The Cincinnati Subway and When Cleveland Had a Subway

Singer, Allen J.  The Cincinnati Subway: The History of Rapid Transit. Charleston, SC; Arcadia Publishing, 2003. Toman, James A, Bruce E. Young, James R. Spangler, Blaine S. Hays.  When Cleveland Had a Subway. Cleveland; Cleveland Landmark Press, 1999. I would like to think this review is a guide to all you need to know about [...]

Dividing Lines

Mould, David H. Dividing Lines: Canals, Railroads and Urban Rivalry in Ohio’s Hocking Valley, 1825-1850.  Dayton, Ohio; Wrights State University Press, 1992. What more could someone want than a book about canals, railroads, and urban history?  If you could not think of anything, then Dividing Lines is for you.  Mould’s history of the Hocking Valley [...]

Island Heritage

Ligibel, Ted and Richard Wrights. Island Heritage: A Guided Tour to Lake Erie’s Bass Island. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1987. In my ongoing quest to find books on the Lake Erie Islands, Island Heritage is a worthwhile relic. It is dated now, but still worth a look to history/architecture seekers. Ligibel and Wright [...]

Invisible Giants

Harwood, Herbert H. Jr., Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland’s Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington, Indiana; Indiana University Press, 2003. I walked into Invisible Giants knowing very little about the Van Sweringens (Oris Paxton and Mantis James). I picked up this book because I wanted to learn about the history of Shaker Heights. Little did I [...]

A History and Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio

Buettner, Michael G. A History and Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio.  Fourth Edition.  Lima, Ohio; [M.G. Buettner], 1998. I came across this guide when searching for National Road/ U.S. 40 books related to Ohio [more on this in some future posting] in the CLEVNET catalog.  The joys of subject searches. Originally conceived [...]

Cleveland Heights and Rail Depots of Northwest Ohio

Morton, Marian J. Cleveland Heights: The Making of an Urban Suburb. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. Camp, Mark J. Railroad Depots of Northeast Ohio. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. You have seen them at your library or bookstore when looking for books about local history. Inevitably, you will come across a professionally put together title [...]