

Places on the Peninsula - Lorrie Halblaub
The Story of Johnsons Island-Part 8 Around the same time that quarrying was ramping up on Johnson’s Island, a group of investors formed...


Places on the Peninsula - Lorrie Halblaub
The Story of Johnson’s Island- Part 7 May 13, 1865 the Civil War officially ended. After 40 months of operation, the prison camp on...


Johnson’s Island- Part 5 - Lorrie Halblaub
At the prison camp on Johnson’s Island, every day started and ended the same way. Roll Call. It didn’t matter if it was raining,...


The Story of Johnson’s Island – Part 4 - Lorrie Halblaub
What was it like to be a prisoner on Johnson’s Island during the Civil War? Make no mistake, these former southern gentlemen and officers...


The Story of Johnson’s Island – Part 3 - Lorrie Halblaub
These writings are excerpts from the memoirs of Alice Coffin Arnold. Her family lived on Bayshore Road across from today’s causeway to...


The Story of Johnson’s Island - Part 2 - Lorrie Halblaub
After the first owner of Johnson’s Island, Epaphras Bull died in 1812, the 300-acre island was still known as Bull’s Island until the...


Places on the Peninsula - Lorrie Halblaub
The Story of Johnson’s Island-Part I Johnson’s Island is the only island in Sandusky Bay. Today it is part the Village of Marblehead in...