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Tedd Long

Feb 19
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Babe Ruth Homers at Swayne Field

For more than a century, Toledo baseball fans enjoyed exhibition contests that featured big league names and even bigger home runs. My...

Tedd Long

Feb 19
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Ironville

As early as the 1860s, there was an iron mill near Front and Millard. The Ironville community grew up with the steel mills and casting...

Tedd Long

Nov 18, 2022
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Your Boys Today...Your Citizens Tomorrow

Post War Film Provides a Terrific Trip Back in Time Camp Miakonda, the sixth oldest Boy Scout Camp in the United States, can trace its...

Tedd Long

Nov 5, 2022
2 min

Building a Custom Home in 1929

4028 Brookside | Ottawa Hills When Everett E. Taylor and his wife Hazel took part in the 1930 census, they proudly provided the address...

Tedd Long

Oct 30, 2022
3 min

How Serious is the UT-BGSU Rivalry?

Since the first game on October 3, 1919, the "Battle of I-75," also known as the "Black Swamp Showdown," has become a significant event...

Tedd Long

Jul 3, 2022
18 min

The Lowertown Traveler

A Handbook for Westbound Emigrants In the fall of 2021, entrepreneur and redeveloper Andrew Newby, the owner of Toledo Spirits and...

Tedd Long

Sep 19, 2021
2 min

The Secor House

The Last Riverview Mansion Along Summit Street in Vistula. Most Toledoans can tell you how to get to Secor Road, the Secor Hotel, or...

Tedd Long

Jul 5, 2021
5 min

Who's Your Daddy?

Meet Barney Roos—One of Many Jeep Daddies Some say that General George Marshall was the "Father of the Jeep" since he made the most noise...

Take a Guided Stroll of the Old West End

Tedd Long

Jun 4, 2021
2 min

Take a Guided Stroll of the Old West End

Walkers interested in a unique way to explore Toledo’s Old West End have a new high-tech option: a GPS-guided VoiceMap tour by Holy...

“History is not the past but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveler.”

Your Toledo Bucket List!

Local author and master storyteller Tedd Long’s unique appreciation for the city comes through on every page, and even longtime residents will find something new to do among his suggestions.

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