A young family’s hopeful life in Tuscarawas County ended tragically at a rural railroad crossing near Strasburg, Ohio. Charles and Florence Corbett Swartzwelder, a young couple from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, arrived in Tuscarawas County, Ohio in 1921. Charles was born on September 2, 1897, in Pine Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the son of William JamesContinue reading “A Family Lost: The Swartzwelder Tragedy of 1923”
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January 12, 1913: The Night Dover Held Its Breath
Four well-liked young men, a flooded bridge, and a night that nearly claimed their futures forever. It was cold and rainy Sunday afternoon, January 12, 1913 when four friends decided to travel from Dover to visit Mineral City’s newspaper office. It was a trip the group – made up of Perry Floyd Bixler (1895-1972), linotypeContinue reading “January 12, 1913: The Night Dover Held Its Breath”
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