Little Cities of Black Diamonds
We Need Your Help to Save a Little Cities Landmark. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase the historic Ward Building in New Straitsville! We have a plan to restore the building to its former beauty and make it into a public heritage center, and we need $5,000 to reach our first fundraising goal.
A History of Race and Racism in the Little Cities In this video (originally filmed for Little Cities Fest 2020) we visit Rendville, Ohio, an…
The Tecumseh Theater: Renovation and Restoration The Tecumseh Theater was recently renovated and restored as the original Improved Order of Red Men Hall. Three stories,…
Prohibition in the Little Cities Everybody loves a good moonshining story. Learn how Straitsville Special spread far and wide in the era of prohibition.…
The Decline of Coal In the Little Cities Learn about the changes that impacted our region in the 1920s, when coal mines opened and created…
The decade of the 1920s was a tumultuous one for the Little Cities Region in many ways, and it will be the focus of our…
Music Teacher: Shawnee/Corning, with 1st Grade Students Shawnee LC-PH- 343
Unidentified Players; Coach, Walter Harrop Shawnee 1935-36 LC-PH- 338
Cathy Harrop–Daughter of Walter and Caty Harrop- in front of Bill Ricketts Lunch Room Shawnee LC-PH- 331
Left to right ; Francis B. Nash, Matilda Nash,Peter Nash and Leo Nash. People on right side of door unidentified. (Thanks to Dick Nash for…
Duke Griffith, John Redfern, John Jaynes, Tye Summer, Harry Kockensparger, Eb Crow, Walter(Buck)McKnight, Walter Harrop, Fred Wiles (manager) Shawnee 1920’s LC-PH- 315
Pete Dudash, Banjo Matthews, Emil Rutter,Paul Drake, James Dennis, Charles Kletrovetz, Small Boy (Mascot), Matthew Nevins, John Reho, Lloyd McCarter, McKinley Omen Drakes LC-PH- 314
Squire Richards, Edwin Ted Jenkins, Ernie Tharp, John Brunton, John Moore Canter, Sandy Park Congo LC-PH- 312
The Tecumseh Theater is located on Shawnee, Ohio’s Historic Main Street. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its…
On April 23, 1872, Anna O’Bear purchased Lot No.8 and 9 in Shawnee. The old Gordon Farmhouse was located on the back side of these…
Shawnee 1900 Taken from old baseball field. State Route 93 runs through the middle of the old field as you get close to 4 way…
Chet Tharp was the store operator; Chick Davis, delivery boy in wagon. Around 1907 LC-PH- 297
