There will be a special City Commission meeting on Wednesday, August 4, beginning at p. The Commissioners plan to discuss legislation pertaining to issues to be placed on the November General Election ballot. We ask that comments be received by 12PM on the day of the meeting. The City of Sandusky is kicking off the national "Click It or Ticket" seat belt enforcement mobilization.
Click It or Ticket isn't about citations; it's about saving lives. This event will be taking place May 24 - June 6, Due to the COVID pandemic and related safety protocols, all public meetings up to now have been conducted virtually. For more information about City Commission meetings and other boards and commissions of the City of Sandusky, visit www. This measure was approved in , and additional information can be found in Codified Ordinances Also effective January , all billing statements will be sent only to the property owner.
Tenants are still welcome to pay the bill. Payments are also accepted online for a fee , in-person in the city hall lobby or by mailing the payment to the City of Sandusky at Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio Payments can also be dropped in the drop box located curbside at the corner of Columbus Avenue and E. Washington Row. The city prioritized this funding to provide additional public waterfront access. A less accepted theory is that the that the city was named after a Polish fur trader by the name of Antoni Sadowski or Jacob Sodowsky.
Prior to the Europeans arriving, Native Americans inhabiting the area included the Erie, which were regular inhabitants of the local islands as well as almost all of the southern shores of the lake.
In the mid s, the Iroquois conducted a genocide against the Erie and their culture was completely eradicated from the area. The Iroquois moved into the area and they became known as the Seneca in this area. Over the next century, the land was occupied periodically by several different Native American groups but none that lasted for long. In the mid s the French built a small fort on the northwest side of Sandusky Bay near where Port Clinton is located and they called it Fort Sandoski.
Several years later the British built a fort they called Fort Sandusky and it was located on the southeastern side of the bay at about where Fremont Ave and Venice Road intersect. After the War of was over, settlers began moving into the area. The Greater Sandusky area provided a safe haven and a new start for Connecticut victims of the Revolutionary War that lost their homes and businesses during that war.
Prior to the Revolution, most of the colonies along the east coast laid claim to lands all the way to the Mississippi River without any idea of how large that land claim entailed. After the war, most of those colonies gave up on those claims, except for Connecticut and Virginia. Connecticut wanted a narrow strip of land known as the Western Reserve. A portion of that reserve was set aside specifically for Connecticut homeowners who lost everything to the British soldiers occupying and later burning their towns to the ground.
Some folks rebuilt their homes, but others decided to take advantage of increasing their land holdings in the new Ohio Territory and start over. This narrow strip of land became known as the "Firelands.
Sandusky was the largest ice producer west of New York City during the latter half of the 19th century. Noted for its solid, "crystal blue, clear as glass" ice, the city became known as the "Ice Capital of the Great Lakes. Sanduskians retrieved about , tons of ice each winter. The greater portion of the harvest was stored in some 50 sheds that dotted Lake Erie's shoreline. Sandusky provided most of Ohio's cities with ice. According to the local paper, Sandusky's "crystal quality put the murky, sewer-tainted" Cleveland ice to shame.
Most of the ice was shipped across the lake as needed from a string of icehouses located on Put-In-Bay's Peach Point. But ice dealers from distant cities as far away as St.
Louis took advantage of the cold weather and shipped their ice by rail immediately. As many as ice-laden cars departed Sandusky each day during the season. For years Sandusky had a thriving commercial fishing industry that specialized in perch.
Although the large fish houses have long gone from the area, even today, Sandusky is the center of recreational fishing.
Located in the former Sandusky post office, which architecturally, is a perfect spot for the Merry-Go-Round Museum. Visitors of all ages can enjoy a fun and relaxed atmosphere while touring the Merry-Go-Round Museum, where you'll learn about the history and art of the carousel.
Hear an authentic "oom pa pa" band organ playing that you won't believe isn't amplified. Plus, you'll see a wide assortment of the "painted ponies" on display and get to ride on one of only about original wooden carousels left in the country. The Maritime Museum of Sandusky contains exhibits on shipwrecks, navigation, Sandusky's boats of the Underground Railroad, plus recreational boating, passenger boats, and boat building.
The museum also includes commercial fishing, commercial shipping, ice harvesting, and Cedar Point's maritime history, plus a few other odds and ends. Throughout the year the museum offers several programs including the Wood Boat School that teaches boat-building and boat restoration. The museum is located at Meigs Street across from the battery in downtown Sandusky. The Follett House Museum is home to an interesting collection of local history that documents Sandusky and Erie County from its earliest days up through the present.
Housed in a magnificently preserved s limestone building that was once the home of Oran Follett who, was once the publisher of the Columbus Journal. Oran also published the famous Lincoln-Douglas debate transcripts. The museum is operated by the Sandusky Library and includes displays from the War of , historical paintings, maps, photographs, dresses, and some most unusual household gadgets.
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