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20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Toledo History Box

20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Category: Historical

Historical

Hasty House Farm

Toledo History Box, February 12, 2020October 25, 2020

Real estate mogul Allie Reuben found his fame nationally in horse racing as owner of the Toledo-based Hasty House Farm.

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Gone But Not Forgotten

Woodward High’s “Gus” Benjamin

Toledo History Box, February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

“Gus” Benjamin was a fixture at Woodward, and its sporting events, for four decades.

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Historical

Washington Twp. tries to incorporate

Toledo History Box, January 29, 2020February 12, 2020

Washington Twp. is an afterthought now, but at one time it made up most of West and North Toledo.

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Historical

The 1977 natural gas shortage

Toledo History Box, December 20, 2018January 28, 2019

An stretch of exceptionally cold weather and low supplies of natural gas made the winter of 1976-77 one to remember.

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Disasters

The Maumee Chemical Co. Explosion

Toledo History Box, August 8, 2018August 8, 2018

A huge explosion at the Maumee Chemical Co. in 1962 killed ten and injured 46 and was felt all over East Toledo.

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Buildings

Miracle Mile

Toledo History Box, June 13, 2018June 17, 2018

One of Toledo’s first suburban shopping centers, Miracle Mile survives to this day.

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Civic Pride

Toledo Express Airport opens

Toledo History Box, January 3, 2018December 13, 2018

Toledo Express Airport, which has never lived up to expectations, opened with fanfare in 1954.

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