Historic Tales of Medina County, Ohio

The history of Medina County brims with tales revealing the colorful and admirable character of its communities and people. For a while, locals observed living in two time zones simultaneously while also ignoring a federal law mandating Daylight Saving Time. The world—famous Giant of Seville, Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, had a brief but violent vigilante episode in Civil War–era Kentucky before finding peace and Christia...