Cette série explore le passé des villes américaines à travers une collection captivante de photographies historiques. Chaque livre dévoile l'identité et le patrimoine uniques des communautés, figés dans le temps. Explorez l'évolution de l'architecture, des coutumes sociales et des événements majeurs qui ont façonné le paysage. C'est un voyage visuel à travers l'histoire, qui ramène à la vie les souvenirs de la vie américaine.
The history of Adams County is rich, beginning with its establishment in 1797 as Ohio's third-oldest county. Key features include the Ohio River's role in commerce and the preservation of prehistoric earthworks like the Great Serpent Mound. The area was significant in the abolitionist movement, serving as a critical point on the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War, it was impacted by Confederate raids. Vintage views in this book, sourced from local historical societies and private collections, illustrate the county's storied past.
A fascinating history of the Ohio and Erie Canal, from a national leader in agricultural output to a recreational resource. George Washington first proposed the idea of a canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Ohio-Mississippi River System in 1784. Inspired by the Erie Canal in New York, the State of Ohio began surveying routes in 1822 for its own grand internal improvement project. Completed a decade later, the 309-mile-long Ohio and Erie Canal connected Cleveland, Akron, Massillon, Dover, Roscoe, Newark, Columbus, Circleville, Chillicothe, Waverly, and Portsmouth. Success was immediate, as this vital transportation link provided access to Eastern markets. Within a span of 35 years, canals transformed Ohio from a rural frontier wilderness into the nation's leader in agricultural output and third most populous state by 1860. Railroads marked the end of the canal as an economic engine, but traffic continued to operate until the Great Flood of 1913 destroyed the system as a commercial enterprise. Today, the Ohio and Erie Canal is enjoying a rebirth as a recreational resource.
Set against the backdrop of winter 1804-1805, a small group led by Edward Scofield sought a suitable creek for milling and land for settlement. Their efforts led to the establishment of Walnut Run, which powered a gristmill and sawmill, attracting more settlers. The area underwent several name changes, reflecting its evolving community, and eventually became known as Cortland. Over the years, it developed into a thriving township with churches, businesses, and even a lake built during World War II, showcasing the hard work and dedication of its residents.
Cuyahoga County, located on the shores of Lake Erie and the banks of the Cuyahoga, has recently marked its bicentennial, celebrating two centuries of history and achievement. From the county's creation in 1808, to the World War II era and beyond, Cuyahoga County was transformed from a frontier community into a vibrant urban center. Today this part of northeastern Ohio is envied for its distinctive neighborhoods, embrace of various religious creeds, resilient entrepreneurship, ethnically and racially diverse population, political leadership, recreational facilities, splendid cultural and educational institutions, storied sports franchises, and distinguished health facilities. Cuyahoga County government and its citizens are also renowned for their philanthropy and concern for those most vulnerable; championing ideals that ensure everyone an equal place at the table and freedom everywhere. This worldview was rooted in the actions of those who, throughout the centuries, risked their lives and fortunes to attain these goals, giving greater meaning to the area's Underground Railroad code name: HOPE.
Revolutionary War officers and soldiers of Anglo-Saxon descent founded Marietta, Ohio, in 1788 with the goal of establishing a New England style town in the frontier of the Northwest Territory. The town developed slowly until a great influx of immigrants, particularly German pioneers, flooded into Washington County during the decades after 1830. The landscape s rolling hills, creeks, and forests drew German farmers to rural areas, while others settled in the cities as shoemakers, brick-makers, leather workers, bakers, brewers, grocers, butchers, carpenters, and dry goods retailers. Between 1880 and 1920, the population of Marietta nearly tripled, mainly due to German immigration. By 1905, German merchants dominated the shopping area of the first two blocks of Front Street. Otto Brothers and Strecker Brothers built regionally significant businesses in the developing shopping area of Putnam Street. Germans of Marietta and Washington County also enriched the culture with their musical talents, churches, and participation in civic activities."
Tiffin, Ohio, may be most well-known for a devastating flood but it is defined by so much more than tragedy. The flood of 1913 is likely the reason people are familiar with Tiffin, Ohio. It took the lives of 19 people in a disaster that literally reshaped the city. However, the city is much more than that. Tiffin--named after Ohio's first governor, Edward Tiffin--was first settled in 1817. The seat of Seneca County has been home to businesses of wide renown: Tiffin Glass, National Machinery, and Ballreich's Potato Chips, among others. Tiffin's institutions of higher learning, Heidelberg and Tiffin Universities, and its strong public and parochial school systems reflect a deep commitment to education among the city's residents. Historic figures like Charles Dickens and Thomas Edison, as well as local luminaries such as Josiah Hedges and Gen. William Harvey Gibson, have played a part in forging Tiffin's history.
