When development threatens historic properties, what can citizens do?
As early as 1870, the beauty of Lake Erie gave rise to the Lake Shore Resorts. St.Hubert’s, the house of worship built by the Little Mountain Club members, still stands. Click here for St. Hubert’s Story.
James & Lucretia Garfield’s Love Story What began as a marriage in November 1858 “based on the cold stern word duty,” turned into a 19th Century love story. James Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph probably should have never married. They were of very different upbringings ~…
Dotting the back county roads, the casual traveler often passes by abandoned or second-third use repurposed remnants of a past era. These aging buildings may bring back remembered images, be seen as merely crumbling structures or reconnect you with a by-gone county era. Such is…
Indian Point Park: Ohio Historical Marker 27-43 – 2009 Lower Point – 12951 Seeley Rd Leroy Twp. Upper Point – 13165 Seeley Rd Leroy Twp As the fall season winds down, there is still time to enjoy a brisk hike thru history in one of eastern…
The photo above shows a portion of the main entrance to the Camp Klein site, which today has been repurposed into Lake Metroparks’ Environmental Learning Center. Let’s look back at the history of Camp Klein prior to its 1997 closing – before the 2001 purchase…
Every Sunday morning in recent months I have enjoyed reading sports columnist Jeff Schudel’s educational ramblings entitled ‘I didn’t know that…until I read my Snapple bottle cap’. This month’s entry shares with the reader 10 Lake County Facts not found, and most likely never to…
A favorite place for photographers, runners, lighthouse enthusiasts and families – Headlands Beach State Park has been part of Lake County from the very beginning. Lake Erie was originally much larger than it is today. People today won’t remember when an eastern outlet via the…
History surrounds us. Whether it is past, present or in the making one can experience history daily. Lake County may be Ohio’s smallest county but it has the most history. Concord Township is not exception to this claim. One need look no farther than…