History Section :: Page 4

• YSHS sports heroes to be honored

  By Carol SimmonsJune 21, 2018

  

  State champions, accomplished coaches, professional players. Yellow Springs has cultivated a roster of significant athletic achievement over the decades.

• Tales of a forgotten music star

  By Guest ContributorJune 7, 2018

  

  The list of famous musicians who have lived in Yellow Springs is long.

• A memorial to Civil War veterans — Local cannon restored, rededicated after 110 years

  By Megan BachmanMay 28, 2018

  

  Exactly 110 years after its first dedication on Memorial Day 1908, a Civil War-era cannon was restored and rededicated by the Yellow Springs Odd Fellow Lodge this weekend.

• Sanders to discuss Simeon Fess

  By YS News StaffNovember 4, 2017

  

  Antioch College Archivist Scott Sanders will present “Fess Up! The Story of a Yellow Springs Political Dynasty” on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2 p.m., at the Senior Center.

• Yellow Springs Historical Society to give tour of Octagon House

  By YS News StaffMay 6, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs Historical Society will host a tour of the village’s Octagon House, Sunday, May 7, 1–5 p.m.

• Forgotten Springs, vol. 3 – the Japanese teahouses of Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffApril 21, 2017

  

  In this edition of Forgotten Springs, we take a look at a place on the Antioch campus whose planned obsolescence reflects a philosophical take on life. The Village was home to a series of Japanese teahouses, built by an Antioch professor who wanted to establish a place of reflection similar to those he enjoyed during the years he spent in Japan.

• Virginia in Ohio

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 30, 2017

  

  A crowd of local students and community members converged on the Yellow Springs library last Wednesday, March 22, for the dedication of a historical marker for renowned author Virginia Hamilton, who grew up and lived most of her life in Yellow Springs.

• Honoring Little Miami Trail bikeway boosters

  By Audrey HackettOctober 27, 2016

  

  Once controversial but now widely used, the local bike path turned 25 this fall. A small ceremony marking that milestone was held in front of the Train Station last Saturday

• Explore history of village schools on walking tour

  By YS News StaffAugust 22, 2016

  

  Yellow Springs Heritage will lead a walking tour of the historic schools of the village on Saturday, Aug. 27, beginning at 1 p.m.

• Sanders to discuss East Gym mural

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 30, 2016

  

  The YS Historical Society will sponsor a talk by Antioch College archivist Scott Sanders on Sunday, July 31, 2 p.m., in the Senior Center great room. The talk will concern the history of the mural in the East Gym of the Antioch College Wellness Center, which was painted by social realist painter and muralist Gilbert Wilson.