OUR HISTORY BLOG – We post a variety of unique stories here.
Kelley’s Island’s Greatest Industry – the Kelley’s Island Lime & Transport Co. LOOKING BACK – May 1925 – From the Erie Echo (a small newspaper that was published for all the schools in Erie Co.), the column was called Kelleys Island Ramblings.
KELLEYS ISLAND’S NEW HISTORY MUSEUM OFFICIALLY OPENS JUNE 26, 2010
DECORATION DAY (now MEMORIAL DAY) – 1870 & TODAY
JAMES ESTES & THE KELLEYS ISLAND SCHOOL
THE ISLAND’S OLDEST INHABITANT – JACOB HAYES DIES
OCTOBER 1867 – OPERATING A SALOON & SELLING INTOXICATING LIQUORS
THE FIRST BURIALS IN THE KELLEYS ISLAND CEMETERY
THE KELLEY’S ISLAND CEMETERY IS ESTABLISHED
LIFE IN THE WINTER ON KELLEYS ISLAND – PART 1, TRAVEL OVER THE ICE IN 1874
LIFE IN THE WINTER ON KELLEYS ISLAND – PART 2 – WINTER AMUSEMENTS
VALENTINE’S DAY ON KELLEYS ISLAND IN THE 1860s
SCHOOL YEARBOOKS – KELLEYS ISLAND STYLE
1952 THE COAST GUARD DELIVERS 254 BARRELS OF FUEL OIL TO THE ISLAND IN MERCY MISSION
A HISTORY OF THE KELLEY’S ISLAND LIME & TRANSPORT CO.
JANUARY 1951 TRUCK FALLS THROUGH ICE – 3 ESCAPE
JEAN ICSMAN MARRIES JOHN LANGE
CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR-1861 & A WEDDING
THE OTHER INSCRIPTION ROCK ON KELLEYS ISLAND
A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS – 1868 ON KELLEYS ISLAND
1875 – THE ISLAND’S TELEGRAPH CABLE (PART 1) HOW IT CAME ABOUT
THE ISLAND’S TELEGRAPH Cable (part 2)
KELLEYS ISLAND AND THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC OF 1920
THAT STATUE OF MARY ON TITUS ROAD
THE N. SIDE QUARRY CRUSHER BUILDING