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==History== Colonel John Garrett III purchased {{cvt|300|acre}} of land in [[Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio|Nelson Township]], then part of [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull County]], in 1803, the year [[Ohio]] became a [[U.S. state|state]]. The land was purchased for the price of $1,313, or about $4.40 per acre. In July of the following year, he settled on this land with his family and two slave girls, 6 and 10 years old. These settlers constructed a [[grist mill]], which was to open in January 1806. Garrett, however, died that same month.<ref name="Chamber">{{cite web | url=http://www.garrettsvillehiramarea.com/history.html | title=The History of Garrettsville, Ohio | publisher=Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce | access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> In 1806, the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Road was constructed near Garrett's mill. This improved commerce to the area, and nearby pioneers would mill their grain at the mill, eventually building roads and trails to meet with the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Road. In 1830, the Garrettsville Post Office was established.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA|accessdate=2024-10-31|title=US Post Offices|publisher=Blevins, Cameron; Helbock, Richard W.|date=2021|doi=10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA |last1=Blevins |first1=Cameron |last2=Helbock |first2=Richard W. }}</ref> By 1864, residents in the area around the mill had built up a settlement, which was incorporated as a village on September 1, 1864.<ref name="Chamber" /> [[Alvin Karpis]] robbed a train in Garrettsville in November 1935. Karpis was a member of the [[Barker-Karpis Gang]], and was assisted in the robbery by gang member Harry Campbell and at least one other accomplice. Karpis and his gang stole $30,000, and obtained a private airplane to escape to [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]]. Karpis was eventually convicted of his crimes, and was imprisoned at [[Alcatraz]] longer than any other inmate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/karpis/5.html |title=Manhunt |work=Alvin Karpis: Pursuit of the Last Public Enemy |access-date=May 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818230537/http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/karpis/5.html |archive-date=August 18, 2007 }}</ref> On March 22, 2014, a large fire broke out downtown, burning approximately one city block and 13 businesses to the ground. The local fire department was assisted by 34 fire departments from surrounding communities. Despite the size of the fire nobody was seriously injured; although one [[Windham, Ohio|Windham]] firefighter suffered from smoke inhalation.<ref name=loreno>{{cite news|last=Loreno|first=Darcie|title='It's Devastating': Fire Destroys Historic Block in Garrettsville|url=http://fox8.com/2014/03/22/two-buildings-on-fire-in-downtown-garrettsville/|access-date=March 23, 2014|newspaper=[[WJW (TV)|Fox 8]]|date=March 22, 2014}}</ref> Rick Patrick is the current mayor of Garrettsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://garrettsville.org/directory.html|website=Garrettsville Village|title=Village Directory |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> ===Maple syrup, Crane family=== The Garrettsville-Hiram Chamber of Commerce reports that at the beginning of the 20th century, Garrettsville was the largest center in the world for the processing of [[maple syrup]]. This was due largely to the efforts of Arthur Crane, who canned this maple tree product at a cannery on Windham Street.<ref name="Chamber" /> Crane's son, Clarence Arthur (C.A.) Crane, grew up in Garrettsville. The younger Crane married Grace Edna Hart in the village on June 1, 1898. In 1899, Grace gave birth to [[Hart Crane|Harold Hart Crane]], who later became renowned as a poet.<ref name="OHC Crane">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2634 |title=Clarence Arthur Crane |encyclopedia=Ohio History Central: An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History |access-date=August 31, 2007}}</ref> Clarence Crane and his family left Garrettsville in the 1900s. Clarence continued to work in the maple sugar and candies industry, having started out in the industry working for his father. In 1912, Clarence Crane and his company, the Queen Victoria Chocolate Company, invented [[Life Savers]] candy.<ref name="Chamber" /><ref name="OHC Crane" />
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