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f- r· V · . . .�.. ? c- r: Michaels, Larry Po East side story #29011091 LOCALHtSTORY .-°r 2' 1993 East Side Story * --- * PEOPLE AND PLACES IN THE HISTORY OF EAST TOLEDO * --- * --- * --- * Larry R. Michaels Bihl House Publishing Toledo, Ohio 1993 The author gratefully acknowleges the encouragement of Scott Carpenter of THE PRESS NEWSPAPERS, which includes the METRO, SUBURBAN, and PRIMETIME, and also of Lee Raizk and BEND OF THE RIVER MAGAZINE. Many sections of this book first appeared in these publications. Copyright @ 1993 by Larry R. Michaels FIRST EDITION Published September 1st in an edition of 200 hard cover and 800 soft cover copies. Fifty hard cover copies have been numbered and signed. Printed and bound by Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, MI. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. For ordering information address Bihl House Publishing Company, 2623 Latonia Blvd. , Toledo, Ohio 43606. ISBN 1-883829-11-9 ISBN 1-883829-12-7 (pbk) This book is dedicated to JEFF EVERSMAN and in memory of CAL o. GETTINGS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION page 1 AN OVERVIEW Highlights of East Side ..• history from Peter Navarre to the present time. CHAPTER 1 page 9 IN THE BEGINNING East Side Indian fort, .•• Chief Tecumseh, Victoria Cadaract, Peter Navarre and the War of 1812. CHAPTER 2 page 21 TAMING THE WILDERNESS... Wild animals on the East Side, Elizabeth Navarre, Pioneers honored at Toledo's Centennial, Pioneers of Oregon Township, Pioneers of Rossford, Elijah Woodruff, the Cholera Epidemic of 1854. CHAPTER 3 page 41 A TIME OF TRANSITION A Civil War Raider, ... the Ford Post, G.A.R., Ford Post history, Last East Side Civil War veteran. CHAPTER 4 page 51 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Toledo's 1st ... bridge, Harvey Platt's proposed Y-bridge, History of Main Street, Louis Montville, East Side street names, Birmingham's early history, Oil boom, East Toledo in 1900. CHAPTER 5 page 75 SHOPPING DAYS The Weber Block, Family ••• businesses, Henry Thibodeau, Peerless Laundry, Ohio Brick, Andes Tire & Rubber, 1906 Directory, 1936 Advertisements, Christmas shopping, E.J. Smith's Food Fair. CHAPTER 6 page 105 DAYS OFF Presque Isle, Prentice Park, •.. Navarre Park, Pearson Park. CHAPTER 7 page 115 GEMS OF THE COMMUNITY East Side churches, ••• Two Methodist Centennials, A church with East Side roots, History of Franklin School, First business classes, Waite in the 1920s, Athletics at Waite. CHAPTER 8 page 137 EAST SIDERS... Prominent East Siders 50 years ago, Daniel and Stillman Brown, John Craig, Ward's Canal, Charles Mensing, Bicycling record, William Tucker, D.H. James, Mark Winchester, Gamblers and La Tabernilla, First funeral home, George Parks, James Clegg saved lives, Berry-Pickers Club, The Snowball Club, Famous Wedding Anniversary, Author Dale Fife, George Pearson. CHAPTER 9 page 181 EAST SIDE, EAST SIDE, ALL AROUNG THE TOWN ... East Side architecture, Some neighborhood theaters, History of the Family Center, Postal Station A, East Side Hospital, East Side Police Station, The East Side Sun, Locke Library, End of the streetcar era, The East Shall Rise Again. 1878