Congress created Perrysburg in 1816 to secure control of its strategic trading location on the largest river flowing into Lake Erie, the Maumee River, an integral waterway for shipping and also an important passageway for western migration. As a busy port and shipbuilding center, Perrysburg attracted entrepreneurial pioneers from the East, who, as they prospered, built remarkable homes, buildings, and other structures. During the World War I era, wealthy Toledo industrialists also arrived, building riverside mansions. Over 100 of this small 19th-century community's architectural treasures still stand, and they include examples of nearly every major domestic architectural style popular from the 1820s to the 1930s. Most of the structures that make up the historical character of Perrysburg are best represented in the Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Emerging as a vibrant community along the Miami-Erie Canal in 1840, Tippecanoe thrived due to the industrious spirit of its residents who embraced modern transportation and technology. Despite the canal's decline, the town adapted and evolved, witnessing various businesses and families come and go. Renamed Tipp City in 1938 to resolve postal confusion, it remains a nurturing environment for families, embodying a rich history where everyday life seamlessly intertwines with the town's legacy of resilience and growth.
Lancaster, Ohio, with a population of around 35,000, sits snuggled among the rolling hills at the base of a sandstone bluff that the Wyandot Indians called "Standing Stone." Just east of the Hock-Hocking River in Fairfield County and a few miles southeast of Columbus, Lancaster was founded on November 10, 1800, by Col. Ebenezer Zane (1747-1811). The city's rich history is celebrated today in one of the most significant historic districts in the Midwest, known as Square 13. The city offers a walking tour of the area, originally designed in 1800. In a 24-block area, 89 buildings have been designated on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Sherman House Museum is listed as a National Historical Landmark.
Images of America: Italians of Stark County focuses on Italian immigration into Stark County beginning in the late 1800s. In the late 1800s, Stark County's urban hub of Canton and the surrounding communities were in the middle of a thriving expansion driven by industry, transportation, and manufacturing. Along with this growth came the need for labor, with immigration filling many of those needs. Italians came to Stark County to work in the steel mills, in the coal mines, and on the railroad, as well as to start their own small businesses. Once established, Italian families began to replicate the community foundations from their native land, and in turn these foundations reinforced embedded values: family, food, religion, music, and freedom. This photographic history illustrates these values while bringing to life the character, work ethic, determination, and love of life of the Italian people of Stark County. Local author and Italian American J.A. Musacchia was born and raised in Stark County and is a member of the Sugarcreek Township Historical Society and the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum.
Focusing on the vibrant German heritage of Greater Cincinnati, the book explores key festivities throughout the year, starting with Bockfest in March and progressing through events like Maifest, German Day, RoeblingFest, Schuetzenfest, and Oktoberfest. Each celebration highlights cultural traditions and community spirit, culminating in a chapter dedicated to the German Heritage Museum of Cincinnati, which serves as a repository of the region's rich German history.
The book explores the rich and varied history of Sandusky, Ohio, highlighting its role as a center of commerce, industry, and recreation. It showcases the city's evolution through significant events and notable figures, including its status as a campaign stop for presidential candidates and its connection to Charles Dickens. Featuring vintage photographs from the Sandusky Library Follett House Museum, the narrative covers both celebratory moments and challenges faced by the community, offering insights into what has shaped Sandusky into the vibrant city it is today.
Nestled between Toledo and Cleveland near the Sandusky Bay is a quiet lake region, a haven for vacationers and permanent residents alike. Claiming 107 miles of Lake Erie's coastline, Eastern Ottawa County, Ohio, is home to several coastal communities, including the small city of Port Clinton, the placid land masses of the Bass Islands, and the Marblehead Peninsula, home to a popular lighthouse. The author's window into this area, however, never overlooks the labor required to create and sustain its resort attractions. We meet the train conductors, teachers, mail carriers, ice harvesters, and community leaders who helped put Ottawa County on the map. We are offered many glimpses of boats on local waterways, some delivering fish, others ferrying passengers to the island, and still others in advance of their service during war time. And we are delivered a rare view of the many buildings that sadly failed to survive the area's catastrophic fires. This book is a living testimony to the rich and varied history of Ohio's Lake Erie communities. Resort oasis to some, manufacturing center to others, Ottawa County's texture and detail are brought vividly to life in this absorbing Images of America volume.
