History & Hauntings
in Northern Appalachia and the Western Reserve

Research and writing by Author/Historian Ashley Armstrong

Stories

Early Settlers of Mecca Twp., Part 4: Masons, Bentons, Browns
2026-04-27 20:09 More accounts of the trials and tragedies of the first settlers who came to the west side of Mosquito Creek in Mecca Twp.
Early Settlers of Mecca Twp., Part 3: First Postmaster and Mail Carriers, Phillips, St. John, Knapp, and the Buttles, First Settlers of West Mecca
2026-04-10 19:19 First postmaster and mail carriers of Mecca Twp., along with the first settlers on the west side of Mosquito Creek
Early Settlers of Mecca Twp., Part 2: Taylors, Chaffees, First Death, and First Physicians
2026-03-26 18:36 Stories of some of Mecca Twp.'s first settlers, its first death–a little girl, first physicians–one a fierce female who was a force to be reckoned with
Early Settlers of Mecca Twp., Part I: Dawson, Rose, Rowe, and Pettis families & South Mecca Cemetery
2026-03-17 18:20 The lives of the first settlers to come to Mecca were full of uncertainty and hardship
Early Mecca Settler and Wounded Veteran: William Johnson
2026-02-27 17:47 Early Mecca, OH Settler William Johnson barely survived the Civil War and experienced much sorrow in his life.
Early Mecca Settler: Alanson McCullour
2026-02-18 16:32 After the mysterious disappearance of his father in Canada, Alanson McCullour came to Mecca, OH, where his house still stands to this day
Mental Meltdown to Matricide: The Murder of 2-Year-Old Theresa Heston
2025-09-19 12:18 In 1947, a heartbroken mother feels her only way out of her suffering is to take the lives of her two young daughters and herself.
George Wheeler and the Lima Hospital for the Criminally Insane
2024-07-04 16:39 A fun summer holiday turns to horror when an elderly father turns violent toward his son.

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