History & Hauntings
in Northern Appalachia and the Western Reserve

Research and writing by Author/Historian Ashley Armstrong

Stories

Early Settlers of Mecca Twp., Part 5: The Smith Family & Smith Cemetery
2026-05-09 17:43 A very large, multigenerational family group of Smiths came to West Mecca from Connecticut sometime in the 1830s.
The Deadly Mahoning Valley Interurban Street Car
2021-02-06 10:26 The Mahoning Valley Railway Company ran interurbans between Youngstown, Girard, Niles, and Warren, but the convenience caused too many accidents and fatalities to count.

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