Tiffin

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Tiffin, Ohio, may be most well-known for a devastating flood but it is defined by so much more than tragedy.

The flood of 1913 is likely the reason people are familiar with Tiffin, Ohio. It took the lives of 19 people in a disaster that literally reshaped the city. However, the city is much more than that.

Tiffin—named after Ohio's first governor, Edward Tiffin—was first settled in 1817. The seat of Seneca County has been home to businesses of wide renown: Tiffin Glass, National Machinery, and Ballreich's Potato Chips, among others. Tiffin's institutions of higher learning, Heidelberg and Tiffin Universities, and its strong public and parochial school systems reflect a deep commitment to education among the city's residents. Historic figures like Charles Dickens and Thomas Edison, as well as local luminaries such as Josiah Hedges and Gen. William Harvey Gibson, have played a part in forging Tiffin's history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467113526
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/23/2015
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.84(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Tiffin native Keith Elchert, in conjunction with his wife, Laura Weston-Elchert (who grew up in Marion, Ohio), partnered with the Seneca County Historical Society to produce this book. The compilation of images was amassed by combing the Seneca County Museum's extensive photographic archives in addition to personal collections. The result is a pictorial history that illustrates how, across nearly two centuries, Tiffin came to be the city it is today.