Second oldest Historical Society in Ohio, Since July 17, 1838
Second oldest Historical Society in Ohio, Since July 17, 1838
ACHS Annual Meeting
October 27, 2019
ACHS Annual Meeting
October 27, 2019
Was held this year at the
Was held this year at the
A way for our visitors to help ACHS
A way for our visitors to help ACHS
Since many of our pages here have been the same for many years we have decided to ask our visitors to help with any stories or other information about the history (NOT genealogy please) of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Please make sure that anything you wish to send us is about something more than 100 years old, particularly from the 1800's or before.
This has already happened, since a visitor living in Rome Township emailed me to say that his mother (or grandmother?) had written a book about the ownship she lives in and is s proud of. This was put into the Rome Township age as soon as it was ready. I'd be glad to get any other articles about YOUR township, village oor city to consideer!Please click HERE to email us any different information you have have. It may take some time for us to review it and place it in the right place on the website. We will be glad to notify contributors when their item(s) are published to the ACHS website, and which page it is on.
Thank you,
Ted Quick
ACHS Webmaster
Since many of our pages here have been the same for many years we have decided to ask our visitors to help with any stories or other information about the history (NOT genealogy please) of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Please make sure that anything you wish to send us is about something more than 100 years old, particularly from the 1800's or before.
This has already happened, since a visitor living in Rome Township emailed me to say that his mother (or grandmother?) had written a book about the ownship she lives in and is s proud of. This was put into the Rome Township age as soon as it was ready. I'd be glad to get any other articles about YOUR township, village oor city to consideer!Please click HERE to email us any different information you have have. It may take some time for us to review it and place it in the right place on the website. We will be glad to notify contributors when their item(s) are published to the ACHS website, and which page it is on.
Thank you,
Ted Quick
ACHS Webmaster
Ashtabula County History Book
Ashtabula County History Book
​We were given a PDF file of scans made of the book "History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, by Williams, W. W." (printed in 1878) by our friends at the Platt R Spencer Historical Society in Geneva. This has been redone so that it is possible to do word searches on your computer, phone or tablet. That will help people find just the exact thing they are looking for in Ashtabula County history between it's founding and 1878.Please understand that this is a HUGE PDF file, since it contains 415 pages, so downloading it will take a fairly long time. Please click HERE to download it.Most computers now have PDF readers on them, which may be built into your Chrome, Firefox or Edge browser. If not you can download a free Adobe Acrobat Reader program from
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Once you have it there you can search for any word or phrase by holding down the CTRL key and hitting the F key to Find what you need. You may get any number of items which you can then scroll through until you find what you need. You can also use Ctrl C to copy them to use in an editor to collect all that you want. Once there use Ctrl V to place them where needed.
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​We were given a PDF file of scans made of the book "History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, by Williams, W. W." (printed in 1878) by our friends at the Platt R Spencer Historical Society in Geneva. This has been redone so that it is possible to do word searches on your computer, phone or tablet. That will help people find just the exact thing they are looking for in Ashtabula County history between it's founding and 1878.Please understand that this is a HUGE PDF file, since it contains 415 pages, so downloading it will take a fairly long time. Please click HERE to download it.Most computers now have PDF readers on them, which may be built into your Chrome, Firefox or Edge browser. If not you can download a free Adobe Acrobat Reader program from
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Once you have it there you can search for any word or phrase by holding down the CTRL key and hitting the F key to Find what you need. You may get any number of items which you can then scroll through until you find what you need. You can also use Ctrl C to copy them to use in an editor to collect all that you want. Once there use Ctrl V to place them where needed.
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There was a very interesting presentation about the Bliss Railroad Disaster of 1876. Our speaker was Barbara Hamilton. She did extensive research for her chapter at the Walter Jack Library at the Jennie Munger Museum. She is a wonderful speaker and never at a loss for something interesting to say. Her long articles every week in the Gazette newspapers are wonderful reading. She has done amazing articles about Len Brown and the documentary film of the train disaster of 1876. She is still working on the subject to create a video.
