“Never Dubl a Leter”: The Phonetic Reform Movement
Ohio Memory has content related to many reform movements throughout history–abolition, women’s suffrage, temperance, prohibition and more. But one we don’t hear …
A Haunting in Ohio: The “Haunted” Hotels of the Buckeye State
In 1803, Jonas Seaman opened the Golden Lamb Inn in Lebanon, Ohio. The Golden Lamb has a rich history that includes hosting …
New Newspapers on Ohio Memory!
We arepleased to announce that with thehelp of three of our partners, we have addedover 35,000 more historic Ohio newspaper pages to …
Doomed but Daring: John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
156 years ago on October 16, 1859, abolitionist and Ohio native John Brown raided Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start a …
Harry Evan Kinley: View Photographer
Thanks to the efforts this past summer of one of our interns here at the Ohio History Connection, we’ve begun adding to …
A Car for the Common Man
On October 1st, 1908, Henry Ford’s “Model T” went on sale for the first time. Priced at just $825, the Model T …
The Ace of Aces
Many Ohioans know the name Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker–our state’s own “Ace of Aces”–for his famous exploits as a member of the 94th …
“Against the Moral Sentiment of Humanity”: The Fugitive Slave Act
In 1850, U.S. Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky introduced a series of five resolutions which, together, would become the Compromise of 1850. …
“The Sin of Sending Back Fugitives from Slavery”: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858
September 13, 1858, marked the start of a drama that played out in and around the northern Ohio town of Oberlin, in …
William McKinley: This Man of the People
On September 6, 1901, William McKinley was shot inside of New York’s Temple of Music by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. McKinley died just …
