by hist-ad-min | Jun 16, 2020 | Events, Historic facts
#25. Goat Hill Neighborhood Located at the corner of Morgan Avenue and Garwood Street, a marker pays tribute to the many sports teams who played for the Goat Hill Athletic Club. The memorial reads, “Dedicated to an era of Goat Hill athletes, 1914-1927,” and lists John...
by hist-ad-min | Jun 15, 2020 | Events, Historic facts
#24. Main Street Caboose and the Lake Erie, Alliance, and Wheeling Railroad If you’ve visited Downtown Alliance, you may have wondered, “Why is there a caboose in the parking lot?” The caboose is a reminder of days gone by when the Lake Erie,...
by hist-ad-min | Sep 1, 2019 | Events
What Happened to the Other Guests?As we conclude our story of the Great Olive Poisoning of 1919, we return once again to the retelling of the story by William H. Morgan, who later became the President of Morgan Engineering in Alliance, Ohio. He wrote this history of...
by hist-ad-min | Aug 31, 2019 | Events, Uncategorized
Aftermath for the Morgan FamilyWe return to the final portions of the story as told by William H. Morgan, son of Col. Morgan, who was just 15 years old at the time of the dinner party.Aftermath.Mother [Annette Sharer Morgan] later admitted that she was very ill the...
by hist-ad-min | Aug 30, 2019 | Events
The Final VictimSaturday, August 30, 1919The final victim of the olive poisoning, Jessie Sanford, died. Reports on Mary Bates said that she was barely holding on.The headline of The Alliance Review now referred to the dinner party as the “death banquet”...
by hist-ad-min | Aug 29, 2019 | Events, Uncategorized
Funerals Are Held for the Dead Friday, August 29, 1919 The entry in William H. Morgan’s accounting of the Olive Poisoning for August 29 is very brief but relates how difficult a day it was: This was a difficult day. Uncle John and Aunt Kit Sharer were buried in...
