Introduction the sandusky county, ohio photograph collection is an artificial collection composed of images donated at various times through the years. Google books sandusky county chancery court records collection inventory source. Ohio became a state on march 1, 1803, although no formal declaration was madeuntil 1953, when president dwight eisenhower officially signed the. Learn about boatbuilding, ohios wetlands, shipwrecks, and sanduskys role in the underground railroad. He is a fellow in the society of american historians and has been a member of.
The book traces the beginnings of the citys electric railways from thomas edisons work edison was born near sandusky, explaining how lack of transportation had cramped the citys growth and employment opportunities. In 1867, the peninsula became linked to a small railroad. In the nineteenth century, cedar point served as the site for a lighthouse and as a port for fishermen. Peeke lewis, 1916 on the underground railroad in sandusky see more the underground railroad of the firelands, an address by the hon. Ohio cedar point white house pre1915 old postcard ej. Merchants from the city of baltimore, which had benefitted to some extent from the construction of the national road early in the century, wanted to continue to compete for trade with transappalachian settlers with. Read the history of ohio and the facts that established the state as we know it. According to the president of the underground railroad, quaker levi coffin, the character eliza was based on a real woman, a woman who truly escaped on a sandusky steamboat.
The streetcars and interurbans of old sandusky, ohio. Get the best books about the history of ohios university, its landscape, its communities, and more. Sandusky oh railroad history pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the american midwest, including ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota, iowa and kansas. Railroad station historical society iron and early steel bridges of sandusky county. List of books and articles about ohio history online.
Ohios society of small farmers exported their produce down the ohio and the mississippi rivers to st. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. This house, built in the early 1850s, was the home of rush r. Ohio railroader 20 rail travel directory scenic railroads, rail attractions, and various rail spots throughout the ohio valleygreat lakes region. Get the best books about the history of ohio s university, its landscape, its communities, and more. Ohio became a state on march 1, 1803, although no formal declaration was madeuntil 1953, when president dwight eisenhower officially signed the documents making it a state, retroactive to the.
Learn about boatbuilding, ohio s wetlands, shipwrecks, and sandusky s role in the underground railroad. The last runaway by tracy chevalier, the underground railroad in ohio by elwell o. By 1839, the road was completed to republic, ohio with the first train arriving at the east side of the sandusky river in tiffin, ohio in 1842. Death records since since 1954 and copies of marriage and divorce records since 1918 to present there is a fee for each copy requested. In 1823 he migrated by team with his family from new york to green creek township.
Americas long romance with the train has been the subject of many books, but none has used contemporary maps to comprehensively illustrate the story. History of the fire lands, comprising huron and erie. Travel back in time to the old days of passenger boats, commercial fishing, and ice harvesting on lake erie. Third marker ohios first railroad the mad river and lake erie began building at this site september 15, 1835. Jan 31, 2018 1 history of the 1849 cholera outbreak in sandusky is from the firelands pioneer, july 1878, pp. County formation sandusky county, ohio, was part of the large indian territory established in northwestern ohio by the treaty of greenville in 1795. The underground railroad museum features an extensive collection of publications, books, memorabilia and other articles. Get the best deals on sandusky collectible ohio postcards when you. The first railroad that truly began to connect ohio with the rest of the nation was the baltimore and ohio railroad, which reached ohio in the mid1850s. Help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new. In 1837 ohio won a territorial struggle with michigan usually called the toledo war. Ohio history central native american resources for researching senecas of the sandusky ohios native americans usgenweb archives special collections submitread online scanned history books old diseases chart bureau of land management lds family history. The company having obtained a controlling interest in the central ohio railroad, and having leased the sandusky, mansfield and newark railroad, and organized and built the newark, somerset and straitsville railroad into the coal fields of southern ohio, proposed to make these lines feed into the lines between pittsburgh and chicago. Welcome to our sandusky county family history research page.
Sandusky county vital records can be found at the ohio department of health which has birth records since dec 20, 1908. Google books sandusky county chancery court records collection inventory. Sandusky ohio lake erie evening telegraph newspaper sign. However, there are other types of railways, including those whose units consist of single selfpropelled cars, cabledrawn railways used to ascend steep. Sandusky county, ohio biographies genealogy trails. Meek, basil, twentieth century of history of sandusky county, ohio, and representative citizens, chicago, illinois. The historic architecture of sandusky, ohio, western reserve historical society publication number 169, associated university presses, 1989. This locomotive included engineering features that hadnt been used before in locomotive construction and it played an integral role in the railroad history of ohio. Historic maps and atlases adams caldwells atlas of adams county 17971880. Situated in northern ohio on the shores of lake erie, sandusky is midway between toledo to the west and cleveland to the east. Charles and susan were buried with relatives in oakland cemetery on us 250 milan rd in the city of sandusky. One of sandusky shipyard sites sail and steamboats were built 18641933 among the builders were.
