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History Tours on the Sandpiper

Join Tedd Long aboard the Sandpiper on a two-hour historical cruise on the Maumee River on the first Wednesday of June, July, August, and...

Tedd Long

May 17
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Woodlawn Arts & Leisure Bonus Stops

This post includes information on several Arts & Leisure pioneers that were laid to rest in historic Woodlawn Cemetery and Arboretum....

Tedd Long

Apr 18
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HTH Selected as Top 25 Toledo Blog

The Holy Toledo History team is honored to be selected as one of the top 25 blogs in Toledo! We've been selected from hundreds of other...

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
1 min

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...

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