Thursday, September 27, 2007

Horse Races in Sandusky

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Although we have not had horse races in Sandusky for quite a while, the trotters were popular in town for many years, beginning about 150 ye...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

J. Leroy Weier

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J. Leroy Weier, known as Leroy, is pictured here driving his automobile with 1911 license plates. (We don’t know the names of his passenger...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Daniel Hoffman and Family Businesses

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Beginning as Hoffman Coal and Milling Co., the Hoffman Coal Company served the Sandusky area for sixty-five years. In the 1890 city directo...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Program Announcement -- Cemetery Walk: Extraordinary Women of Sandusky

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Join Sandusky Library's Museum Curator Maggie Marconi for a new cemetery walk -- Extraordinary Women of Sandusky -- on Wednesday, Septe...

Prout's Station

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The town formerly known as Prout or Prout’s Station is located in the north central portion of Oxford Township of Erie County. A. W. Prout s...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Glenn Curtiss' Record-Setting Flight to Cedar Point

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On the afternoon of August 31, 1910, aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss established a record for flying over water when he landed his biplane o...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The Farrell-Cheek Steel Company

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A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Herbert Farrell arrived in Sandusky and founded the Farrell-Cheek Steel Company in 1910. The firm manufact...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Lloyd-George Studios

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In the 1927 City Directory the “Lloyd-George Studios” advertised studio props and scenery as well as production of pageants, plays, mins...
Friday, August 10, 2007

Helen Keller in Sandusky

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On June 30, 1925, Helen Keller , the famous blind and deaf social activist, addressed the national convention of the Lions Club at Cedar...
Monday, August 06, 2007

"The Margaretta"

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Margaretta High School, first called “Castalia High School,” was established in 1867. Mr. Tiffany of Oberlin was the first teacher. The seco...