Mark Center High School, 1909 - 1910

SEATED, L to R: 

Eva Huber

Helen Haver

Cecelia Walker

Susie Rohn

Lillie Burd

 Fern Wagner

MIDDLE, L to R: 

Lillian Doda

 Wandas Wheeler

 Ethel Lobdell

 William Walker - Principal 

Goldie Lovejoy

 Goldie Walker

Myrtle Balser

TOP, L to R: 

Victor Balser

 Lloyd Edgar

 Clarence Wonderly

Clyde Spindler

 Henry Gecowets

 Henry Brinck

(One name missing.) 

Mark Township, District 5, Primary Room - 1925

The Wells Fargo Wagons

For many years, Lloyd V. Tuttle contributed historic photos and information to the Defiance Crescent-News for his column: "A Backward Glance."  This article ran on March 19, 1964, with information on the Wells Fargo Express Company.

"A LOCAL CREW of the Wells-Fargo Express Co. is shown in this picture brought in by Harry Wahl, 1046 Holgate Ave.  It was taken about 1917 or 1918.

At that time the company operated three wagons in Defiance.

The picture was taken at the Maumee River camp of Ed Lambertson, the agent.  It was located at the stone dam near the present U. S. route 24 bypass bridge.

Shown are: From left, John Plummer, Harry Wahl, Irvin Killian, Ralph Tuttle, William Haver, Guy Brewer, Riley Wortman, Alonzo Krontz, H. E. Hughes and Ed Lambertson." 


The Wells Fargo Company began in 1852 with the leadership of Henry Wells and William Fargo.  The company was settled in San Francisco during the gold rush and it offered banking services and eventually delivery of valuable items for its customers.  Eventually, it became a general delivery service and it also ran stage coaches in the West, primarily, and it took over the Pony Express.  

By 1888, it began an expansion eastward, and by about 1910, it reached our area in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.  Wells Fargo wagons became a common sight in the area.  The picture below appeared in The Wells Fargo Messenger, published in 1918.  

 It was about 1918 that the federal government took over the Wells Fargo operations for the war effort.  
This nostalgic poem, written by Miss Clara Hall of Defiance, appeared in the same book as the photo above

 

Mark Township, Public School, 1907

Mark Center Elementary Class, 1932-1933

Seated, L to R: Royal Walker, Alvin Haver, Edward Schliesser, John Nagy

Second Row, Seated: Neva Apple, Elenore Cordray, Hellen Burd, Estella Businger,  Doris Lautz, Marie Reeb, Margaret Mary Rassi

Third Row: Thomas Haver, Alvin Yoder, Barbara Briskey, Doris Poth, Irene Arend, Daniel Briskey, John Henry Yoder

Top Row: Ivan Arend, Ralph Long, Harry Beltz, Lowell Bussinger, Gale Worrick, Carl Wort, Robert Dunmire, Henry Gecowets - Teacher

Sherwood High School Graduates - 1920

Sherwood High School   1920

Top Row, Left to Right:
Wilma (Openlander) ___, Bernice (Hammond) McCormick, Blanche (Ross) Heller, Fern (Haver) Arnett

Bottom Row: Oliver Fraker, Nettie (Motherspaugh) Bayliss, Hazel (Poth) Beltz, Ermyle (Saylor) Smith

Porter School, Mark Township, 1905 - 1906

Porter School, Mark Township, 1896-1897

District #8, Porter School, was located in Section 33, Mark Township, at the corner of Farmer-Mark and Jericho Roads.