Automobiles The Marblehead Peninsula is a place that is geographically challenged.  In most towns, if you want to drive a car north,...

Port Clinton boasts a large number of community clubs, private and public. One of the lesser-known clubs has a unique membership...

AIRPLANES Part 3 A previous article Airplanes #1, featured the story of the Marblehead Airport that was located off Alexander Pike, and...

This month, instead of presenting a bit of Port Clinton’s history, I’ve agreed to a request that I provide some insight into how I...

AIRPLANES Part 2 Besides having a small airport in the quarry near Alexander Pike, Marblehead also had a resident who was an inventor and...

By: Corvid G. Did you know that as an Ida Rupp Public Library member, you have access to a host of genealogy resources? Most of them can...

The library’s' Bataan Memorial Collection honors the men of Company C, 192nd Tank Battalion. Forty-two men from the Port Clinton area...

The Ottawa, or Odawa, originally lived on the East Coast, then migrated to Michigan, Ohio, and southern Canada. The Algonquian-language...

The Railroads- Part 2 Last month, we learned that the steam-powered Lakeside & Marblehead Railroad, which made its first trip in 1887,...

The first school to serve Port Clinton and Portage Township was the result of a neighborhood building project. The one-room school, on a...