A loan for a new canal, a warning to rural trespassers, a jump in fuel costs and a plunge in the stock market.

Free museum features more than 200 years of local exhibits, including industry, entertainment. celebrity, sobriety and innovation.

The Akron History, which showcases 200 years of the city’s history, opens Saturday in Downtown Akron at 172 South Main Street.

A dam on the Cuyahoga River, a Civil War chapel, practical jokes at a luncheon and drug raids at apartment buildings.

Akron History Center Special | 26m 47s Video has Closed Captions | CC Celebrate Akron’s history with an introduction to the Akron History Center. Aired 03/20/2025 | Rating NR ...

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The Akron History Center will open to the public from ... The lower level at Lock 4 highlights the city’s topography, the Ohio & Erie Canal and Akron’s founding on Dec. 6, 1825, by Perkins ...