Mitch Woodbury
I’ve mentioned Mitch Woodbury more than once here without going into great detail about who he was, or what he did. So here goes.
I’ve mentioned Mitch Woodbury more than once here without going into great detail about who he was, or what he did. So here goes.
A mere three months after crossing the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh was still a hero to the entire nation. One August afternoon, Lindbergh flew over downtown Toledo and dropped off a message.
Insurance man John L. Parker was murdered at the Sylvania Golf Club’s 15th tee in 1933. The killer was eventually caught, but not after a bizarre turn of events.
Swimming in the Maumee River was but a minor chapter in the civic career of Ned Skeldon.
A Toledo and Western Railway interurban was broadsided by a Big Four train in February, 1908 when its driver disregarded signals to stop, killing eight and injuring sixteen others.
On a hot Saturday morning in June, 1930, eight Toledoans set out on a speedboat to attend an Elks picnic on Pelee Island and never made it.
At age 7, I wanted to know why Old Orchard was named Old Orchard. So I asked The Blade.