This Week In Toledo History
May 7 1813 - The first siege of Ft. Meigs concludes as American troops turn back the British troops and Indian warriors.
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May 7 1813 - The first siege of Ft. Meigs concludes as American troops turn back the British troops and Indian warriors.
May 8-14 May 8 1843 - The Wabash and Erie Canal Opens between Toledo and Fort Wayne Indiana. The first canal boat arrives in Toledo.
May 10 1890 - A newly rebuilt Put-in-Bay House on South Bass Island reopens on the site of the previous hotel that was leveled by flames. 1902 - A mob of mourners converges on Forest Cemetery as six of seven of the young people who lost their lives in a boating tragedy on the Maumee River are laid to rest. The Toledo Bee reports as many as 2,000 morbid curiosity seekers packed the city graveyard and trampled the sacred ground, picked flowers and gathered other "relics". The article stated they almost turned it into a circus atmosphere with laughing and disrespect. The Bee called the crowd "d...