Ohio history

The Hubbard House in northeast Ohio’s Ashtabula County was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. After surviving a demolition threat, it has a unique strategy to ensure its future.

The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio recently unveiled a new historical marker with braille and audio components. The organization believes it’s the first of its kind in the state.

Maude Collins became Vinton County’s sheriff in 1925, after her husband was killed in the line of duty.

The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of Black pilots who helped desegregate the U.S. military, were stationed in Columbus following World War II.

James Floyd Smith and Leslie Irvin tested the first free-fall parachute at McCook Field in Dayton.

In an environmental memoir, Ohio native Patrick Wensink traces northwest Ohio’s toxic algal bloom problems back to its swampy roots.

Ida Holdgreve and Katharine Wright helped sustain the Wright brothers’ invention of flight.

Toledo residents continue to honor the lives of the men lost in the shipwreck made famous by Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting ballad.

The Hubbard House in northeast Ohio’s Ashtabula County was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. After surviving a demolition threat, it has a unique strategy to ensure its future.

‘Big Muskie’, once the world’s largest walking dragline excavator, is being honored with a new historical marker.