This Port Clinton firm evidently existed only for a short time, but I’d like to think that these entrepreneurs felt they’d been successful nonetheless. I found very little information about the company, but the history of the buggy itself clarified the reason for the company’s abbreviated existence. The term “buggy” was new in the 18th century. In his Treatise on Carriages (1796), London coach-maker William Fulton first used it to describe a light phaeton or chaise built to

In this series we are taking an historical look at an area that covers approximately a mile of Main Street in downtown Marblehead. Heading east from the Village limits, we will discover the facts and the stories of how Marblehead became what it is today. [This is the 16th article.] The VFW is at 421 Main Street, on the corner of Alexander Pike and Main. In 1891, the land was owned by A. A. Clemons. It was listed as Lot #1 in the Erie View Subdivision, which is now Alexander