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Rosemary Schultz Riccardi, aka Xavora Pove
Rosemary Schultz became a talented pianist at a very young age. She was the daughter of Sandusky residents Frank and Mary Schultz. Her mother, the former Mary Walker, had been an opera singer. At the...
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Sandusky Downtown Street Fair 1960
In 1960, the downtown merchants of Sandusky hosted a street fair, which was held on July 28, 29 and 30. A committee of thirteen men planned the details for the event.Four blocks of the downtown area...
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School Children 100+ Years Ago
Pictured above is a group of children from classes 3-A and 4-B at Sycamore School in 1919. Most of the young people look very serious. While the students have not been identified, we know that Polly...
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The Tragic Life and Death of George Scudder
According to an article in the August 11, 1884 issue of the Sandusky Register, George T. Scudder took his own life on August 9, 1884. The article states that George shot himself on Friday evening, and...
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The Dorastus Snow Family and a Wartime Raid in Margaretta Township
According to the September 1860 “Firelands Pioneer,” Dorastus P. Snow was the first white settler in MargarettaTownship. He built a log house and also constructed a grist mill on Cold Creek. In 1813,...
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Sandusky and Vacationland in WPA Guides
The Federal Writers’ Project was a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s W.P.A. - known as the Works Progress Administration from 1935 to 1939, and the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to...
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John V. Brost, Marble Worker
John V. Brost was born in Germany in 1811, to Jacob and Sophy Brost. His wife was the former Christina Meck. By 1860 John and Christina Brost and several children were residing in Sandusky, Erie...
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Happy Thanksgiving
This is a repost from 2006As many of you might remember learning in grade school, the first "official" Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln during the height of the Civil War, in...
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John Dean's Pew at Grace Church
This is the deed to pew number 67 in Grace Episcopal Church, issued by the parish to John Dean on August 27, 1866, granting him and his heirs the right to exclusive use of the pew in perpetuity, for a...
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Dominick Cua, War Veteran and Businessman
Dominick Cua was the son of Salvatore and Maria Cua, born in Italy in 1890. He served in the Quartermaster’s Corps during World War I. In the 1920s, he operated a billiards hall in downtown Sandusky....
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