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    Spring Update
    HSOF Printer 2024 Update: Where, oh, where is Over the Falls, oh, where, oh where, can it be? Maybe in the computer!. "Mimeograph, mimeograph wherefore art thou, mimeograph?" "Tis not as deep as a wel...
    Aug 21, 2024
    Southwest General Hospital
    ​On April 06, 2023, one of our members took part in the annual Meeting of the Delegates hosted by Southwest General Hospital. During the meeting, representative Sandy Nechvatal, Zoe Nechvatal and Will...
    Aug 21, 2024
    Timetable for the War to End All Wars
    Timetable for the War to End All Wars June 28, 1914 Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Heir Apparent to the Astro-Hungarian Throne and his wife, Duchess Sophie. The Archduke’s plan for a t...
    Apr 4, 2024
    The War to End All Wars
    1914 June 28, Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand his wife, Duchess Sophie. Austria sends an ultimatum to Serbia. Serbia would meet most but not all of the demands. July 25 Austria declares ...
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    Apr 4, 2024
    Where In Olmsted Falls?
    Miss Amelia Harding identifies LOCATIONS IN OLMSTED FALLS, OHIO SULPHER SPRINGS is located right behind the Harding home, Columbia Road - where Plum Creek turns east and flows to Rocky River. DEVIL’S ...
    Apr 4, 2024
    Who We Are
    WHO WE ARE William Eichenberg Jr. My great aunt and great unde, Mr. and Mrs. (Elizabeth (Dtdsy) O’Connell) Mike Shehan, bought land in Olmsted Falls in the early 1900’s. Mike Shehan arrived from Irela...
    Apr 4, 2024
    This Years April Mention: Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson, April Birthday Thomas Jefferson, born April 13,1743, has his picture on the U.S. $2 bill. This miraculous man began, at age 5, studying under his cousin’s tutor and, at age 9, studie...
    Apr 4, 2024
    Greyhound of the Seas
    RMS LUSITANIA GREYHOUND OF THE SEAS Length: 787’ Beam : 87.8’ GRT: 32,000 (1 GRT=100 cubic feet - measure of enclosed space, not weight) LUSITANIA in New York before final voyage Boat deck to water: 6...
    Apr 4, 2024
    Robert Roy Hecker
    ROBERT ROY HECKER Robert Roy Hecker was born in Olmsted Falls on July 29, 1925. He has lived in the area his entire life except for the time he served in the Navy during World War II and when he playe...
    Apr 4, 2024
    Westview Ohio
    WESTVIEW, OHIO James Geer, the first recorded settler arrived in Columbia Township in 1814. The community of Westview started as a result of the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad going thro...
    Apr 4, 2024
    Northrup Headstone
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    Apr 4, 2024
    Civil War Graves
    TURKEYFOOT CEMETERY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS April 9, 2009 1.) LORENZO B. ADAMS V-14 Co. “B” 1st Ohio Light Volunteer Artillery also 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 2.) JOHN C. BRADFORD R-20 19th Ohio ...
    Apr 4, 2024
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