Publications

Henry Township provided 30 soldiers to the Union Army during the Civil War. This publication lists these men and describes their service and several historical events in which they participated.

Suggested donation: $5.00

On the night of October 30, 1891, in the space of three hours, much of the Main Street business district of North Baltimore, Ohio, was destroyed by fire. This is the story of the fire and how it affected the town.

Suggested donation: $8.00

This pictorial history includes over 200 photographs of North Baltimore and surrounding Henry Township from the early 19th Century to 1960. Historical photographs of the neighboring towns of Cygnet, Jerry City, Galatea, Hoytville, Hammansburg, Rudolph, several vanished villages are also included.

Suggested donation: $22.00

This publication contains the transcripts of 163 oral interviews with “old timers” who remembered the “Oil Boom Era” of the late 19th Century and life in southern Wood County in the early 20th Century. These interviews were obtained during an oral history project between 1965 and 1970. The interviews provide many details of the daily life of oil field workers and their families, farm families, and the residents of the many small towns of southern Wood County during this period.

Suggested donation: $25.00

A collaborative effort between the Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society and the North Baltimore Area Historical Society has produced a new book entitled “Pioneer Days, North Baltimore and Henry Township.” Inspired by the efforts of North Baltimore native Tom Boltz, with the assistance of other local genealogy and history buffs, the book features historical articles written by early pioneers of the area published in the North Baltimore Weekly Beacon between 1889 and 1923. The text is supplemented with photographs and is fully indexed.

Suggested donation: $15.00