Tag: history
Help us identify Item No. 1240
Item No. 1240 remains unsolved. Do you know what the item is or how the item is used?
Following a president’s path in Garrettsville
For Presidents Day this year, Julie Geiss wanted to hike somewhere with ties to a president. She chose the quaint village of Garrettsville, Ohio.
Contemplating the benefits of a simpler time
If she could have lived in another decade, Julie Geiss would have chosen the early part of the 1920s.
Washing, whitening quite the chore
Judith Sutherland's mother recalls the complicated process of doing laundry before electric appliances simplified the chore.
MAPS welcomes largest aircraft in its history
The new year brings one of the biggest physical loans to the MAPS Air Museum: a C-130H Hercules Air Force combat cargo aircraft.
Small town memories of times past
Looking through the ads in a Jeromesville Senior High School yearbook dated 1950, Judith Sutherland recalls a version of her town in the past.
Arrowhead collection offers window into the past
Julie Geiss shares her grandfather's arrowhead collection with her children, focusing on the history of the artifacts that he uncovered.
Miss Margaret Stover’s simple life
Judith Sutherland recalls visiting Miss Margaret Stover, who had chosen to remain in the century to which she had been born.
Learning from the cottonwoods
Eliza Blue marvels at the small grove of cottonwood trees on her South Dakota ranch, recalling indigenous Americans' teachings about the trees.
Artist brought message of unity that lives on
Kevin Locke, Tokeya Inajin, was a preeminent player of the indigenous flute, traditional Lakota storyteller, culture bearer, recording artist and educator.
