Part 4 The United States entered World War I in April 1917, a short time before Fred graduated. He joined a special branch of the Army...

Part 2 The new Norton Center Field House building which was just completed in October, is now in use.  Games are being played on the two...

Part 1 On Thursday Oct. 10, 2024, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Norton Center, a new fieldhouse built on Danbury School...

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...

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

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

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

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

The Railroads- Part 1 Because the Lake Erie shipping industry was curtailed during the winter when the lakes were frozen, the idea of...

The First Ships in the Area Before the invention of the automobile, transportation on the Marblehead Peninsula was by walking, or by...