Tag: history
Exploring Maumee Bay State Park wetlands
Julie Geiss considers the history and ecology of Maumee Bay State Park as she travels to visit family in southeastern Michigan.
Ancient mounds inspire farm’s preservation efforts
Dean and James Barr have been working to set up a charitable organization to preserve the Snake Den Mounds Group near Ashville, Ohio, for future research.
Medina farm set aside as historic property with park district, nonprofits
The Medina County Park District is taking over managing a historic farm property in Medina. It will be preserved as open space, as a working farm and as a place for education and history.
Easter calls to mind family history and a legacy of...
Judith Sutherland reminisces about her grandparents and all their love built, beginning in a simple ceremony on Easter in 1931.
Sutherland: ‘Neither to serve, nor to rule’ is the motto...
"Neither to serve nor to rule" was the motto that built our country and created steely individuals filled with deep determination, pride and integrity.
Sled dogs embody tenacity, grit, determination
Julie Geiss recalls the incredible relay of dog sled teams that transported antitoxin serum to Nome, Alaska during an outbreak of diphtheria in 1924.
Kansas faced a lot of pushback before it entered the Union...
On Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas, the Sunflower State, entered the Union as a free state numbered 34. But it didn't happen overnight. It was a long arduous road.
Reflecting on the freedom of pants
It wasn't until Judith Sutherland's freshman year of high school that the school board changed the dress code to allow girls to wear pants to school.
Rocky Mountain men made trails to the west
The mountain men were the pioneers of the Rocky Mountains, who came first as fur trappers, lured to the West by beavers and later by the buffalo.
How to stay warm at night in an old farm house
Alan Guebert recalls the heating systems and various tactics his family used to stay warm 60 years ago in the farm house of his youth.
