Wanting to write about the Karshner families involvement of the early settlement of Ohio was first realized while studying Ohio's Sesquicentennial in 1953 when attending John Burrough Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio. Over fifty years later and Ohio's Bicentennial celebration year passing, with many long hours of research my dream has come to fruition.

The novel, "Tschinque" is completed. A season for everything is my comment when asked , what took so long. Other life priorities like marriage, children, spending thirty years in the paper industry as a salesman, owner of a paper converting companies and buying and selling mill rolls as a paper broker. During this period writing about Ohio's early history was never far from my mind. With retirement the opportunity to follow my dream of publishing our family history and their settling in the new State of Ohio has been realized. Enjoy the read.