Our May 13th meeting began with member Robert Wilder introducing our guest speaker, Sharon Zonker. Her presentation included period costume clothing and an array of quilts depicting this era. “Women’s Suffrage – Right to Vote.” On Election Day in 1920, millions of American women exercised their right to vote for the first time. It took…
Category: History
The Big Engine That Could
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A real piece of history is not only displayed, but completely ready to handle guests.This summer has turned out to be quite eventful for the people living along the the Norfolk & Southern Railroad between Fort Wayne and Detroit. The Train route began in Allen Park, Michigan and made it’s way through northwest Ohio into…
History: George & Sarah Jordan
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By: Stan Jordan The above picture is taken from Mr. Ehrhart’s book, Antwerp’s 100 Years of Progress, published in 1941. That is my grandparents, George and Sarah Jordan. They were Antwerp’s oldest married couple at that time. Grandpa George J. Jordan was born in Harrisburg, PA August 22, 1859. His parents were Samuel and Hanna…
