Formed in 1988, WiM-Ohio’s stated purpose was to “educate members and the public about the mineral resource industry”.
Recently, I’ve been working with a lot of postcards in the Archives & Library. I’ve come across two particular stories that I enjoyed, and I thought they would be worth sharing.
In the fall of 1937, Betty Eicher was enrolled at Ohio State University in a course called English 507. Betty was doing a lot of creative writing. Check out one of her stories!
One of my all-time favorite collections at the Ohio History Connection has been the papers of the Vanguard League.
In 1873 and 1874, American women began a crusade of temperance. Ohio played a large role in this protest of national significance.
On October 1, 1920, Ohio women walked to Senator Warren G. Harding's front door to hear him speak so that they could carefully decide who to elect with their very first ballots.
Ohio aviator flies around world in 29 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds.
