The Souburg Bell / Souburg Floods
Hudson adopts the Dutch town of Wester-Souburg
Hudson Defense Committee
December 1941-August 15, 1945
Abraham Lincoln visits Hudson
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) stopped in Hudson on his way to Washington, D.C. for his Presidential inauguration in 1861. The President-Elect’s whistlestop tour from Springfield to Washington, D.C. included over 90 stops in towns throughout Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. While Lincoln’s stop in Hudson on February 15, 1861, lasted no longer than three minutes, a local newspaper […]
The Bank Failure of 1904
Embezzlement scandal forces the Produce Exchange Bank of Cleveland to close
Hudson in the Civil War
The American Civil War came upon Hudson in the 1860s 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, through Western Reserve College, the Underground Railroad and strong abolitionist sentiments. Hudson’s John Brown led the raid on the […]
History of Hudson
A Brief History of Hudson, Ohio
Hudson’s First Home Day
Coming Home to Hudson
Hudson’s Great Fire of 1892
On April 28, 1892, a cataclysmic fire destroyed most of Hudson’s business district and marked the beginning of one of the most important architectural shifts in the history of Hudson
The Anti-Slavery Movement & the Underground Railroad in Hudson
Hudson, once called the “citadel of abolitionism,” was an active stop on the Underground Railroad and was the childhood home of abolitionist John Brown.
Hudson in the War of 1812
The War of 1812, often called America’s “second war of independence,” was fought between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 until 1815. On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain citing a multitude of grievances including trade restrictions that Great Britain tried to enforce on the United States, Great […]