Wakeman is part of the Connecticut Firelands, which was part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. To read a history of this area,
please click here.

The following books or newspapers are currently online from the
Wakeman Library site. Use the search box to search for names or terms.

Old Pictures of Wakeman Then.......

The History of Wakeman Township

Birmingham Clarion

Pioneer History of Clarksfield

Reflections of Wakeman

Birmingham of Yesteryear

The Wakeman Community Library

Wakeman Congregational United Church of Christ

Vermilion Valley News - These are scanned pages and not searchable

Pioneer History of Camden Township, Lorain County

The Diary of Dr. & Mrs. H. M. Clark (Laura) - dated 1818
From the library of Mrs. Eileen M. Watts

The Journal of Laura Clark -
The Wakeman Community Library extends its thanks to William "Court" Prentice for his donation of the beginning of the Diary of Laura Clark. This account was in the email received from Mr. Prentice. "Years ago, my father's (he is now 86) grandmother, Winnibel Flora Bryant, was found to be rocking herself by the fire, reading old pages of something- or-other. As she finished reading each page she'd toss it in the fire. When asked what it was that she was reading she said something like " Oh, just an old journal of my grandmother's, no one remembers her anymore, I don't expect anyone would be interested in this old account of her trip by wagon to Ohio, from Connecticut. Whomever asked the question disagreed, and saved what remained." What follows is what remains of her account of her journey from Milford, Connecticut, to Ohio in 1818.

The History of the Wakeman Red Caps Baseball Team - Book I
This Volume was presented to the Wakeman Community Library as a reference for all interested patrons. It was a part of the research material used by John Adam McClendon to complete his Eagle Scout service project, an Ohio Historical Marker honoring the Wakeman Red Caps, finished August 15, 1995.

The History of the Wakeman Red Caps Baseball Team - Book II
This Volume was presented to the Wakeman Community Library as a reference for all interested patrons. It was a part of the research material used by John Adam McClendon to complete his Eagle Scout service project, an Ohio Historical Marker honoring the Wakeman Red Caps, finished August 15, 1995.

Early Naturalizations in Huron County Court Records, 1819 - 1864
Published by the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Oberlin Tribune newspaper articles. This is a series of articles written by the 1938 graduating class of Wakeman High School.

• "History of a Township" - Clarksfield Township One Of First Settled by Grace Russell
• Camden Baptist Church Played Important Part in Early History Of People in Camden Township
• Camden Township Settled Last in Lorain County
• History of Davidson Elevator Co. at Kipton by Ray Brumby
• Some Early History of Camden Township and the Founding of Kipton on the New Railroad
• Establish First Postoffice in ’37 by Eileen Arnold
• Forming of Community Church in Kipton by Kathryn Buckey
• OUR GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTHWEST
• Ohio Scenes and Citizens - Old Homestead Above the Vermilion River By Grace Goulder
• Story of Camden Schools From Old Log Cabin Days By Leota A. Whitney

Articles about the area from local newspapers.

• "Time Began at Kipton" - from the Chronicle-Telegram. A story about the train wreck in Kipton.
• "Mystery of the Mill" - from "Cleveland World" from March 3, 1899. Was it Wakeman's first murder

Pioneer Boyhood on the Firelands by By Hon. J. O. Cunningham

An Address Delivered before the Firelands Historical Society at its Fourty-Fourth Annual Meeting held in THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH in Norwalk, Ohio, June 27, 1900. He came over in the 1830s with his family as a
child and went through the trials and tribulations of setting up a
homestead.