OTTAWA COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Ottawa County, OH, including
the communities of Port Clinton, Gibraltar, Lakeside, Elmore, Oak Harbor,
Carroll, Genoa, and Put-in-Bay, are recalled through a mixture of colorful
tales and factual data in this NEW 33 Page Booklet reprinted from the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's
Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Guide (1940
WPA Writers Project), and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet
is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the fine print enlarged for easier
reading.
IN ADDITION TO THE BOOKLET the buyer will
receive THREE Computer-Enhanced 8 1/2 x 11
Prints of engravings from the original Howe book, suitable
for framing. These include the Lighthouse and Methodist Church in Port Clinton,
a view of Gibraltar from Put-in-Bay (shown below) and the Ottawa County
Court House.
Among the many and diverse topics covered are:
The Trial of Bennet G. Burley, Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, an Island
Castle, an Enterprising Polar Bear, Jay Cooke's remarkable career, the Wine
Islands, the "wholesome community" of Lakeside, preaching to the Wyandots
and a Soldiers Reunion. The material from The Ohio Guide, a Public
Works Project, gives extensive information on Lake Erie's history and interesting
sites from a 1940 vantage point.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888
county officers and businesses. A 1933 look at the history of newspapers
in the county, a brief 1941 article on Oliver Hazard Perry, a map showing
the 88 Ohio counties and a map of 1805 Ohio are also included.
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