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A lot of work has gone into making a video about the train crash, which is expected to be completed next year. This is sponsored by WQLN, the Erie, PA PBS TV station. They will show the completed film next year in the fall, planned for Late September. After that it will be released to WVIZ in Cleveland.
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Plans are being made to ask for volunteers to go to Strasburg, PA as extras who will act as passengers in the train before the crash. NO collision involved, that will be computer generated following the scenes with volunteers. There is no pay for this, but volunteers will be taken there is a free provided bus, have meals paid for and overnight lodging there. Depending on how it goes this should be completed in 1 or 2 days, but time will tell. There is a website where further details will appear as they become available.
There is a Youtube report about
Engineering Tragedy:The Ashtabula Train Disaster​->
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There is a Facebook group for the film making
Engineering Tragedy:The Ashtabula Train Disaster​ ->
There was a very interesting presentation about the Bliss Railroad Disaster of 1876. Our speaker was Barbara Hamilton. She did extensive research for her chapter at the Walter Jack Library at the Jennie Munger Museum. She is a wonderful speaker and never at a loss for something interesting to say. Her long articles every week in the Gazette newspapers are wonderful reading. She has done amazing articles about Len Brown and the documentary film of the train disaster of 1876. She is still working on the subject to create a video.
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A lot of work has gone into making a video about the train crash, which is expected to be completed next year. This is sponsored by WQLN, the Erie, PA PBS TV station. They will show the completed film next year in the fall, planned for Late September. After that it will be released to WVIZ in Cleveland.
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Plans are being made to ask for volunteers to go to Strasburg, PA as extras who will act as passengers in the train before the crash. NO collision involved, that will be computer generated following the scenes with volunteers. There is no pay for this, but volunteers will be taken there is a free provided bus, have meals paid for and overnight lodging there. Depending on how it goes this should be completed in 1 or 2 days, but time will tell. There is a website where further details will appear as they become available.
There is a Youtube report about
Engineering Tragedy:The Ashtabula Train Disaster​->
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There is a Facebook group for the film making
Engineering Tragedy:The Ashtabula Train Disaster​ ->
Become a member and support local history
Become a member and support local history
Join the society and become a member of the team of volunteers and history lovers who are helping us save the stories and historic properties of Ohio's largest county. Memberships start at just $18 a year for individuals. They make great gifts and members receive our newsletters. The form can be downloaded and mailed, along with payment, to:
Ashtabula County Historical Society
P.O. Box 36
Jefferson, Ohio 44047
Phone number: 440-466-7337
Join the society and become a member of the team of volunteers and history lovers who are helping us save the stories and historic properties of Ohio's largest county. Memberships start at just $18 a year for individuals. They make great gifts and members receive our newsletters. The form can be downloaded and mailed, along with payment, to:
Ashtabula County Historical Society
P.O. Box 36
Jefferson, Ohio 44047
Phone number: 440-466-7337
Bliss and Tragedy Books now available again
On a bitter cold night in late December, 1876, a passenger train fell into the Ashtabula River gulf, killing nearly 100 passengers and crew and injuring dozens more. It was the worst American rail disaster up to that time.
The second printing of the book "Bliss and Tragedy, The Ashtabula Railway Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P.Bliss" tells the story of this tragedy through a series of essays. The book is edited by the late Dr. Thomas Corts. Cost of this soft cover book (second edition) is $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
Purchase in the gift shop of The Lodge and Conference Center at GOTL, pick up at the Jennie Munger Gregory Memorial Museum in GOTL or send a check to: ACHS
P.O. box 36,
Jefferson, OH 44047
Bliss and Tragedy Books now available again
On a bitter cold night in late December, 1876, a passenger train fell into the Ashtabula River gulf, killing nearly 100 passengers and crew and injuring dozens more. It was the worst American rail disaster up to that time.
