Sunday, April 28, 2013

Jacob A. Biehl’s Grocery Store

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From 1888 until his death in 1935, Jacob A. Biehl operated a grocery store at the southeast corner of Warren and Reese Streets in Sand...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Northwest Territory Celebration

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On April 30, 1938, thousands of people in Sandusky celebrated the 150 th anniversary of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 .  A parade, ba...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Eagles, Sandusky Aerie No. 444, Bowling League Champions in 1929

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During the 1928-1929 bowling season, the Sandusky Eagles had eight teams in its league. Each team was named for a different portion of t...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Weier Brothers Company

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John and Henry Weier started a salvage business in the early 1880s at 922 Hancock Street . After the street numbers changed in 1915, t...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Dr. Augustus J. Gawne, Inventor

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Augustus James Gawne was born in 1843 to Charles and Alice Gawne. From about 1880 to 1910, Dr. A. J. Gawne was a physician in Sandusky...
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Carl L. Osberg’s Drug Store

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In the early part of the twentieth century, for over twenty years Carl L. Osberg operated a drug store on the street level of the Odd ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Program Announcement: Brown Bag Lunch -- Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt

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Wednesday, April 17, at 12:00 p.m. Eleanor Roosevelt was born into New York City’s high society in 1884, but experienced a childhood fill...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Leonard B. Gurley, Pioneer Poet

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In honor of National Poetry Month, a story about Sandusky's pioneer poet: Leonard Beatty Gurley was born in Connecticut to R...
Sunday, April 07, 2013

Walter F. Rittman, Chemical Engineer

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Walter F. Rittman was born in Sandusky in 1883 to Christ and Louisa Rittman. Walter was an excellent football player while at Sandusk...
Thursday, April 04, 2013

Lake Shore Tire Company

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The Lake Shore Tire Company operated in Sandusky , Ohio from about 1915 to 1931 on the 1000 block of Hancock Street .  The business w...