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, April 1, 2010

Kyle Burks, 1st Engineers, Operation Iraqi Freedom

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The following interview was conducted by Christy Meggitt, a student participating in the Fremont (Ohio) Ross High Scho0l Veterans Project 20...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

A Friendship Forged Amid the Bloodshed of Shiloh

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General Ralph P. Buckland One of the most prominent national figures to ever visit Sandusky County , Ohio was General William Tecumseh Sher...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Lloyd Abbott with the 24th Marines at Iwo Jima

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The ten-part mini-series, The Pacific will soon air on HBO. One portion will focus on Iwo Jima. In February 1945, a U. S. for...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Lucy Webb Hayes and Her Four-Footed and Feathered Friends

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The nearby photo of Lucy Webb Hayes, wearing the President’s hat while feeding pigeons on a cold, snowy morning, is one of the last ever tak...
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Willetta Adams Michaels: Woman of Talent and Vision

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When Willetta Adams graduated from Fremont Ross High School in Fremont, Ohio, in 1910, the right to vote for her and all women across the U...

Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home, Xenia, Ohio

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The stereoscopic view at left is of children playing on the lawn before one of the cottages at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orph...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

William King Rogers and Duluth, Minnesota's Skyline Parkway

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Columbus, Ohio native and ordained minister, William King Rogers was an early law partner of and later personal White House secretary to Pr...
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