Description
This narrated documentary covers Worthington, Ohio’s history beginning in 1803. It offers information on Worthington’s founders, including James Kilbourne, as well as on pioneer life in the village. The film describes aspects of early Worthington life such as cooking; log cabins; occasions such as Muster Day; the Squirrel Tax of 1808, which required each property owner to destroy a certain number of squirrels; Worthington’s petition to the Ohio legislature to become the state capital, a bid that it lost by one vote; and the scarcity of money after the War of 1812, when Worthington businesses issued scrip money. The film also covers historical information on Worthington schools, businesses, celebrations, churches and historic sites. Buildings described include the Bird Song house, the Kilbourne commercial building, the Episcopal rectory and the Park Federal building. The houses mentioned are identified by their builders or early residents, including the Ansel Mattoon house (which was a station on the Underground Railroad), the Sidney Brown house, the Sanderson house, the McElvane house, the J.R. Topping house, the Travis Scott house, the Horace Wright house, the Charles Cooper house, the John Snow house, the Roswell Ripley house, the Wiley house, the Elias Lewis house, the Captain Skeels house, the Greer house, the Ashbury house, and the Smokerise house. The film was a personal project of filmmaker William Boyd Owens, who had a chiropractic office in Worthington. Actors in the film include Owens' granddaughters Kathy and Karmel Owens, who played the girls spinning by the fireplace at 3...
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Worthington LibrariesWilliam Boyd OwensTravel-Tel FilmsKathy OwensKarmel OwensMike HaddadCarol Haddad
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- Ansel Mattoon
- Bird Song House
- Brig. Gen. Charles Cooper
- Brig. Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley, 1823 1887
- Buildings
- Capt. J. Skeels
- Church Buildings
- Col. James Kilbourne, 1770 1850
- Early Settlers
- Elias Lewis, Sr., 1786 1884
- Griswold Inn
- Historic Districts
- Historic Sites
- Home Market
- Horace W. Wright, 1830 1893
- James R. Topping, 1842 1922
- John Snow, 1780 1852
- Kilbourn Commercial Building
- New England Lodge No. 4 F & Am
- Orange Johnson, 1790 1876
- Park Federal Building
- Philander Chase, 1775 1852
- Pontifical College Josephinum
- School Buildings
- Sidney Brown, ? 1881
- St. John African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Thomas Worthington, 1773 1827
- Travis Scott
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Western Intelligencer
- Worthington Academy
- Worthington Female Seminary
- Worthington History
- Worthington Inn
- Worthington Libraries
- Worthington Manufacturing Company
- Worthington Medical College
- Worthington Post Office
- Worthington Presbyterian Church
- Worthington Savings Bank
- Worthington Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Worthington United Methodist Church