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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCZ_united-rubber-workers-international-union_Akron-OH.html
In downtown Akron at the Portage Hotel, 12 September 1935, a national convention of rubber workers met and organized the United Rubber Workers of America. Convention delegates elected Sherman Dalrymple president and dedicated the URW international…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCU_site-of-sojourner-truths-speech-on-womens-rights_Akron-OH.html
On this site on May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth, a former slave, gave her world famous "And Ain't I a Woman?" speech, recalling the hardships she had endured. Active in both the Abolitionist and Women's Rights Movements, she electrified an audience …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAH_1936-akron-rubber-strike_Akron-OH.html
Five Depression-era strikes against many of Akron's rubber companies culminated in a giant "sit-down" strike against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the industry's leader, in February and March of 1936. The fledgling United Rubber Workers (URW),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT91_howard-street-district_Akron-OH.html
Side A:The center of African-American culture in Akron during the mid-20th century, Howard Street was home to many of the city's black-owned business and entertainment establishments, and provided an atmosphere in which minority-owned businesses c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8Q_glendale-steps_Akron-OH.html
Built over a two-year period, from 1936-1937, by the Federal Works Progress Administration, the Glendale Steps survive as a monument to the work of stone craftsmen during the Great Depression. Spanning a 200-foot slope, the purpose of the Glendale…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8M_portage-path_Akron-OH.html
You are standing on the famous portage, carrying-place between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. The two streams and the portage across the watershed formed an early route between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. First the Indians, then French and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8B_astronaut-judith-resnik_Akron-OH.html
"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future and we'll continue to follow..."President Ronald Reagan
As the second American woman in space, Judith Resnik (1949-1986)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT7L_treaty-of-fort-mcintosh-boundary-line_Akron-OH.html
In 1785, American Indian tribal leaders from the Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa, and Wyandot met with representatives sent by the United States Congress to sign the controversial Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The treaty surrendered control of Native Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT7I_the-gate-lodge-stan-hywet-hall-gardens_Akron-OH.html
Side A: The Gate Lodge, Stan Hywet Hall & GardensCompleted in 1915, the Gate Lodge is one of several service buildings located at Stan Hywet Hall dedicated to the operations of the estate. Located at the front entrance gates, this two-story Tudor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT7H_stan-hywet-hall_Akron-OH.html
The former "country estate" of the Frank A. Seiberling family, Stan Hywet Hall is one of the finest examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. "F.A." Seiberling (1859-1955) co-founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1898 an…