Wooster, Ohio

Wooster grew very quickly. In 1840, 1,913 people resided in the town. Eight churches, twenty-one stores, one bank, and a private school for women all existed in the town by 1846. Over the next several decades, Wooster's influence continued to expand. In 1868, the Presbyterian Church established the College of Wooster. By 1889, the college had graduated 434 men and seventy-six women. That same year, twenty-four instructors taught almost seven hundred students. One year earlier, the city of Wooster contained eight newspaper offices, eleven churches, two banks and numerous manufacturing businesses, which primarily provided services or products to farmers in the surrounding countryside. In 1890, the town's largest employer was the Underwood Whip Company. This firm manufactured whips and employed sixty-four of Wooster's 5,901 residents. Other local businesses produced furniture, leather products, flour, animal feed, rye whiskey, granite, machinery, carriages, and numerous other items. Read more...

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