Read Part I | Read Part II | Read Part III | Read Part IV | Read Part V The field is still there, most likely planted with a fresh crop at this time of year. We are inching a little closer to getting a historical marker placed to remember …
Read Part I | Read Part II | Read Part III | Read Part IV | Read Part V | Read Part VI Bring in the super sniffers! It’s been almost a year since we first walked in the field. This project is well worth the time it is taking, and continues to unfold in many ways. KYK9 …
DPLS Adult Services Associate Sarah Marshall returns to the site of Worthington Cemetery to see what dowsing rods might uncover.
This is the third installment of an ongoing research series wherein Sarah Marshall, Adult Services Associate at Defiance Public Library, investigates this history of Defiance County’s only historic Black cemetery, what’s become of it, and where we might go from here.
Read Part I | Read Part II | Read Part III | Read Part IV | Read Part V | Read Part VI “Are you at the library now? I’m in town and can stop in. I’d like to see that picture of the field…” After posting part one of the Worthington Cemetery Project, we received word of …
Read Part I | Read Part II | Read Part III | Read Part IV | Read Part V | Read Part VI Digging into the past is never an easy task. While researching Riverside Cemetery in Defiance for our annual walking history tour, I came across a unique but mostly forgotten cemetery in rural Defiance County. A …
In addition to those highlighted on our Self-guided Riverside Cemetery Walk, two other burial grounds have been unearthed in Defiance, both by accident! On March 26, 1910, the Defiance Democrat reported that while digging to build a new home on Front Street (now Fort Street) a burial ground was discovered. …
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