Ohio History Connection Selections

Natural History is Ohio History!

When you think of Ohio history, the first things to come to mind might be Ohio’s military history, presidents and national politics, …

If you’ve followed along with us on the Ohio Memory blog in 2020, you know we’ve had a busy year. We started …

Prior to the start of 2020, staff at the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio met to lay out …

Each year as November rolls around, many Americans’ thoughts turn to turkey. But how did this uniquely North American bird become a …

Newspapers are kind of a slog to read through. You know it, and we do too. Let’s share a few search strategies …

When William “Pudge” Heffelfinger became the first professional football player in 1892 (he was paid $500 to play one game for …

For helping us through illness and injuries caused by everything from pandemics to wars to everyday life, we would like to share …

Our current national conversation about race is leading many of you to want to dig deeper into the real stories of African …

Ohio Memory staff at the Ohio History Connection and State Library of Ohio contribute to the project in a variety of ways—scanning …

Update: Please scroll down to read the solution to this mystery, with credit to one of our readers who contacted us via …