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Charitable Organizations in Sandusky
In the yellow pages of the current Greater Sandusky telephone book are listings for dozens of local Social Service agencies that help people who have a variety of needs. Some groups provide emergency...
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Portraits of Katie Rittman
Miss Katie Rittman was born in Sanduskyin 1870 to Frank Rittman and Catherine Kuebeler Rittman, who were both natives of Germany. The portrait above was taken at the Bishop & Veitch studio in...
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Postcard Image of the Sandusky High School Class of 1913
A gift from one of the members of the class, Wilford Schleicher, this postcard pictures the 1913 graduating class of Sandusky High School. A class poem written by Bianca C. Scheuer and Elmer H. Wirth...
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Former Home of Rush R. Sloane
Now privately owned, the house at 403 East Adams Street once was home to former Sandusky Mayor and abolitionist Rush R. Sloane. According to the book At Home in Early Sandusky, by Helen Hansen, the...
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Frank Ritter: Keeper of the Cedar Point Light
Frank Ritter served as the keeper of the Cedar Point Light from 1892 until his retirement on July 1, 1929. From mid 1890s until 1903, the Ritter family lived in a small house which stood on a crib...
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Dr. Charles Hope Merz, Physician, Historian and Author
Dr. Charles Hope Merz was a leading physician in Sandusky, beginning his practice in Sandusky in 1899. He was the son of Karl Merz, well known music educator who taught at Oxford Female College and...
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Otto H. Schell, First Swim Coach of Sandusky High School
From 1928 to 1936, Otto H. Schell was the swimming coach at Sandusky High School. Mr. Schell can be seen the far left of the top row in the picture above of the SHS swimming team from the 1930 Fram....
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Tenth Annual Reunion of the Sandusky High School Alumni Association
The tenth annual reunion of the Sandusky High School Alumni Association was held on June 17, 1890 at the Sloane House. Charles F. Selkirk, a graduate of SHS in 1884, was the President of the Sandusky...
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Early Telephone Service in Sandusky
An article by Harvey Butler from the Twin Anniversary Edition of the Sandusky Register and Star News, from November 24, 1947 reported that in 1884, there were more than four hundred telephones in...
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Convention of the Association of Ohio Cemetery Superintendents Held in Sandusky
On June 23 and June 24, 1909, the eighth annual convention of the Association of Ohio Cemetery Superintendents was held in Sandusky, Ohio. The first session of the convention was held on June 23 at the...
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The Flood of June 1937
The June 26, 1937 issue of the Sandusky Register reported that nearly six inches of rain fell in the 24 hour period between the evenings of June 24 and June 25. Hundreds of people were without...
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The Lake Shore Route Association
Pictured above is a picture the Official Information Car of the Lake Shore Route Association, taken in the 1930s. The Lake Shore Route Association promoted the Lake Shore Routeas the shortest, safest,...
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George Helmich Served at Gettysburg
The most devastating conflict of the Civil War, the battle of Gettysburg, was being fought 150 years ago on this date. Of the more than 7000 who died in this battle, one was a German immigrant who made...
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Fourth of July Celebration in Sandusky in 1889
During the latter part of June, 1889, George Frohman spent three days putting up posters all over Erie County, informing residents of the upcoming Fourth of July Celebration to be held in Sandusky....
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William H. Gilcher, Lumber Dealer
William H. Gilcher was born in Sandusky, Ohio on July 2, 1843 to Peter and Christina (Boos) Gilcher. Peter Gilcher was a native of Germany, and came to Sandusky in the 1830s. He started out as a...
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The Commercial House in 1898
Pictured above is a wagon from the Consumers’ Ice Company in front of the Commercial House hotel in 1898 on the west side of Jackson Street, between Market and Water Streets. Theodore Schleicher was...
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William F. Peters, Composer
William Frederick Peters was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1871 to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Peters; he graduated from Sandusky High School in 1891. He is pictured above with his student Reber N. Johnson in...
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Samuel B. Caldwell
This painting of Samuel B. Caldwell, now at the Follett House Museum, was painted by a strolling artist, according to the donor, Mrs. Ethelinda Griswold Free. Samuel B. Caldwell was born in Washington...
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Program Announcement: Brown Bag Lunch Series - Lime Industry in Sandusky
Wednesday, July 17 at noon in the Library Program RoomJoin us in the Sandusky Library as local historian Jim Miller discusses the growth and importance of the lime industry in 19th century Sandusky.
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Program Announcement: Author Presentation and Book Signing - Faded Lines of...
Monday July 22, 6:30PM, in the Library Program RoomFaded Lines of Gray is a historical novel based on the Johnson's Island Conspiracy of the Civil War. Author Steven Harris will share the story of one...
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