Live Breaking News & Updates on Kauke Hall

Stay updated with breaking news from Kauke hall. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Presidents who came to Wooster, Orrville ohio wayne county


Several years ago, former Orrville High School teacher Ned Hostetler wrote about the various U.S. presidents who traveled through Orrville.
“The Sept. 7, 1880, edition of the Orrville paper,” Hostetler said, “printed a small item about President Rutherford B. Hays, his wife, Lucy, and General William T. Sherman traveling west through town. About a month later, on Oct. 12, 1880, a small item told about former President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia, traveling east through Orrville.
“The year 1912 was an amazing one for Orrville residents,” Hostetler pointed out. “All the major candidates for President stopped in town and spoke. In March the Courier reported that President William Howard Taft was met by a large crowd that gathered at the depot. Then in May, former President Theodore Roosevelt, who was also campaigning for the Republicans, stopped in town. About three weeks before the election that year, Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, the Democratic can ....

United States , New Jersey , Orrville High School , Bethany Baptist Church , Drew Pearson , Theodore Roosevelt , Dick Celeste , Norman Thomas , Ben Jone , Ann Gasbarre , William Henry Harrison , Joe Biden , Woodrow Wilson , Ned Hostetler , Andrew Jackson , Paul Locher , Williamt Sherman , Ulyssess Grant , William Howard Taft , Rutherfordb Hays , Georgew Bush , Harrys Truman , Lucille Santangelo , Lady Lou Henry Hoover , Harry Mcclarran , William Larwill ,