Travel through the history of Ohio's historic canals and follow its growth throughout the years told with hundreds of photographs. In the 1800s, the United States was a nation obsessed with finding a form of transportation that was the fastest, cheapest, and most reliable; at the time, canals were the answer. Canals broke through vast, open countryside, forested woodlands, and rolling hills to expose the heart of the nation to development. They took passengers and goods off of dusty or muddy roads and delivered them to their destinations faster and cheaper than by any other means. From Toledo to Cincinnati, the Miami and Erie Canal provided western Ohio with that sorely needed waterway and became part of the 1,000 miles of Ohio canals contributing to the national network of canals. Today, with the help of government, corporations, and citizens, many parts of the Ohio canal system have been preserved or restored and can be visited and experienced. Watered sections of canal quietly reflect a bygone era and lead an explorer down the towpaths of history.
Focusing on a remarkable family from Central Europe, the narrative explores their significant influence on American cooking through their business, Fleischmann's. From the Civil War to the onset of the Depression, they established a food empire that eventually became part of Nabisco. The book highlights their innovative contributions, such as the coupon premium and recipe books, alongside their legacy of joy and delicious baked goods. The Fleischmann story embodies the spirit of American entrepreneurship and culinary tradition.
To many people, the sight of a sky aglow with flame, clouds of smoke, and the smell of sulfur in the air would bring thoughts of sermons about brimstone, fire, and punishment for a life of sin. But Slovak immigrants fleeing poverty in Europe saw a picture of hope and prosperity as they came to the Mahoning Valley of northeastern Ohio in response to the promise of jobs and good pay in the steel mills. These mills stretched in an almost unbroken chain from Warren, Ohio, through Youngstown and Campbell and on into Sharon and Farrell, Pennsylvania. From the 1870s, when the first Slovaks came to this area, to the present, there is no part of American life in which these Slovak Americans have not thrived while living the American Dream.
In 1805, a group of citizens from Massachusetts and Connecticut braved treacherous travel conditions to settle a new village in the heart of Ohio. Like the Welsh pioneers who arrived in the area a few years earlier, these industrious New Englanders found abundant natural resources to sustain themselves as they erected buildings, planted crops, and platted a town. The result of their hard work was the village of Granville, a beautiful and productive community that continues to adapt and thrive in the 21st century. Downtown Granville has evolved into a popular tourist destination, and Denison University, founded in the 1830s as the Granville Literary and Theological Institution, has become an elite and respected college of liberal arts and sciences.
The history of Athens County, Ohio, is rooted in the pioneer spirit following the Revolutionary War and the establishment of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Early settlers, arriving in 1788, encountered fertile farmland and valuable resources like salt, coal, and clay, which spurred industrial growth. The vision for a university emerged even before settlement began, leading to the founding of Ohio University, which continues to thrive over 200 years later in the city of Athens.
Mingo Junction, a working-class town in the upper Ohio River Valley, has a rich mix of ethnicities and races with a history going back to the Mingo Indians, including visits from George Washington in the 1770s. Early settlement came as the coal mining industry flourished, followed by iron and steel foundries and accompanying railroads and river barge traffic. Mingo's chief industry is its steel mill, first Carnegie Steel Mill, then Wheeling-Pitt Steel Mill for over 100 years. The town's deep character is etched in its work, social, cultural, and natural landscapes. This is seen in its schools, churches, businesses and industry, daily life, active social organizations, and its famous figures: Jake Strott and George Kakasic of the 1930s Pittsburgh Steelers (Pirates); Joe Fortunato of the Chicago Bears; coach Woody Hayes; Spud Hughes, inventor of menthol cigarettes; and Bill (Lil Squirt) Albaugh, spokesperson for Squirt soda. Renowned singing groups include The Antones, The Stereos, Buddy Sharp and the Shakers, The Mingo Men, and Bob Parissi of Wild Cherry. Among major movies filmed in the town are Reckless, Hearts of Steel, and 1978 Academy Award winner The Deer Hunter.
