NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio — The leaves have fallen off a big tree on Heller Drive in Newcomerstown, but stuck in the trunk, you'll find a bunch of metal files.

The array of files is nod to the history of the property where the manufacturing company Simonds Industries made tools for decades in the Tuscarawas County village.

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"It was the backbone of our town," said Newcomerstown Mayor Pat Cadle. "They made tools here and they shipped them from here."

Cadle said the factory closed in 2005, taking away about 250 jobs and a piece of history that was special to residents like Dave Hickman.

"It just slowly dwindled away, so it was sort of sad," Hickman said.

Hickman, who has lived in Newcomerstown for most of his life, remembers Simonds when it was in its heyday.

"When I was a te

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