Hands of time
Tribune Chronicle / Michelle Robbins
Chris Klingemier of Hartford shows a dial of a clock with wooden works from his collection. Also shown are the gears of the clock behind the face. The item is from the 1820s.
HARTFORD — A piece of Trumbull County history is being rediscovered — all it took was a little time. In the early 1800s, settlers coming from New England brought their skills and products with them, including the ability to make clocks. Today, the Hartford Historical Society has produced a calendar celebrating the history of these wooden timepieces. Of the few thousand clocks produced in this area, nearly all have disappeared. “They’re very transient,” said Chris Klingemier of Hartford. “It’s dials and bits and pieces that survive.” Klingemier and his wife, Diane, designed the glossy calendar, “Hands of Time — The Folk Art of Wooden Works Clocks from Hartford, Ohio,” for sale by the society. When the couple moved into their Hartford house about three decades ago, they began looking into the history of the home. They found T.A. Bushnell’s book about the history of Hartford.
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