Saturday, April 30, 2022

Publicity Photos from The New Dominion

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  On April 30, 1903, an amateur production of the play The New Dominion was presented by the Joe Jefferson Club at the Neilsen Opera House...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Memorial to President Ulysses S. Grant

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While we cannot be certain that any Sandusky residents attended the dedication of the Memorial to President Ulysses S. Grant in Washington ...
Friday, April 22, 2022

Floyd Churchwell, First African American Police Officer in Sandusky

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  Born in Tennessee in 1930, Floyd Churchwell moved to Sandusky as a teen, graduating from Sandusky High School in 1947. After having served...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Nineteenth Century Children's Photographs

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Elma and Frank Geib were the children of Frank Geib and Minnie Emrich Geib. Minnie may have been related to the Emrich family from Sandusky...
Friday, April 15, 2022

The Worthington Nims Homestead in Groton Township

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According to the book Pioneers’ Progress: The First 25 Years of Lyme Township and Strongs Ridge , by Adeline Wright(written for the Historic...
Monday, April 11, 2022

A View of the Foot of Columbus Avenue in 1932

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In 1932 the parking area at the foot of Columbus Avenue was paved with bricks. (The Schade-Mylander Plaza is on this location today.) A smal...
Friday, April 08, 2022

Funeral Notice of Mrs. E. P. Ingersoll

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  Volume 52 of The Bible Society Record of the American Bible Society, reported that Rev. Edward Payson Ingersoll, son of William and Saman...
Monday, April 04, 2022

Dr. W. P. Skirball Practiced in Sandusky for Many Years

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from p 52, Reflections: First 85 Years of Providence Hospital Wilbert P. Skirball was born on September 20, 1919 in Alabama, to Rudolph and ...
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Friday, April 01, 2022

Henry Clay Strong, Soldier and Businessman

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Henry Clay Strong was born on October 4, 1841 to Lyman and Calista (Nims) Strong . During the Civil War, he served for a three month term wi...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A Teacher's Notebook

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Lora A. Bing, who resided at 804 Mills Street in the early twentieth century, was a teacher in the Perkins and Margaretta Schools in 1901 an...