Ashtabula County is rich in history from Conneaut Township Park Beach to the Ashtabula Lighthouse and the Harbor's Bascule Lift Bridge. From Geneva-on the-Lake to the County seat of Jefferson, from Pymatuning Lake to the Grand Valley area. . . . — — Map (db m213952) HM
At one time, hundreds of covered bridges dotted the northeast Ohio countryside. A popular construction in 18th century Connecticut, the early settlers of the (Connecticut) Western Reserve brought this charming architecture with them from New . . . — — Map (db m213951) HM
Ashtabula County and The Western Reserve
Ashtabula County was part of the New Connecticut (or Western) Reserve, which spanned northeastern Ohio. Nearly two thirds of the early settlers in Ashtabula County came from Connecticut. Many took . . . — — Map (db m270757) HM
A Passionate Educator: 1820s - 1860s
From a young age, Cowles had a passion for teaching and pursued an education in infant schooling in New York. Upon returning to Ohio in the late 1820s, she opened an infant school in Kinsman with her . . . — — Map (db m300112) HM
This building served as the law office to Joshua Reed Giddings, a Whig congressman who advocated for the abolition of slavery and an end to the domestic slave trade. Born in 1795, much of Giddings' young life was occupied by working on his . . . — — Map (db m232893) HM
Prehistoric Earthworks
Indians built a fortification across this neck of land sometime before 1650. A low wall is all that remains today of a stockade where earth had been piled at the base of posts. The stockade and the naturally steep . . . — — Map (db m224955) HM
Defying Expectations: 1914-1930s
Allen returned from New York to Cleveland and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1914. She established her own law practice, which was very uncommon for women in the field during this time, and also took cases . . . — — Map (db m300111) HM
Indian Trails Park - Master Plan
Indian Trails Park Timeline ~1908-2010
November 7, 1908 First land purchased of Main Avenue in the river gulf (beginning of Indian Trails Park)
• Former riverside paths of Indians . . . — — Map (db m213953) HM
Side A:
On this site stood the home of Elisha and Polly Mygatt Whittlesey and their ten children. Also here was his law office and a records office that was moved in 1965 to Pioneer Village at the Canfield Fairgrounds. Already an attorney in . . . — — Map (db m65433) HM
Welcome To Geneva, Ohio
The first covered bridges in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia were built by private stock corporations and were toll bridges. Geneva has carried this history forward by providing a toll booth at the Nation's Shortest . . . — — Map (db m214246) HM
Origin of Spencerian Penmanship
Evolved 'mid nature's unpruned scenes, On Erie's wild and woody shore, The rolling wave, the dancing stream, The wild-rose haunts in days of yore.
The opal, quartz and ammonite, Gleaming beneath . . . — — Map (db m270593) HM
Born in Ashtabula County, Ohio in April 1852, Granville Eades Waters came to Texas in 1871. He settled in the north central part of the state before moving to Shackelford County in 1876. The next year, he wed Rennie Harris, daughter of a Waco mayor. . . . — — Map (db m80130) HM
Mother church of Ohio Episcopal Diocese. Built 1832 by the Solomon Criswold Society. Consecrated October 1 1833 by Bishop McIlvane, Leased to the Ashtabula County Historical Society 1955-75. Restored and museum added under supervision of Dr. John A. . . . — — Map (db m213831) HM
Side A
Darrow Octagon House
This eight-sided house reflects a widespread pre-Civil War architectural fad. Promoted by phrenologist Orson S. Fowler in his 1848 book A Home for All as a way to "bring comfortable homes within the reach . . . — — Map (db m121479) HM
Born the son of 1812 War Veteran, Benjamin Bartholomew, and a grandson of Revolutionary War heroes, Benjamin Bartholomew and Abigail Patchen Bartholomew, Riley was the oldest of 12 siblings living on a frontier farm in Harpersfield, Ashtabula County . . . — — Map (db m37380) HM
On August 19, 1996, this building was rededicated to honor the achievements of
Thomas D. Lambros as lawyer, jurist and proud citizen of the United States of America.
This son of Greek immigrants was born February 4, 1930, in Ashtabula, . . . — — Map (db m202484) HM
"If damming would get the fleet off, it would have been afloat long before." Rear Admiral David D. Porter Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey While Union officers surveyed the situation and discussed the possible loss of the boats trapped . . . — — Map (db m38532) HM
Today, much more accurate information is known about the prehistoric occupation of Conneaut Fort thanks to scientific excavations conducted by a team from Case Western Reserve University in 1971. The styles of pottery and projectile points found . . . — — Map (db m213855) HM
Vienna Township Green and Cemetery
Vienna Township Green and Cemetery were created on June 20, 1810, when Ephraim Root and Uriel Holmes, Jr., deeded to Vienna Presbyterian Church members eight acres of “cleared & improved” land “North West . . . — — Map (db m225408) HM
The Western Reserve
Northeast Boundary Marker
of the Connecticut Western Reserve
conveyed to the United States, September 11, 1786
erected by
the Early Settlers Association
of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
July 3, 1966
Early Settlers . . . — — Map (db m94754) HM
Volunteers staff most of these museums so the hours of operation vary. Some have admission fees. Please visit their website or call ahead of your visit for more information.
1. AC&J Railroad - Scenic Line
Experience as it once was and . . . — — Map (db m309257) HM
You are standing near the site of the train & bridge disaster in which 97 of the 176 passengers lost their lives during a blinding snowstorm on the night of December 29th, 1876.
The Approach
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern luxury . . . — — Map (db m262140) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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