History of Stark County
Author: William Henry Perrin
Publisher:
Published: 1881
Total Pages: 1058
ISBN-13:
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African Americans of Canton, Ohio: Treasures of Black History
Author: Nadine McIlwain and Geraldine Radcliffe
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 1
ISBN-13: 1467141364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Canton's earliest days, the black population has contributed to the city's, and even the nation's, prominence and prosperity. During World War II, nineteen-year-old Harold White joined the famed Tuskegee Airmen of the Ninety-Ninth Fighter Squadron. Only a few years later, Dorothy White persevered through prejudice to become Canton's first black teacher, paving the way for a long line of dedicated teachers stretching to the present day. Renowned R&B group the O'Jays formed in Canton, and professional golfer Renee Powell is just one of many local athletes to reach the heights of her profession. Collecting never-before-seen photographs and firsthand accounts from local citizens, Nadine McIlwain and Geraldine Radcliffe reveal the celebrated legends, unsung heroes and historic firsts of African Americans residing in the Canton community.
The Stark County Story: 1805-1874
Author: Edward Thornton Heald
Publisher:
Published: 1949
Total Pages:
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaunted Stark County
Author: Sherri Brake
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009-05
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9781596296084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGhostly diners, violent crimes of passion, phantoms peering from theatre balconies, canal workers who still walk the towpaths the haunted history of Stark County includes characters and legends as bizarre as they are terrifying. Take a bone-chilling journey with Sherri Brake, owner of Haunted Heartland Tours, as she recounts tales of superstitious pioneers and the horrors of the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Stroll along silent corridors of an abandoned asylum and linger among graves of Civil War dead and discover the eerie ends of Stark County s departed souls."
The Stark County Story
Author: Edward Thornton Heald
Publisher:
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 1096
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Stark County Story ... as Broadcast Over WHBC-WHBC-FM.: The first 76 scripts, covering the years 1805-1874, on the cities, towns and villages of Stark County, Ohio. Bibliography (p. 635-649)
Author: Edward Thornton Heald
Publisher:
Published: 1949
Total Pages: 712
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMurder in Stark County, Ohio
Author: Kimberly A. Kenney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1467143022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRendered in painstaking detail, accounts of high-profile killings and courtroom drama filled the pages of Stark County's early newspapers. The triple hanging of three teenage boys in 1880 seized the attention of the entire community. When George Saxton, notorious womanizer and President McKinley's brother-in-law, was shot dead on the front lawn of his widowed lover in 1898, the whole nation looked on. For the brutal slaying of his wife, James Cornelius became the first local prison inmate executed in the electric chair in 1906. Using contemporary local newspaper accounts, author Kim Kenney tells the story of eight Stark County murders, unfolding the grisly details while honoring the lives cut short by violence.
Greeks of Stark County
Author: William H. Samonides
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738560786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the early 20th century, Stark County was one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation. The home of martyred president William McKinley had become a major industrial center, with alloy steel as the engine of growth for the booming local economy. To fill the ever-increasing demand for labor, waves of immigrants from Greece and Asia Minor settled in Canton and Massillon. Some sought economic opportunity; others were fleeing the Pontian Black Sea coast, where ethnic cleansing of Greeks accompanied the creation of the Turkish state. For the immigrant earning less than $3 a day, building a church meant making a commitment to a new life. In Canton, St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church was founded in 1913 and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in 1917. In Massillon, St. George Greek Orthodox Church was established in 1931. Churches and mutual aid organizations provided cohesiveness to the dynamic, often fractious, Greek community, which survived world wars, economic depression, and social discrimination and continues to flourish today.
Story County
Author: Derek Anderson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 43
ISBN-13: 0545168449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWelcome to Story County! Farmer, Dog, Pig, Chicken, and Miss Cow are eager to make a farm. And it's no ordinary farm. They paint the barn a rainbow of colors, plant crops of jelly beans and candy corn, fashion the prettiest scarecrow, and more, until presto!-the farm is complete. Or is it? New York Times bestselling illustrator Derek Anderson takes readers from white page to colorful farm in this charming tale of friendship (and teamwork), as five friends come together to create Story County-a special new home for young readers, where anything can happen!
Canton
Author: Kimberly A. Kenney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780738524511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWell known as the home of the National Football League's Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio sports a rich and diverse history reaching back much further than the founding of the NFL here in 1920. Home to President William McKinley and world-famous industries such as Hoover and Diebold, Canton was also once proudly hailed as the agricultural equipment capital of the world.
