These writings are excerpts from the memoirs of Alice Coffin Arnold.  Her family lived on Bayshore Road across from today’s causeway to...

Port Clinton has a reputation as a great tourist area due to its location on Lake Erie’s shores, but at one time in our history its...

After the first owner of Johnson’s Island, Epaphras Bull died in 1812, the 300-acre island was still known as Bull’s Island until the...

One of the loveliest historic buildings in Port Clinton, the Island House has had many lives. The first Island House was located at the...

The Story of Johnson’s Island-Part I Johnson’s Island is the only island in Sandusky Bay. Today it is part the Village of Marblehead in...

A multitude of illustrious figures, industrious individuals of great integrity and heart, are to be credited with building Port Clinton....

Automobiles The Marblehead Peninsula is a place that is geographically challenged.  In most towns, if you want to drive a car north,...

Port Clinton boasts a large number of community clubs, private and public. One of the lesser-known clubs has a unique membership...

AIRPLANES Part 3 A previous article Airplanes #1, featured the story of the Marblehead Airport that was located off Alexander Pike, and...

This month, instead of presenting a bit of Port Clinton’s history, I’ve agreed to a request that I provide some insight into how I...