Did you know?

• In June 1915, the first 18 county graduates of normal school, mainly from Ottawa and Continental, were honored at commencement in Ottawa. A new law required a year’s study at normal school in order to teach.

• Putnam County landowners voted in favor of establishing a local Soil Conservation District in 1956, which became known as the Putnam Soil and Water Conservation District in 2005. Putnam County was the second-to-last county in Ohio to form a soil conservation district.

• Thomas Ridenour of Dupont, age 99, was the county’s last Civil War veteran, passing away in February 1946.