Putnam County Trivia...April 18 issue

Did you know that at one time, Leipsic had an opera hall? In 1891, Orren Townsend opened his opera hall on the second floor of a building he built, and after that building burned down, the opera hall moved to the Hotel Leffler, which was also in Leipsic.

Did you know that Pandora has been known by several different names? When Pandora was first laid out and settled, it was known as Columbia. Sometime around 1850, the town’s name changed to Pendleton, and in 1882, it was renamed Pandora.

Did you know that a factory in Glandorf, called the Glandorf Woolen Mills, operated from 1865 until a few years before WWII? Glandorf Woolen Mills primarily produced blankets, and one local legend has it that the US government wanted to order a million dollars’ worth of blankets from the factory for use during the war, but the former owner simply replied, “Ya, it is no more.”
 


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