Monday, August 31, 2020

Erie County Companies Contributed to the War Effort During World War II

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Many of you might know about Erie County's contribution to the production of war munitions during the Second World War. From 1941 to 194...
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Friday, August 28, 2020

Dr. Smith Gorsuch of Castalia

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Dr. Smith Gorsuch practiced medicine in Castalia, Ohio from 1902 until shortly before his death in 1945. He was born in Delaware County, Ohi...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Early Report Cards from Sandusky City Schools

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William Henry Nye taught grammar at the elementary level for Sandusky City Schools in 1848 and 1849. The grade card pictured above belonged ...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Paul Browne Patterson, Music Educator

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Paul Browne Patterson was the son of Rev. and Mrs. Charles D. Patterson, born in 1876 in LaPorte, Ohio. Rev. Patterson had formerly been a m...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

G.M. Heck Stoves and Tinware

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 From the 1860s through the 1880s, the G.M. Heck Stoves and Tinware business was in operation at 725 Market Street in downtown Sandusky. (Ar...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

C. J. Messer, Manufacturer of Agricultural Machinery

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Charles J. Messer’s name appears in the 1860 Federal Census for Erie County with his wife Mary, and daughters Ruth, age 2, and Evelina, age ...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

When Button Shoes Were Sold in Sandusky

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In the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth century, a popular style of shoe was the button shoe. An interesting article appearing...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Cyrus B. Winters, Ohio Legislator

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According to an early twentieth century issue of Ohio Legislative History , Cyrus B. Winters was one of the oldest members in 80th General A...
Friday, August 07, 2020

Busy Northwest Corner of Jackson and West Water Streets

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The northwest corner of Jackson and West Water Streets was the location of the passenger depot for the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad ...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020

“The Spirit of the Lakes”

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From 1849 through the 1850’s, a journal named the Spirit of the Lakes and Boatmen’s Magazine was published in Sandusky, for the Western Seam...