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Akron Postcard, Akron, Ohio

Posted in Souvenirs

Someone in Akron

by tconte on December 1, 2019

Akron became a manufacturing center primarily due to its location. The city was well connected to the canal system, and later to numerous major railroad lines.

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1918 On this day in 1918, Police Officer Edward Costigan was the second of four Akron Policemen to be shot and killed by members of an Italian gang in retaliation for the Akron Police Department's crackdown on their gambling dens and brothels.

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