Daily Archives for 22 December 2013


December 22: First School and Christian Church in Ohio

On 22 December 1772, the first school and Christian church was built in Schoenbrunn, Ohio. The town was founded on 3 May 1772 by missionaries of the Moravian church. The Moravians were from Moravia, which is part of the Czech Republic. The Moravian and the Delaware leaders decided to relocate from Pennsylvania to the Tuscarawas […]