985.

Newspaper article by John Mark Lambertson about Eleanor Meeker, wife of Rev. Jotham Meeker and their mission to the Ottawa Indians in Franklin County in the mid-1800s.

First of three newspaper articles written by John Mark Lambertson about Rev. Jotham and Eleanor Meeker's mission to the Ottawa Indians in Franklin County in the mid-1800s.

Newspaper article about the Grand Army of the Republic and its presence in Franklin County.

Second of two newspaper articles about Bert and Elmer Underwood, Ottawans who started Underwood & Underwood, publishers of stereoptican cards. The article was written by John Mark Lambertson and was published in The Ottawa Herald March 11, 1985. It…

First of two newspaper articles about Bert and Elmer Underwood, two Ottawa boys who founded Underwood & Underwood, a producer of stereoscope cards. Article written by John Mark Lambertson and originally published in The Ottawa Herald March 9, 1985. …

Newspaper article describing Carry Nation's visit to Ottawa on November 25-26, 1901.

Newspaper article written by John Mark Lambertson and published in The Ottawa Herald December 24, 1984 about a blizzard that struck Franklin County at Christmas 1855.

Newspaper article written by John Mark Lambertson about an altercation between Ben Sherman and brothers Charles and Hamilton Lathrop in Ottawa that resulted in the death of Charles Lathrop. Two rival undertakers then got into a fight over the…