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Charloe: "A Village by a Stream" — A Pictorial History

Era: 20th Century (1920–2000)
Date: November 9, 1975
Source: Author/publisher not stated in the photographed copy. Title page dated 1975 (also marked "Nov. 9, 1975").
Rights & source note: Rights status not confirmed.
Tags: charloeoquanoxas reservationhistorical markerspictorial history

A pictorial history of Charloe — Paulding County’s second county seat (1841-1850, after New Rochester and before Paulding) — dedicated “in memory of the last Indian chief in northwestern Ohio,” Charloe Peter, for whom the village was named. See this archive’s unattributed county history typescript and Indigenous Peoples of Paulding County for more on Charloe Peter and the Oquanoxas reservation.

The booklet also reproduces the program from a historical marker dedication ceremony held May 27, 1962, at 2:00 p.m. — presentation of the marker by Otto E. Ehrhart of Antwerp, greetings from Carson Eakins of Charloe, a poem titled “Village By A Stream” by Douglas Mead, and a dedicatory address by U.S. Rep. Delbert L. Latta (5th District). This is very likely the original dedication of one of the undated Charloe markers in this archive’s historical markers index — probably “Charloe (Oquanoxa’s Village, on the Auglaize River),” given the matching poem title — though which specific marker isn’t confirmed.

See the full PDF for the complete pictorial history and program.