25 Top Historical Events in Alliance History

Below is a series of blog posts on 25 top historical events in Alliance. For your convenience, here is a list of all 25 with links to the original posts. For more Alliance history stories and information, refer to A Short History of Alliance, Ohio.

 

    1. The Alliance (crossing) of the railroads
    2. Taylorcraft Supports the WWII Effort with Planes for England
    3. Morgan Engineering Invents the Traveling Overhead Crane
    4. Red Cross Canteen Serves Troops Passing Through Town
    5. Alliance Ware Revolutionizes Bathtubs and Sinks
    6. The Opera House Collapse
    7. Brick Industry “Shapes” Alliance
    8. Gertrude Kay and Brinton Turkle Delight Children with Their Illustrations
    9. New Guinea Black Colony
    10. Haines Family Helps Enslaved People Move Along the Underground Railroad
    11. The Great Squirrel Hunt of 1832
    12. The Village of Mt. Union
    13. Famous Visitors – Lincoln, Chase, and McKinley
    14. The McCaskey Register Company Revolutionized the Way Shopkeepers Handled the Accounts of Their Customers
    15. Buckeye Jack Company Produces Jacks for the Growing Auto Industry and Railroads
    16. Curvis Rhyne
    17. The Olive Poisoning Kills Seven
    18. Mabel Hartzell Helps to Shape the Community
    19. Levi Lamborn and the Scarlet Carnation
    20. Clarence J. “Bill” Rodman Becomes a Generous Benefactor to the City
    21. Glamorgan Castle, Col. Morgan’s Home
    22. Alliance City Schools Adopt the Aviators as Their Mascot After Charles Lindbergh Flies over the City
    23. Dedication of Williamsport Marker
    24. Main Street Caboose and the Lake Erie, Alliance, and Wheeling Railroad
    25. Goat Hill Neighborhood