The second printing of the book "Bliss and Tragedy, The Ashtabula Railway Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P.Bliss" tells the story of this tragedy through a series of essays. The book is edited by the late Dr. Thomas Corts. Cost of this soft cover book (second edition) is $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
Purchase in the gift shop of The Lodge and Conference Center at GOTL, pick up at the Jennie Munger Gregory Memorial Museum in GOTL or send a check to: ACHS
P.O. box 36,
Jefferson, OH 44047
ACHS Collection Management
ACHS Collection Management
Norma Waters
Norma Waters
Barrie Bottorf
Barrie Bottorf
Judy Pallutch
Judy Pallutch
Giddings Law Office
Giddings Law Office
Norma Waters (Chairman)
Norma Waters (Chairman)
Kari Roberts
Kari Roberts
Blakeslee Log Cabin
Blakeslee Log Cabin
Barrie Bottorf (Chairman)
Barrie Bottorf (Chairman)
Dan Hill
Dan Hill
Susan Hill
Susan Hill
Nominating Committee
Nominating Committee
Judy Pallutch (Chairman) ​
Judy Pallutch (Chairman) ​
Barrie Bottorf
Barrie Bottorf
Historical Home Research
Historical Home Research
John Johnson
John Johnson
Membership
Membership
Judy Pallutch
Judy Pallutch
Kari Roberts
Kari Roberts
​Newsletter/Marketing​
​Newsletter/Marketing​
Cameron Hartly
Cameron Hartly
ACHS Headquarters
ACHS Headquarters
Judy Pallutch (Chairman/Research)
Judy Pallutch (Chairman/Research)
Cameron Hartly
Cameron Hartly
Dan Hill
Dan Hill
Susan Hill
Susan Hill
John Hnath​
John Hnath​
Margie Millikan
Margie Millikan
Jennie Munger Gregory and
Jennie Munger Gregory and
Officers for the Ashtabula County Historical Society for 2020:
Susan Hill, President
David Lepard, Past President
Judy Pallutch, Vice President, Historian
Courtney Johnson, Secretary
Norma Waters, Treasurer
Museum Chairpersons:
Giddings law Office: Norma Waters
Blakeslee log Cabin: Barrie Bottorf
Jennie Munger Museum: Judy Pallutch
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Committee Chairmen
Membership/ Library Helper: Susan Hill
Events/Facebook: Courtney and John Johnson
Blakeslee: Barrie Bottorf , Allen Slater, Dan Hill
Jennie Munger: Judy Pallutch, Dan and
Susan Hill
UELN Partnership: Bob and Bonnie Thompson
Long Range Planning/Financial Stabilization: John Johnson, Susan Hill, Norma Waters
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Trustees:
Barrie Bottorf Courtney Johnson
​John Johnson Dan Hill
Susan Hill John Hnath
Dave Lepard Judy Pallutch
Allen Slater Bob Thompson
Norma Waters Keri Wetzel
Bob Thompson
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Trustees' meetings are now the third Tuesday of each month at
Jefferson Healthcare at 6pm.
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Email: ashcohs@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ashtcohs.com
​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashtcoh
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Officers for the Ashtabula County Historical Society for 2020:
Susan Hill, President
David Lepard, Past President
Judy Pallutch, Vice President, Historian
Courtney Johnson, Secretary
Norma Waters, Treasurer
Museum Chairpersons:
Giddings law Office: Norma Waters
Blakeslee log Cabin: Barrie Bottorf
Jennie Munger Museum: Judy Pallutch
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Committee Chairmen
Membership/ Library Helper: Susan Hill
Events/Facebook: Courtney and John Johnson
Blakeslee: Barrie Bottorf , Allen Slater, Dan Hill
Jennie Munger: Judy Pallutch, Dan and
Susan Hill
UELN Partnership: Bob and Bonnie Thompson
Long Range Planning/Financial Stabilization: John Johnson, Susan Hill, Norma Waters
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Trustees:
Barrie Bottorf Courtney Johnson
​John Johnson Dan Hill
Susan Hill John Hnath
Dave Lepard Judy Pallutch
Allen Slater Bob Thompson
Norma Waters Keri Wetzel
Bob Thompson
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Trustees' meetings are now the third Tuesday of each month at
Jefferson Healthcare at 6pm.
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Email: ashcohs@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ashtcohs.com
​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashtcoh
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Lenox Community Center
Lenox Community Center
