by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Mar 18, 2021
Continuing in an ONLINE video format, our next Bites and Bits of History lunchtime program of the Winter Series is debuting Thursday, March 18 at Noon, on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/…/UCDHqcfsLJNsV5s-bnahmTNA/videos. We’ll explore the...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Feb 27, 2021
Mahoning Valley Historical Society will have its ninth annual Cookie Table and Cocktails at Home fundraising event ONLINE in 2021. A weeklong basket raffle and silent auction will precede a celebration video program on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 6:00 p.m....
by Traci Manning, MVHS Curator of Education | Feb 26, 2021 | Time Capsule, Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered why the top two-thirds of Mahoning County are aligned but the bottom third seems a little wider? Or maybe why the city of Salem is a little cutout along the County’s southern border? Perhaps you’ve heard the story about how Youngstown folks...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Jan 21, 2021
Continuing in an ONLINE video format, our first Bites and Bits of History lunchtime program of the Winter Series is debuting Thursday, January 21 at Noon, on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/YRa6II9444c. Every year on February 14, Valentine’s Day celebrates...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Jan 13, 2021 | Events
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021—NOON to 1pm Continuing in an ONLINE video format, our next Bites and Bits of History lunchtime program of the Winter Series is debuting Thursday, March 18 at Noon, on our YouTube channel...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Jan 13, 2021 | Events, Featured Upcoming Event
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2021—6pm Mahoning Valley Historical Society will have its ninth annual Cookie Table and Cocktails at Home fundraising event ONLINE in 2021. A weeklong basket raffle and silent auction will precede a celebration video program on Saturday,...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Jan 13, 2021 | Events
JANUARY 21, 2021—NOON to 1pm Continuing in an ONLINE video format, our first Bites and Bits of History lunchtime program of the Winter Series is debuting Thursday, January 21 at Noon, on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/YRa6II9444c. Every year on February 14,...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Dec 31, 2020 | Time Capsule, Uncategorized
For many people, time is a daunting thing to understand. Scientists, geologists, and archeologists have dated the age of the earth to around 4.54 billion years (plus or minus a few dozen million years). Civilizations have used various ways to keep track of time in...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Dec 24, 2020 | Time Capsule, Uncategorized
The phrase “Happy Holidays” is often spoken this time of year and for good reason. There are dozens of holidays observed in November and December across religions, cultures, ethnicities, and nations. (While many of these groups observe different calendars, November...
