Happy 2016, and a Look Back!
Happy New Year to all of our Ohio Memory visitors and readers! 2016 marks a number of important events–including a leap year, …
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 …
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 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 …
“Oh We Boarded the Boat on the Breast of the River So Wide”
The 19th century is characterized by rapid expansion across the continent, facilitated by new, convenient forms of travel. Stagecoaches and other conveyances …
Ohio Day at the Pan-American Exposition!
Tomorrow marks the anniversary, back in 1901, of what was declared to be “Ohio Day” at the Pan-American Exposition, a World’s Fair …
Singularly Meritorious Actions: The Purple Heart
On August 7, 1782, George Washington established the Badge of Military Merit. It was the first award of its kind, as it …
“A Sanguine Belief in Cleveland’s Future Greatness”
In July of 1796–July 22nd, specifically–General Moses Cleaveland and his survey party arrived in the place that would both bear his name …
“The Arch Raider Visited Our People With His Fellow Thieves”
152 years ago, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his troops began a 13-day raid of Ohio. Their plundering of hundreds of …
