Businesses That Helped Build Sandusky

 

In the historical collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center is a pamphlet produced around 1880 to provide information about the leading industries in the region. The item serves as a useful summary of important businesses of the era.

Sandusky was an important transshipment point for the lumber industry of the time, so it is not surprising that the pamphlet begins with lumber. Several major businesses, such as the Sandusky Tool Company, developed in the city to take advantage of this resource.

The next pages (above) highlight some of the businesses created to take advantage of the natural resources available in the area.

Our agricultural resources inspired additional industries, including wineries and breweries.

The last two pages of the pamphlet describe some of the largest companies in the city at the time. Many enterprising business owners and workers took advantage of the region's resources to create wealth in their community.