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A Message from Conneaut Historical Society President, Jim Jones
Another Chapter in the Conneaut Harbor Story
Around and About the Conneaut Area Historical Society
Birds Ahoy! – Captain John Paul Perkins
Blessing of the Fleet, 1958
Bob Blickensderfer’s Conneaut Circus
Burr Hoyt Encounters Lake Superior
Captain Leverett Goldsmith: The Possibilities of Lake Serpents
Captain P.C. Kelley and the Joshua A. Hatfield to the Rescue
Children’s Conneaut Story: Happy Hulett Holidays
Christmas Cards, Box One
Christmas Cards, Box Two: Silent Night and O Holy Night
Conneaut Calendar Capsules, Conneaut Savings Bank, 2013
Conneaut Capsules
Conneaut Confusion
Conneaut Creamerie Chapters
Conneaut Harbor and Harbor Street, 1890s
Conneaut Rails Across Lake Erie
Dogs and Ducks
Dorothy May, Conneaut, and Ashtabula County Bowling
Elephants Cheerily, Swim in Lake Erie
Fiction: Conneaut Rails to Canada
Fictionalized Version: Salmon Swetland’s Wild Ride
Harboring Huletts
History and Demise of The Conneaut News-Herald
History of Happy Hearts, Chapters One Through Five
History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft, Chapters Eleven Through Fifteen
History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft, Chapters Six Through Ten
History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft, Chapters Sixteen Through Twenty
History of the South Ridge Baptist Church, 2007
History, Mystery, and Mayhem in Conneaut, Ohio: The Fireworks Factory Fiasco
Hot or Cold Conneaut?
Hump Day History To Wisk Away Weary Wednesdays: Jerry Janco
Hump Day History to Wisk Away Weary Wednesdays: Bob Blickensderfer
Hump Day History: A Conneaut Memory, One Person Remembers Cliffe Glenn Heffelfinger
Important Game Seizure
Looking Back at the Roger Blough in Different Days
Maritime Memories- Captain John Paul Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Marvin Celebrate 65th Anniversary
Museum Being Created
Old Salt Stories: Yarns, Yesterdays, and Yet to Come
Our Home: Then and Now!
PDF: Conneaut Christmas in July
Poems from H.O.M.E.S.
Robert Lee, Sailor Poet
Salmon Swetland’s Wild Ride
Seed Stories Conneaut
Soldiers Across the Centuries: Colonel Bill Kennedy Tells the Story of the 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
South Pole Snow Cruiser
The Byrd Snow Cruiser Passes Through Conneaut on the way to Antarctica
The Conneaut Area Historical Society Celebrated An Anniversary Summer and Is Experiencing a Working Fall
The MV Roger Blough-Life Story of a Great Lady
The MV Roger Blough: The Life Story of a Great Lady-Version 2, Different Music
Three Skeletons and One Summer Afternoon at Fort Hill, Conneaut
Time Travel Tuesdays
Video Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow Three: The Old Girdled Road
Video, Kid’s Corners: Teddy Bear Tales
Video: Kids Corner: Pig Tales
Video: Traveling in Time, A Conneaut Business Trip
Video: Conneaut Christmas Celebrated in July
Video: Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow, Two
Video: Halloween Tales from Tinker Hollow -One
Video: Hump Day Holidays!
Video: Reverend Badger and the Bear
Video: South Pole Snow Cruiser
Willard Giddings, Venerable Volunteer

Capturing Conneaut History with the Conneaut Area Historical Society

Our Home: Then and Now!
Around and About the Conneaut Area Historical Society

Video: Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow, Two

Conneaut Harbor

Another Chapter in the Conneaut Harbor Story
Conneaut Harbor and Harbor Street, 1890s
Harboring Huletts
Looking Back at the Roger Blough in Different Days
Soldiers Across the Centuries: Colonel Bill Kennedy Tells the Story of the 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Conneaut People

