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 13, 2024

Ohio Nature Journal - 1993, May-September

Guest Post by Barbara Paff Some thirty years ago, Barbara Paff began keeping a nature journal, detailing the pleasures of rural living in R...

Friday, June 7, 2024

Andrew Jackson Ellison, Company C 88th US Colored Troops

Andrew Jackson Ellison was born in Ohio March 4, 1835. He was one of 12 children of John and Sarah Ellison who were both born in Virginia. S...

Friday, May 24, 2024

Moses Johnson of the 100th U.S. Colored Troops

Moses Johnson was born in 1832 in Maryland where he worked as a laborer. Noted on his military service record was "refugee of North ...

Monday, May 6, 2024

Nazi Stolen Treasures at the Merkers Salt Mine

Merrill Rudes was a prominent Ottawa County, Ohio, probate and juvenile courts judge. Born in Genoa, Ohio in 1920, he served as a captain i...

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