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An Overview of Greenville’s History
By Madilyn Francis
September 19, 2019
It seems some people I have encountered do not care for the city of
Greenville. They say it is small and uninteresting. However, I do not
believe they are aware of the background of Greenville, Ohio.
Greenville is full of history and historical buildings and monuments.
Some of the important locations are the statue of Annie Oakley, and the
Lowell Thomas, Annie Oakley and the Crossroads to Destiny displays at
the Garst Museum. These three attractions are some of the many places
tourists visit when interested in Greenville’s history. Garst Museum is
a historical building located on North Broadway, and it has over
200,000 artifacts, according to The Darke County Historical Society.
Some of the exhibits there include: The National Annie Oakley Center,
Crossroads of Destiny, Keepers of Freedom, Douglas Dickey, Lowell
Thomas, The Story of Longtown, The Bull Moose and more.
The Darke County Historical Society shared that Annie Oakley was a
young woman who enjoyed what most young women enjoyed at the time,
although she had a fascination with sharp shooting, which was
considered a man's hobby. Annie Oakley was not her real name. She was
born Phoebe Ann Moses on Aug. 13, 1860. She chose Annie Oakley when she
began performing in the public.
Ms. Oakley decided that enough was enough. Other women should become
familiar with weapons just as she was. Found on Wikipedia, in the year
1898, she mailed a letter to President McKinley requesting to host a
weaponry lesson for American females; unfortunately she never heard
anything back from him or from anyone else when she tried again twenty
years later.
She began to perform for audiences, showing off her feminism to the
world. She traveled to different places to please her impressed fans.
She also began to do shows with a man named Frank Butler, said The
Annie Oakley Center Foundation, Inc. Annie Oakley let the world know
that women can do anything they set their minds to by doing what makes
them happy. I feel as if her actions gave women's rights more
confidence. She used verbal communication by speaking at her shows and
showing women how to sharp shoot; she also wrote letters to two
presidents.
Lowell Thomas was a man who literally exchanged news articles for a
free ride on a train. He earned a job as a war correspondent where he
had permission to photograph and consult with the people in Palestine,
said Wikipedia. Being able to give the world information about the war
and its environment is truly a powerful form of communicating with
others. Wikipedia shared that he also began to film T.E. Lawrence
during and after war, which was a unique way to show society what was
really going on by giving them a visual aid rather than having them
simply read about it in a newspaper. I believe his actions empowered
the world to think out of the box about ways of communicating.
The Crossroads of Destiny was a series of occurrences that commenced
the signing of the Treaty of GreeneVille in 1795. Over ten Native
American nations, plus the United States, had signed the Treaty of
GreeneVille, which led to the westward expansion. The Crossroads of
Destiny was a forceful event that provided more than 500 artifacts
about Greenville’s history. To complete the Crossroads of Destiny the
Native Americans and the United States had to work together to form a
safer, more efficient environment. The Crossroads of Destiny left an
impact on society as it is today due to their wishes for a safer
community.
Madilyn Francis is a Fundamentals of Communications student at Edison
State Community College, from Greenville Senior High School. She is
studying to become an Occupational Therapist.
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