Editing Greenfield, Ohio (section)

==History==
Greenfield was named for its rural appearance, and was founded by General [[Duncan McArthur]] in 1799.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n142 143]}}</ref>

Most of Greenfield's early settlers moved to Ohio to work in anti-slavery efforts. In April 1833, the Abolition Society of Paint Valley was founded. Its main effort was to educate and do missionary work in the stance of ending slavery.<ref name="Merkel, Jerry 2000">Merkel, Jerry. Greenfield Ohio Celebrating 200 Years. N.p.: Turner, 2000. Print.</ref> The Abolition Society of Paint Valley was later disbanded but was quickly re-organized as the Greenfield Antislavery Society. Records become thin due to the large number of citizens helping African Americans to gain freedom.<ref name="Merkel, Jerry 2000"/>  Greenfield played a major part in the ending of slavery. Former slaves passed through the area on their way to [[Canada]] during the operation of the [[Underground Railroad]] with much help from Greenfield's community members.<ref name="Home" />

[[File:Depot in Greenfield, Ohio (1920).jpg|thumb|left|The crossing watchman and the coal shoveler at the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] depot in Greenfield, 1920]]

In 1893, the first African American owned car company was first founded in Greenfield. The [[C.R. Patterson and Sons]] company started as a horse-drawn buggy company but later produced cars, buses, and trucks. C.R. Patterson, alongside J.P. Lowe, moved to Greenfield where they founded the car company. The C.R. Patterson and Sons car company provided Greenfield schools buses to conduct routes.<ref>The Historical Society of Greenfield. Greenfield. N.p.: Arcadia, 2012.</ref> Other industries in Greenfield include Ruckers Quarry, which day and night quarried stone such as limestone on a large scale for the Cincinnati market.<ref name="Greenfield. Greenfield 2012"/> Another industry was Harps Manufacturing which was most well known for the Never-fail Oil Can, which was originally designed by Eugene Arnott but then perfected by Harp's Manufacturing.<ref name="Greenfield. Greenfield 2012"/>

Edward Lee [[McClain High School]] opened on September 23, 1915. People who wished to attend paid a fee of 15 cents for admission.<ref name="Greenfield. Greenfield 2012">The Historical Society of Greenfield. Greenfield. N.p.: Arcadia, 2012. Print.{{request quotation|date=June 2016}}</ref> It was the first school in Ohio to have an indoor swimming pool, which is still there today, with minor construction revisions.<ref name="Home">{{cite web|title=Greenfield, Ohio|publisher=Greenfield, Ohio|access-date=August 1, 2014|url=http://www.greenfieldohio.net/}}</ref>

In 1988, the 29.5-mile railroad line connecting the city to the national rail network was scheduled to be decommissioned, but Greenfield bought it for $2.4 million and kept it operational in order to retain a transportation outlet for the local manufacturing industry. This also made the city the smallest in the U.S. to own its own rail line.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/3/rail-town-in-ohio-shows-the-way.html | title = The little town that could: Short rail line in Ohio shows the way | publisher = Al Jazeera America | date = July 3, 2015 | access-date = July 6, 2015}}</ref>

===Historic sites===
Much of Greenfield's early history concentrates on the [[Travellers' Rest Inn]] at the eastern end of Jefferson Street. Constructed in 1812, it was the village's first stone building. It also served as its first post office, and was the space for its first doctor's office.<ref>Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places'', Vol. 2. [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan|St. Clair Shores]]: Somerset, 1999, 772.</ref>  Now operated as a museum,<ref>[http://www.greenfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ghs-exhibits.html Greenfield Historical Society Exhibits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117144339/http://www.greenfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ghs-exhibits.html |date=January 17, 2012 }}, Greenfield Historical Society, n.d.  Accessed December 17, 2012.</ref> the inn is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The [[Samuel Smith House and Tannery]] is also listed on the National Register.<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>