I am a retired school teacher. I grew up in Medina back in the good old days when everyone knew everybody else. I have a passion for local history and heard all the stories, my whole life, of Medina in its heyday in the 1840's and 1850's.
As a young girl, I worked in the Medina store. Every morning at 10AM a group of old-timers would come in to drink coffee and tell stories about the antics going on in Medina when they were young... So many generations... So many good times... So many hard times. They would hang around about an hour and then go off to do whatever they did for the day. Then they would come back in the afternoon about 4PM to enjoy an afternoon refresher. I would listen to their stories and be filled with the pride and sense of community they had known and enjoyed.

I have tried to imagine those earlier times when there was a big old saloon, 3 blacksmith shops, grist mill, saw mill, a big two story hotel with rooms to rent,bar room,billiard room,barber shop, and big old livery barn, Medina Academy, Babtist and Methodist churches across from each other, Maccabee Hall, Babtist Ladies Hall where there were banquets and dances. Yes,and even a stage coachto Hudson and Morenci twice a day!
Well, I never could get my head around it. I only know that something important,great and wonderful has happened here in Medina. It is a hallowed place. Sadly,happened,and disappeared. There are shadows of our forgotten ancestors in this cemetery.
In driving through Medina this summer, I was stunned to see that there is barely a hint that Medina ever existed. Even the old brick Medina store is a pile of rubble.

Over and over, I am asked and I ask my self.............

"WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES?...And..........***WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS?"****There were over 95 buildings in Medina Village.

********WHAT HAPPENED,I WANT TO KNOW! **********

The headstones in Medina Village Cemetery have their stories. .There,in the cemetery, are the pioneers who cleared the land, the soldiers who fought the wars,the common people who breathed and lived their lives and raised their children.

Let me tell you who they really were. The research will take time, but, as I progress I will fill in some of the blanks. I want to be clear, I am not taking requests, that is not my mission. My mission is to leave flowers and photos for as many as I can. Be kind and patient with me, this is a labor of love.

Thank you. JLongo

I am a retired school teacher. I grew up in Medina back in the good old days when everyone knew everybody else. I have a passion for local history and heard all the stories, my whole life, of Medina in its heyday in the 1840's and 1850's.
As a young girl, I worked in the Medina store. Every morning at 10AM a group of old-timers would come in to drink coffee and tell stories about the antics going on in Medina when they were young... So many generations... So many good times... So many hard times. They would hang around about an hour and then go off to do whatever they did for the day. Then they would come back in the afternoon about 4PM to enjoy an afternoon refresher. I would listen to their stories and be filled with the pride and sense of community they had known and enjoyed.

I have tried to imagine those earlier times when there was a big old saloon, 3 blacksmith shops, grist mill, saw mill, a big two story hotel with rooms to rent,bar room,billiard room,barber shop, and big old livery barn, Medina Academy, Babtist and Methodist churches across from each other, Maccabee Hall, Babtist Ladies Hall where there were banquets and dances. Yes,and even a stage coachto Hudson and Morenci twice a day!
Well, I never could get my head around it. I only know that something important,great and wonderful has happened here in Medina. It is a hallowed place. Sadly,happened,and disappeared. There are shadows of our forgotten ancestors in this cemetery.
In driving through Medina this summer, I was stunned to see that there is barely a hint that Medina ever existed. Even the old brick Medina store is a pile of rubble.

Over and over, I am asked and I ask my self.............

"WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES?...And..........***WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS?"****There were over 95 buildings in Medina Village.

********WHAT HAPPENED,I WANT TO KNOW! **********

The headstones in Medina Village Cemetery have their stories. .There,in the cemetery, are the pioneers who cleared the land, the soldiers who fought the wars,the common people who breathed and lived their lives and raised their children.

Let me tell you who they really were. The research will take time, but, as I progress I will fill in some of the blanks. I want to be clear, I am not taking requests, that is not my mission. My mission is to leave flowers and photos for as many as I can. Be kind and patient with me, this is a labor of love.

Thank you. JLongo