Civil War Soldiers from Hudson, Ohio
Civil War Soldiers from Hudson, Ohio
Civil War Soldiers from Hudson, Ohio
The story of the old Christ Church Episcopal building, now lost to time
The April 28, 1892 fire devastated Hudson’s business district and reshaped the city’s architecture.
Founder of Hudson, Ohio
Early Hudson Architecture and Business Venture
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) stopped in Hudson on his way to Washington, D.C. for his Presidential inauguration in 1861
The origins of a library in Hudson date back to the town’s earliest days
Amid World War I, Hudson naturalist Raymond Rush made an unusual yet crucial contribution to the government’s poison gas research: snails.
World War I veteran and war correspondent
Known as “the farmer’s railway,” plank roads were touted as a way for farmers to move their goods more easily.
Final resting place for many early Hudson settlers
Early Photographer of Hudson
Oil paintings of David and Mary Robinson Hudson by artist James Henry Beard
The Civil War came upon Hudson in the as much as it did in any city or town across America. Perhaps feelings were even stronger here owing to Hudson’s role in the anti-slavery movement.
Landmark on the Green
Writer and journalist
Advocate for Women
First Doctor in the Western Reserve
A once-thriving farm community between Stow and Hudson on Ohio Route 91
A short history of the town
Tusk that belonged to renowned polar explorer and Hudson resident Lincoln Ellsworth
One of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the region, known as “The Yale of the West”
Hudson, once called the “citadel of abolitionism,” was an active stop on the Underground Railroad and the childhood home of abolitionist John Brown
Founder of the Hudson Library & Historical Society
Saddlebags belonging to the first doctor in the Western Reserve
Teacher, Lawyer, Author
Sixty-two men from Hudson, Ohio, served in the War of 1812.
One of the oldest surviving maps of the town
The Hudson Civil Defense Committee was formed as part of a broader United States effort to coordinate state and federal measures for the protection of civilians in case of war or emergency
Embezzlement scandal forces the Produce Exchange Bank of Cleveland to close
One of the oldest observatories in North America.
Airport once located in southern Hudson Township
Pioneer in Maple Syrup Production
Pioneer in cosmic ray research
Benefactor who revitalized Hudson in the early 20th century.
Polar Explorer
Civil War veteran
Hudson celebrates its founding and future
Grand-daughter of town founder David Hudson
Hudson adopts the Dutch town of Wester-Souburg