Missouria's Garden

Missouria Ritter (1844-1929), daughter of Joseph Ritter, the original setter of land two miles west of here, was known for her personality and remembered by family as kind and friendly. One of her great joys was gardening, and to maintain enough food for the winter months she kept at minimum a one-acre garden. Her gardening skills were so developed that she maintained a garden until she was almost 85 years old. The garden includes historical crops such as Iroguois melon, crookneck squash, climbing green beans, and an 1880s variety of sweet corn.

Napoleon, Ohio · United States