Ashtabula
Adna R. Chaffee
Orwell, OH
Adna R. Chaffee was born in Orwell on April 14, 1842, and grew up on the family farm.
Ashtabula Harbor Commercial District
Ashtabula, OH
When the Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad was finished in 1873, Ashtabula’s harbor became a direct route to ship iron ore to...
Ashtabula Train Disaster December 29, 1876
Ashtabula, OH
Near this site, an iron truss bridge collapsed into the Ashtabula River during a blizzard, plunging a passenger train with 160 on board...
Betsey Mix Cowles (1810-1876)
Austinburg, OH
Betsey Mix Cowles dedicated her life to fighting slavery and improving the status of women.
Harpersfield Covered Bridge
Replacing an earlier bridge that was carried away in a spring flood, the Harpersfield Covered Bridge was built in 1868 and spans the...
Hotel Ashtabula
Ashtabula, OH
The Hotel Ashtabula was built in 1920 during an economic boom that lasted most of that decade.
Joshua R. Giddings Law Office
Jefferson, OH
This building served as the law office to Joshua Reed Giddings, a Whig congressman who advocated for the abolition of slavery and an end...
Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion
At 440 feet in length, the Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion, now known as the Ashtabula Township Park Lakefront Pavilion, is thought to be...
Prehistoric Earthworks / The Prehistoric Erie
The prehistoric Erie Indians built a fortification across this neck of land sometime before 1650.
Pymatuning Wetlands / Pymatuning Reservoir
The advancing and retreating mile-high glacial sheet of ice and snow shaped the countryside around this area.
Ransom E. Olds – Birthplace
Geneva, OH
Ransom E. Olds was born on this property on June 3, 1864.
The Hubbard House
Ashtabula, OH
Built in the 1840s by William and Catharine Hubbard and known as “Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard” or “The Great Emporium” by fugitive slaves,...
Western Reserve
Conneaut, OH
On July 4, 1796, Moses Cleaveland and his survey party landed at the mouth of Conneaut Creek on the southern shore of Lake Erie in what...