The company having obtained a controlling interest in the central ohio railroad, and having leased the sandusky, mansfield and newark railroad, and organized and built the newark, somerset and straitsville railroad into the coal fields of southern ohio, proposed to make these lines feed. Cedar point amusement park sandusky ohio postcard 1960s. The mad river and lake erie railroad was doing business at 4 12 cents a mile for passengers and 25 cents a ton per mile for freight. History of sandusky county, ohio, cleveland, ohio, h. Wyandot tracers chapter, an index to personal names in the history of wyandot county, ohio, 1884. A technological and urbanistic history of cincinnati columbus, oh. Rush sloane from the july 1888 issue of the firelands pioneer.
Underground railroad in sandusky and the firelands. Ohio old schools mailing list one room schools old ohio schools off site huron county. James stark subsequently moved the cooper shop to clyde in green creek township in 1852 and opened a grocery store with lorenzo. Cedar point is a peninsula in northern ohio located along lake erie, as well as an amusement park at the same location. Sandusky was the name of a steam railroad locomotive, a 420, built in the united states. Transportation intereststhe miami and erie canal the railroadsthe street. Chapter 31 of a standard history of erie county, ohio by hewson l. Original brochures, pamphlets, correspondence, books, and photographs are. View more property details, sales history and zestimate data on zillow. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your sandusky county ancestors. Go back in time to when the american crayon company was in full swing.
The loan law, adopted in the panic of 1837, encouraged railroad and industrial development. Sandusky everts combination atlas map of sandusky county 1874. This wellillustrated book contains detailed information on the architecture and the history of many of the early homes and commercial buildings still standing in sandusky. The book contains extensive biographies of many of the key players in the history of sandusky and erie county. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. Its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of ohio, including an outline history of the northwest, a complete history of richland county. The home was donated to the ohio historical society in 1994. Miscellaneous matter, map of the county, biographies and histories of.
Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Song of the free is a song of the underground railroad written in 1860 about a man fleeing slavery in tennessee by escaping to canada via the underground railroad. A decade before the civil war, the underground railroad in sandusky was a secret everybody knew. With portraits and biographies of prominent citizens and pioneers h. Corman railroad western ohio lines rjcw rsl railroad rsl warren and trumbull railroad wtrm wheeling and lake erie railway we youngstown and austintown railroad yarr. Stover has published many journal articles as well as nine books, including american railroads, the life and decline of american railroad, and history of the illinois central railroad. Billow, an enterprising citizen and a successful agriculturist of sandusky township, residing on his valuable farm of eightyfive acres, situated in section 26, was born in rice township, sandusky county, ohio, august 25, 1871, and is a son of jacob and elizabeth odermot billow. Sloane 18281908, a sandusky, ohio, lawyer, abolitionist, and underground railroad participant. Sandusky everts combination atlas map of sandusky county 1874 hopples atlas of sandusky county 1898 index to the 1874 atlas of sandusky county. John mattox and his late wife, rosalind to preserve the past for future generations. Stover packs this narrative history with careful scholarship and colorful description which will.
With portraits and biographies of prominent citizens and. Elisha babcock was born in 1783, of remote holland ancestry, but he himself always used to insist that he was a yankee. Ohio state university press, c1992, by daniel aaron pdf files with commentary at ohio state press the railroad and the city. Author of six earlier books about united states railroads, john f. The son of a local jeweler who arrived in ohio around 1815, sloane started studying law at the age of 17 and was admitted to the bar in 1849. The exhibits portray what is known about slavery and the underground railroad in ohio, and presents. So it was no surprise when a national bestseller about the underground railroad used the sandusky docks as a setting in 1852. The song alludes to, and explicitly states, the lack of. Where can find sandusky county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. List of books and articles about railroad history online. Fascinating history of the streetcar and interurban systems of sandusky, ohio.
This book offers a view of the history of sandusky through the eyes of isaac. This wellillustrated book contains detailed information on the architecture and the history of many of the early homes and commercial buildings still. Browse maps, pictures and histories of abandoned railroad lines in the state of ohio. Practically all of ohios first railroads existed only within the confines of the state or only extended a short distance into neighboring states. The journal of american history stover has crafted a book that easily supercedes edward hungerfords centennial history of the railroad and will long stand as the definitive work on the baltimore and ohio railroad. A blog dedicated to the discussion of topics relating to the history of sandusky and erie county, ohio, the lake erie islands, and nearby communities. Thomas, george brown, charles carroll of carrollton, and others are gathered at left. Murphy was the priest at saints peter and paul church in sandusky, ohio from 1905 until he officiated at the wedding of knute rockne and bonnie skiles.