Tuesday, August 19, 2025

1938 Fruit Festival in Ottawa County

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In August of 1938, the second annual Fruit Festival was held to showcase the fruit crop of Ottawa County. Many of the festivities took place...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Dominick Cua, War Veteran and Businessman

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Dominick Cua was the son of Salvatore and Maria Cua, born in Italy in 1890. He served in the Quartermaster’s Corps during World War I. In th...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

John Dean's Pew at Grace Church

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 This is the deed to pew number 67 in Grace Episcopal Church, issued by the parish to John Dean on August 27, 1866, granting him and his hei...
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving

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This is a repost from 2006 As many of you might remember learning in grade school, the first "official" Thanksgiving was proclaime...
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Saturday, November 02, 2024

John V. Brost, Marble Worker

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John V. Brost was born in Germany in 1811, to Jacob and Sophy Brost. His wife was the former Christina Meck. By 1860 John and Christina Bros...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Sandusky and Vacationland in WPA Guides

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  The Federal Writers’ Project was a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s W.P.A. - known as the Works Progress Administration from 1935...
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Saturday, September 28, 2024

The Dorastus Snow Family and a Wartime Raid in Margaretta Township

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 According to the September 1860 Firelands Pioneer , Dorastus P. Snow was the first white settler in Margaretta Township . He built a log h...
Monday, September 16, 2024

The Tragic Life and Death of George Scudder

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  According to an article in the August 11, 1884 issue of the Sandusky Register , George T. Scudder took his own life on August 9, 1884. The...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

School Children 100+ Years Ago

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  Pictured above is a group of children from classes 3-A and 4-B at Sycamore School in 1919. Most of the young people look very serious. Whi...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Sandusky Downtown Street Fair 1960

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  In 1960, the downtown merchants of Sandusky hosted a street fair, which was held on July 28, 29 and 30. A committee of thirteen men plann...
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