Willard Giddings, Venerable Volunteer
Burr Hoyt Encounters Lake Superior
Captain Leverett Goldsmith: The Possibilities of Lake Serpents
Three Skeletons and One Summer Afternoon at Fort Hill, Conneaut
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Marvin Celebrate 65th Anniversary
Conneaut Creamerie Chapters
Dorothy May, Conneaut, and Ashtabula County Bowling
Maritime Memories- Captain John Paul Perkins
Looking Back at the Roger Blough in Different Days
History, Mystery, and Mayhem in Conneaut, Ohio: The Fireworks Factory Fiasco

Pittsburgh Steamship and U.S. Steel Stories

Blessing of the Fleet, 1958
Birds Ahoy! – Captain John Paul Perkins
Robert Lee, Sailor Poet
Old Salt Stories: Yarns, Yesterdays, and Yet to Come
Captain P.C. Kelley and the Joshua A. Hatfield to the Rescue

Conneaut Capsules

Dogs and Ducks
Important Game Seizure
Conneaut Calendar Capsules, Conneaut Savings Bank, 2013
Hot or Cold Conneaut?

From “Remembering”, The Quarterly Newsletter of the Conneaut Area Historical Society

History and Demise of The Conneaut News-Herald
Museum Being Created

Young and Young at Heart

Seed Stories Conneaut
Conneaut Confusion
Video: Reverend Badger and the Bear
Video: Halloween Tales from Tinker Hollow -One
Video: Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow, Two
Video Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow Three: The Old Girdled Road
Children’s Conneaut Story: Happy Hulett Holidays
Video, Kid’s Corners: Teddy Bear Tales
Video: Kids Corner: Pig Tales
Elephants Cheerily, Swim in Lake Erie

History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft

History of Happy Hearts, Chapters One Through Five
History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft, Chapters Six Through Ten
History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft, Chapters Eleven Through Fifteen
History of Happy Hearts/Ashcraft, Chapters Sixteen Through Twenty

Videos

Fictionalized Version: Salmon Swetland’s Wild Ride
Poems from H.O.M.E.S.
Fiction: Conneaut Rails to Canada
Video: Conneaut Christmas Celebrated in July
Video: Reverend Badger and the Bear
Video: Halloween Tales from Tinker Hollow -One
Video: Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow, Two
Video Ghostly Tales from Tinker Hollow Three: The Old Girdled Road
Hump Day History to Wisk Away Weary Wednesdays: Bob Blickensderfer
Hump Day History To Wisk Away Weary Wednesdays: Jerry Janco
The MV Roger Blough-Life Story of a Great Lady
The MV Roger Blough: The Life Story of a Great Lady-Version 2, Different Music
Children’s Conneaut Story: Happy Hulett Holidays
Christmas Cards, Box One
Christmas Cards, Box Two: Silent Night and O Holy Night
Video: South Pole Snow Cruiser
Video, Kid’s Corners: Teddy Bear Tales
Video: Hump Day Holidays!
Video: Kids Corner: Pig Tales
Video: Traveling in Time, A Conneaut Business Trip
Seed Stories Conneaut
Bob Blickensderfer’s Conneaut Circus
Elephants Cheerily, Swim in Lake Erie

Holidays and Special Occasions

Christmas Cards, Box One
Christmas Cards, Box Two: Silent Night and O Holy Night
Children’s Conneaut Story: Happy Hulett Holidays
Time Travel Tuesdays
Video: Hump Day Holidays!
Bob Blickensderfer’s Conneaut Circus
Elephants Cheerily, Swim in Lake Erie

Hump Day History

Hump Day History To Wisk Away Weary Wednesdays: Jerry Janco
Hump Day History to Wisk Away Weary Wednesdays: Bob Blickensderfer
Video: Hump Day Holidays!
Hump Day History: A Conneaut Memory, One Person Remembers Cliffe Glenn Heffelfinger

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