The Clark County Historical Society preserves and educates people about the history of the area around Springfield, Ohio. John Fritz, a member of the society, has been a dedicated volunteer and supporter for many years....
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/07/Historical-Society-Honors-Member-with-Plaque-above-Urinal/Ashcroft Fire Rescue in British Columbia responded to a brush fire last week and found locals already fighting the blaze. The fire was extinguished with no trouble, leaving a scorched area of about 60x90 meters. But what...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/07/The-Arsonist-Fish-or-Was-It-The-Bird/Eighty years ago today, the first nuclear bomb was deployed over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb was dropped by the B-29 named Enola Gay, piloted by 30-year-old Col. Paul W. Tibbets. Six other planes participated...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/07/An-Oral-History-of-the-Mission-to-Bomb-Hiroshima-80-Years-Ago/The Seattle Kraken is a professional hockey team that hails from Seattle. Its mascot is Buoy, a "sea-troll" indigenous to Puget Sound. Buoy and the team recently visited Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska for fl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/07/Hockey-Team-Mascot-Charged-by-Grizzly-Bear/Japanese artist Nanako Kume produced this stylish and eye-catching lampshade that look like shavings from a giant pencil. That's because that's what she actually made. Kume produced a giant wooden pencil (minus the lead)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/07/Lampshades-made-of-Huge-Pencil-Shavings/The small hamlet of Torrington, Alberta, (population 239) is proud of their history. You can learn about it at the Torrington Gopher Hole Museum, which boasts 82 dioramas illustrating events in Torrington history, popula...
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