Sandusky History

A blog dedicated to the discussion of topics relating to the history of Sandusky and Erie County, Ohio, the Lake Erie Islands, and nearby communities; inspired by the collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center and the Sandusky History Museum at the Follett House. A service of the Sandusky Library.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Anna White Ferris, Mrs. B.F. Ferris

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According to the Firelands Pioneer, Anna Damarius White was born on August 11, 1838 to Samuel M. White and his wife, the former Damariu...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Local Heroes: The Carnegie Medal Awarded to Sandusky Residents

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Between 1904 and 1969, nine Sandusky area residents were awarded the Carnegie Medal for acts of extraordinary civilian heroism. The med...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Mrs. Charles Livingston Hubbard, Nee Jennie Matilda West

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Mrs. Charles Livingston Hubbard was born Jennie Matilda West in 1855, to Sandusky businessman WilliamT. West and his wife, the former Ly...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Adam J. Rice, Early Sandusky Mail Carrier

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Adam J. Rice was born in 1856 in Sandusky, Ohio, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rice. On December 1, 1882, Adam Rice was appointed as one of the...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

St. Mary’s 1939 Basketball Team

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Former newspaper reporter C. Weston Dash donated this picture of the 1938-1939 Sandusky St. Mary’s basketball team. Notes on the origin...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Lucile Dehnel Burch

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Lucile Dehnel was born on July 14, 1895, to William Dehnel and Annette Kuebeler Dehnel . William Dehnel was a jeweler in Sandusky, and ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Caroline Cady, Christian Worker

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This obituary of Mrs. Caroline Cady appeared in the Sandusky Register on April 25, 1905. A transcription of her obituary reads: ...
Friday, March 11, 2016

Flatiron Building at the Corner of Elm, Hancock and Monroe Streets

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Known as a flatiron building, because of its unique shape that is similar to a flat clothes iron, this limestone building was construct...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

The Cassidy Home: Site of Early Catholic Church Services in Sandusky

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A room in the home of the Cassidy family at 221 Hancock Street (no longer standing) was used for Catholic Mass in Sandusky, Ohio, befor...
Thursday, March 03, 2016

Roosevelt Days in Sandusky

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On March 4, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first inaugural address to the nation. The U.S. was in the midst of the Gre...
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