Ohio's Yesterdays

Stories about Ohio's people, places, and events inspired by the Manuscripts Collections of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Museum and Chapter HouseTour and Wreath Laying Ceremony, Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, August 2, 2015

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1946 Celebration Mrs. Willah White Linder sings the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" on  August 2, 1946, during the Colonel George...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Anniversary of the Death of Civil War General James B. McPherson

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On this day in 1864, Clyde, Ohio native General James Birdseye McPherson was killed in the opening rounds of the Battle of Atlanta. Th...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Tinker's Creek Trestle of the Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway

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  This undated photograph appears to be the crew who constructed the Tinker's Creek Trestle of the Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway. Ac...
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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Railroad Bridge Crew, Fremont, Ohio, 1907

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The photograph above was taken by professional Fremont, Ohio photographer Elmer Whitney. He dated the photograph February 7, 1907. A searc...
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Fraktur of Johann Gahn and wife Catherina Schmidt Gahn of Washington Twp. Sandusky County, Ohio

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Above are scans of a hand painted fraktur, belonging to Beverly Wheatley of Tiffin, Ohio. The document was created as a family register ...
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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Fremont Ohio Native Louis C. Kaiser Lost His Life While Serving Aboard the WWII Submarine U.S.S. Tang

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Fremont native Louis C. Kaise r who served as a motor machinist mate aboard the celebrated submarine Tang , lost his life w hile on th...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Colonel George Croghan Chapter Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution Researching at the Hayes Center

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Members of the Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution researching their ancestors in the Hayes Presid...
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