Explore RichHistory

Richland County contains historic buildings and sites ripe for discovery. From a pristine gothic architecture house to a mansion with acres of sprawling gardens, there is plenty to explore and learn. The county also hosts many local museums featuring interesting exhibits on subjects like one of the first bicycle companies, Elektro: the first robot, and…

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Richland Is Home For The Holidays Gift Giveaway

Richland Is Home For The Holidays and we want to share all of our local locations and traditions with visitors and guests. Please share your memories for a chance to receive our Richland Is Home For The Holiday Gift Box....

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Oak Hill in the Snow

As the snow builds up on the ground it is slowly erasing the familiar world, creating a blank canvas where any kind of landscape might be latent.
It was a day like this — dark gray, the world slowly being swept away behind gusts of snow — the first time I picked up The Green Bay Tree as a young man. It is the first book, the first bestseller, by Louis Bromfield: a story that takes place in Mansfield. As I turned the pages of the old novel the modern city around me drifted, blurred, darkened; and in the book that other Mansfield — the city from 100 years ago — stirred and took life....

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