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.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Migrant Crisis: Then and Now

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During the past two years much has been said and written about immigration at America’s southern border. Unable to house, feed, and care for...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

The Croghan Congressional Gold Medal

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  Nearly all Sandusky Countians know of the brave defense of Major George Croghan and his men at the Battle of Fort Stephenson during the Wa...
Monday, May 8, 2023

The Journal of Lt Charles R. Noyes during his days with the Hayeses on the President's Western Trip

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  President Hayes began an extended tour through the western United States. It was the first time a sitting president had ever traveled to t...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Moses Fleetwood Walker and the Toledo Blue Stockings

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The Major League Baseball season is underway. Most people believed the phenomenal athlete Jackie Robinson was first to break the color barri...
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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Congregation of the Girton Church of God, Scott Twp. Sandusky County, Ohio

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Congregation of the Girton Church of God, 1939   The Girton Church of God had its origins in tent meetings held near County Road 32 in Scott...

World War I Letter of Dr. Robert C. Gill of Norwalk, Ohio

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                                                                 Dr. Robert C. Gill Courtesy of Michael Belis and Find A Grave Robert C. Gil...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Jay Cooke and the Yellowstone

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  The recent popularity of “Yellowstone” and Kevin Costner’s appearance on Fox Nation brings to mind the first efforts to make Yellowstone...
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