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25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – New Guinea

by hist-ad-min | Apr 6, 2020 | Historic facts

#9. New Guinea Black Colony Around 1805, a colony of black people was located in Lexington township, one mile east of Williamsport, on the north side of the Mahoning River. This settlement comprised about two hundred people, and was made up chiefly of fugitives and...
25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Gertrude Kay and Brinton Turkle

25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Gertrude Kay and Brinton Turkle

by hist-ad-min | Apr 5, 2020 | Historic facts

#8. Gertrude Kay and Brinton Turkle Delight Children with Their Illustrations Gertrude Kay produced covers and story illustrations for Ladies’ Home Journal and other magazines from around 1908 through the 1920s. During this time she illustrated children’s...
25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Brick Industry

25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Brick Industry

by hist-ad-min | Apr 4, 2020 | Historic facts

#7. Brick Industry “Shapes” Alliance Brickmaking began in Alliance during the 1860s with Josiah Rosenberry who took his clay from the ponds that are now on the Glamorgan estate. As early as 1907, James Wilcox’s Alliance Clay Products Company was turning...
25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Opera House Collapse

25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Opera House Collapse

by hist-ad-min | Apr 3, 2020 | Historic facts

#6. The Opera House Collapse The Alliance Opera House was built in 1867-68 at a cost of $75,000. There were doubts to its safety and arrangements were in progress to put it in a secure condition when it was inspected by J. T. Weybrecht the morning of June 2, 1886. He...
25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Alliance Ware

25 Top Historical Events in Alliance – Alliance Ware

by hist-ad-min | Apr 2, 2020 | Historic facts

#5. Alliance Ware Revolutionizes Bathtubs and Sinks In 1934, Alliance Porcelain Products Company was newly organized by Clarence J. (CJ) Rodman, who purchased 33 of the 35 acres of the Buckeye Jack property, including all the buildings except the original bolt factory...

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