 Circa 1900 photo (#1767) of Terre Haute School (DIST 10 – Sec 19), Mad River Township, Champaign Co., Ohio. - School located between Storms Creed and Storms Creek Road, about 3/8 mile East of State Route 55. A.B. Graham taught at the school 1896-1900 (room at left). Building burned in 1902 and rebuilt in the same year. Totally new building was erected in 1915. High school transferred to Westville in 1944 and the remaining grades transferred to Graham School district in 1963. Early Schools of Champaign County, Ohio 1997 Champaign County Genealogical Society
The Champaign County Historical Society is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization that preserves, protects, archives and displays the artifacts that tell Champaign County’s History. The Society operates on donations and dues and has a free public museum of history at East Lawn Avenue in Urbana.  Then - August 28, 1891 Champaign County Fair, Ohio with harness horse hitched to high-wheeled racing sulky on the racetrack in front of judges’ stand (CCHS #A1745). In 1892 this high-wheeled racing sulky was superseded by bicycle pneumatic tired-sulky, a modification of which is used today. Note the elaborately ornament judges’ stand. July 4, 1911 photo (CCHS #A1704) shows this judges’ stand in front of the grandstand. It is not known when this judges’ stand was replaced.  Now - August 7, 1977 Champaign County Fair showing Dick Buxton, a harness horse trainer based at the fairgrounds, in front of judges’ stand with winning two-year-old filly Regatta Day. Contrast the modern bicycle-tired sulky shown here with the high wheeled sulky of 1891. Note the different position of the drivers and their position relative to the horse. Also note the difference in attire of the drivers. Drivers are currently required to wear a safety helmet. The use of the bicycle-tired sulky immediately allowed harness racing horse to race much faster.
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