Explore the vibrant community of Cleveland's Little Italy, delving into its rich history and the resilience of its people. The narrative captures the essence of cultural heritage, showcasing how traditions have shaped the neighborhood and its ongoing revival. Through personal stories and historical insights, readers will gain an appreciation for the unique character and enduring spirit of this beloved area.
In 1968, three businessmen left their jobs at Cedar Point in Sandusky to purchase Geauga Lake Amusement Park. Geauga Lake had been a summertime escape since the 1870s, but by the 1960s it had fallen on hard times. The businessmen's company, Funtime, Inc., transformed the aging facility into a modern amusement park and established a reputation as an innovative operator in one of the nation's most competitive amusement park markets. Geauga Lake became the first park with two looping roller coasters and the first to integrate a full-scale water park, Boardwalk Shores. The company broke even more new ground in 1988 when it resurrected a classic roller coaster design to construct Raging Wolf Bobs. Images of America: Geauga Lake: The Funtime Years 1969-1995 captures the park's transformation and some of the countless memories that resulted from Funtime's 26-year ownership.
The history of East Liverpool reveals its transformation from the Pottery Capital of the World, driven by British immigrant Thomas Bennett's establishment of the first pottery in 1839. The city thrived with around 300 potteries producing diverse items, including elegant designs like Lotus Ware and Fiesta Ware. The community flourished with vibrant social life, featuring churches, schools, and cultural venues. Despite facing challenges after the pottery industry's decline, East Liverpool continues to seek a hopeful future into the 21st century.
The rich history of College Hill is deeply influenced by its nineteenth-century colleges, which shaped its park-like streets and diverse community. Today, the neighborhood features large retirement homes that provide a sanctuary for the elderly, alongside charming cottage-style residences appealing to young families. Neat 1920s apartments cater to renters, creating a vibrant mix of inhabitants. College Hill has consistently embraced individuals from various backgrounds, maintaining its legacy as a welcoming home for all ages, races, and classes.
Old Brooklyn was originally settled in 1814 as the hamlet of Brighton. Indian trails were the basis for what became Pearl, Broadview, and Schaaf Roads. Brighton Village, centered around what is now the intersection of Pearl and Broadview Roads, was incorporated for one year in 1838. Brighton was originally laid out on land belonging to a farmer named Warren Young. Another incorporation in 1889 renamed the village South Brooklyn, and it was then annexed by the City of Cleveland in 1905 because of its light plant. Gustave Ruetenik & Sons introduced greenhouse gardening on Schaaf Road in 1887, giving the area the title "Greenhouse Capital of the United States." Old Brooklyn also became home to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in 1916.
Revolutionary War veterans began buying land in the Madeira area in the 1790s. Family farms and orchards blossomed throughout the rural landscape for the first six decades. The coming of the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad and establishment of a freight station in 1866 precipitated the community’s creation and gave it the name Madeira, chosen for the surname of the rail line’s treasurer. Public schools, churches, and small businesses developed to serve a flourishing new population. Madeira incorporated in 1910, and citizens began a century of hard work, service, and neighborliness that makes the official motto of “friendly town” especially apt. Images contributed by the Madeira Historical Society, community groups, and residents provide insights into the community’s rich history and enduring charm.
The narrative of brewing in Cincinnati chronicles its evolution from 1812, highlighting the transformative impact of the German immigrant population in the mid-19th century. The Over-the-Rhine district became a hub for stunning brewery architecture and a vibrant drinking culture, marked by saloons and beer gardens. Prohibition severely impacted the industry, but recent years have seen a revival in Cincinnati's brewing scene. The book provides a visual journey through this history, featuring vintage and modern images alongside brewing memorabilia.
Focusing on the German American experience, this book delves into the history of German immigrants in Greater Cincinnati, beginning in the late 18th century and peaking in the 19th century. It highlights their significant contributions to the region's social, political, cultural, religious, and economic landscape, establishing Cincinnati as a key part of the "German Triangle." The narrative also addresses the challenges faced during the world wars and the subsequent revival of ethnic heritage, solidifying Cincinnati's status as a major center of German heritage in the U.S.
The book explores the rich history of Slavic Village, tracing its origins as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in the 19th century. It highlights the influx of immigrant workers, including Irish, Polish, and Czech communities, who shaped the area's industrial landscape and contributed to its unique architecture, cuisine, and cultural identity. Notable figures from the neighborhood, such as Olympic sprinter Stella Walsh and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, are also featured, showcasing the area's lasting impact on the broader community.
