Horace Greeley Yocum owned the building (photograph) which previously occupied this site. It housed Massillon Actual Business College, Kirchhofer's Drug Store, Linde's Ladies' Store and Wefler's Café. It was replaced in 1918 with the city's first . . . — — Map (db m214846) HM
As a member of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry that fought at the Battle of Sailor's Creek in Virginia on April 6, 1865, the last major battle of the Civil War, Private William Richardson was personally recommended by General Phillip Sheridan to . . . — — Map (db m62811) HM
During the Civil War in 1863, twenty-year-old Massillon farmer Robert Pinn enlisted in the 5th Regiment, Company 1, United States Colored Troops (USCT) at his first opportunity, saying "I was very eager to become a soldier, in order to prove by my . . . — — Map (db m61478) HM
The building which originally stood at this site was built by Mr. Minic in 1866. By the 1920s, when it was known as the Falke Block, it housed the Massillon Restaurant and the offices of Dr. L.E. Menuez and Dr. Seth Hattery. The N.O.T. & L. . . . — — Map (db m214845) HM
First Savings and Loan Co. was organized on March 28, 1888, as the Massillon Loan and Building Company of Massillon with capital stock of $2,000,000. The company was formed with two main objectives: "To provide a safe, convenient and profitable . . . — — Map (db m214831) HM
During the New Deal of the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) under the leadership of CIO president John L. Lewis. Following successful CIO strikes in the rubber and . . . — — Map (db m80719) HM
Bertha Martin founded the Young People's Christian Association (YPCA) in 1916 and later served as secretary of the YWCA until 1937.
The organization operated a restaurant on West Main Street (Lincoln Way West) at Canal Street (First Street . . . — — Map (db m80721) HM
From 1947 to 1956 Mark and Betty Lutz owned a diner called Mark's Dairy Bar on this site on historic Lincoln Highway. Mark's Dairy Bar was operated by Betty. She was quite the multi-tasker; preparing food, serving, washing dishes, socializing with . . . — — Map (db m164101) HM
In grateful tribute to the men and women who have preserved the freedom of this great nation
Dedicated to all veterans who have served our country — — Map (db m160852) WM
In memory of
those boys of Minerva who died
that we might live • World War II
[Names not listed]
In honor of
the men of Minerva who served
to defend freedom • Viet Nam
[Names not listed]
In honor of
the men of Minerva . . . — — Map (db m160485) WM
In honor of our Minerva heroes who offered the full measure of their services that the world might be made safe for Democracy Memorial Day May 30, 1920. — — Map (db m214691) WM
This house, built in 1853, was the boyhood of vacuum cleaner entrepreneur William Henry “Boss” Hoover (1849-1932), whose grandparents came to Stark County from Pennsylvania in 1827 and established a leather tanning business. “Boss” Hoover began . . . — — Map (db m67446) HM
On this location 11,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, there existed a large encampment of early Paleoindian hunters. They were the first inhabitants of Ohio. The 25-acre Nobles Pond archaeological site is one of the largest Clovis . . . — — Map (db m80727) HM
The Brothers of Christian Instruction founded Walsh University in 1958. It is named for Bishop Emmett M. Walsh, then leader of the Diocese of Youngstown. The order created the institution to provide a college-level education that developed . . . — — Map (db m225402) HM
This plaque is placed on this day during Paris bicentennial celebration in recognition of the contribution of all Armed Services Veterans from this Paris Area. — — Map (db m107518) WM
A soldier in Company A, 148th Infantry, 37th “Buckeye” Infantry Division. Cicchetti was part of the assault on the first important line of Japanese defense at South Manila, Luzon, Philippines on February 9, 1945. He died of wounds . . . — — Map (db m62686) HM
In grateful tribute to those men of Waynesburg who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
[Names not listed]
In honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of our country in past wars — — Map (db m160866) WM
