Tag: Reminisce

LIMA — The storm descended on Lima with stunning ferocity the evening of Jan. 11, 1918, whipping snow into drifts in front of shop...

George McCready would later say he turned away as the mob slipped a noose around the neck of Allen County Sheriff Sherman E. Eley.“I...

LIMA — You may be headed to the Lima Mall to do some Christmas shopping this time of year, and we raided The Lima...

LIMA — The discovery of oil in Lima in 1885 helped fuel an industrial boom and served as a catalyst for the creation of...

LIMA — The West was still wild, really wild, in 1873. Jesse James and the James-Younger gang were perfecting train robbery, the U.S. was...

LIMA — On warm days in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Vine Street Grounds was a favorite spot for the national...

LIMA — Two months after World War II formally ended on the decks of the USS Missouri, Lima residents lined up to get a...

LIMA — Benjamin F. Matthews was born to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Matthews in Perry County, Ohio, in 1854. Benjamin Matthews was well known...

LIMA — Belzoni, Mississippi, is 750 miles and a world away from Lima.Ashley Brownlow made the long journey from Mississippi to Ohio in the...

In August 1899 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West was making its third appearance in four years in Lima and Delphos was feeling a little miffed.“Our...