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The Great Railroad Strike in Ohio 1877
Adults
Saturday, October 10
11:00am - 12:00pm
Olmsted Falls Branch
Meeting Room A & B (54)Step into some local history and discover the turmoil of the Panic of 1873 and its impact on railroad workers
An economic depression starting with the Panic of 1873 made life for railroad workers go from poor to intolerable. By July 1877 they could take it no more—and so began the Great Railroad Strike. It’s a story that includes Sandusky native Jay Cooke, a moral panic over the thousands of men who took to the road looking for work who were labeled “tramps,” and greedy railroad executives.
Book signing and sales to follow.
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Olmsted Falls Branch
For 15 years until 1955, the Olmsted Falls Branch was located in Town Hall and shared a room with the Village Council in the Police Department. After later operating out of a 3,100-square-foot frame cottage donated by the Olmsted Community Church, the library moved to a site provided by the city and designed specifically for library use. Today, the branch offers a full-service drive-up window, community meeting space and cozy reading areas.