As you can tell my own research is very slow! I put this in a different message since the subject matter is different. A few years ago I picked up at a garage sale a set of 3 elementary Textbooks published in 1949. They are about "Our Community" (meaning Mahoning Co. OH, Trumbull, OH, Columbiana, OH and Mercer PA). The first is "Our Neighbors Tell Us About Their Work", the second, "Exploring Our Neighborhood With Our Friend" and the third, "Interesting People Of Our Community." Even though their view on American Indians is out dated and biased, the third one has interesting biographical sketches of early settlers to this 4 county area. Does anyone remember using these books in school? Joanne