Portage
“Creepy” Karpis and The Last Great Train Heist
Garrettsville, OH
“I thought of the great bandits of the old West [like] the James Brothers…They knocked over trains, and I was going to pull the same...
Atwater Coal Company Mine Disaster
Atwater, OH
On July 3, 1872, 16 men and a 9-year old boy descended the 170 foot shaft in the Atwater Coal Company Mine located in Atwater Township...
Benjamin Tappan Jr. (1773-1857)
The founder of Ravenna Township in 1799, Benjamin Tappan Jr. led a distinguished life of public service.
Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad Randall Secondary / Aurora Train Station
Aurora, OH
The Randall Secondary rail line dates to the 1850s when the independent Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad (C&M) laid tracks through Aurora,...
Ephraim Root
Ephraim Root (1762-1825), a wealthy Connecticut lawyer, was one of 57 investors in the Connecticut Land Company and served as its...
Geauga Lake
Aurora, OH
Geauga Lake, a scenic destination for visitors to northeast Ohio, was initially named “Giles Pond” after settler Sullivan Giles (1809-1880).
Goodyear’s Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar
In March 1917, a month before U.S. entry into World War I, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company began construction of the hangar on land...
Hart Crane, American Poet
Garrettsville, OH
Harold Hart Crane was born at this site on July 21, 1899, to Grace Hart Crane and Clarence A. Crane, the inventor of Lifesaver Candies,...
Hiram College, Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, 1850
Hiram, OH
Founded in 1850 by the Disciples of Christ, or “Campbellites,” this institution of higher education was chartered as Hiram College in 1867.
Kent State University : May 4, 1970
Kent, OH
In 1968, Richard Nixon won the presidency partly based on a campaign promise to end the Vietnam War.
Mantua Center Historic District
The most notable feature of Mantua Center is the “Village Green,” which harkens back to the New England heritage of Mantua Center’s early...
Maple Industry in Garrettsville, Ohio
Garrettsville, OH
Evidence abounds that Garrettsville was at the center of the maple industry in Ohio from the 1880s into the twentieth century.
Mogadore
Mogadore, OH
Legend has it that Mogadore’s first settler, Ariel Bradley, was a spy for George Washington in October, 1776.
Old Cemetery / Rootstown Patriarch Burials
The Rootstown Old Cemetery (sometimes “Ye Olde Cemetery”) began as a two-acre parcel set aside on the Abram and Siley Reed Farm for use...
Old Stagecoach Inn / Historic Palmyra Center
This historic inn began serving travelers on the old Portage-Columbiana stage road (now Tallmadge Road) in 1832.
Oliver and Rosetta Snow
Oliver and Rosetta Snow, who built this home in 1815, immigrated to Mantua from Becket, Massachusetts, in 1805 with two daughters and...
The Chillicothe Turnpike
Aurora, OH
The Chillicothe Turnpike stimulated the growth of Aurora Center, Aurora’s first commercial area.
The Church in Aurora
Aurora, OH
Aurora’s first church was established on December 31, 1809 under the guidance of the Connecticut Missionary Society.