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Tragedy at McCann’s Crossing
Frank Train had grown wearly of traveling with the Walter L. Main Monster Show, based in Geneva City and Trumbull Township.
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Geneva’s ‘Main’ attraction
Elephants, tigers, lions and horses.
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Railroad, disaster birthed hospital
The Great Lakes shipping industry in the mid-1800s was fraught with losses of both human life and property.
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Locomotive overboard!
In the history of railroading in Northeast Ohio, it was a matter of poetic justice paid forward.
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Was Effie Neely on the Pacific Express No. 5?
Was Effie Neely the last survivor of the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster when she died in 1960 at the age of 101?
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Ashtabula Horror left many interesting crumbs on history’s table
Over the past century, many stories relating to the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster, Dec. 29, 1876, have emerged. Here is a sampling of these tales as we wrap up the first 65 years of Ashtabula County history in our Odd Tales series.
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The Ashtabula Horror
One hundred thirty-five years after the Ashtabula Horror occurred, the facts of the event are well established, yet mists of mystery and stains of shame remain.
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A trial run for death
John D. Rockefeller had never missed a train until Dec. 18, 1867.
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Success born of grief
Grief is a stalker. It lurks in every idle moment, in every familiar corner, always ready to pierce the heart bruised by loss.
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Q.F. Atkins: Man of many talents, hardships
Quintus Flaminius Atkins.
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