Flashback: The Bricks that Built the Valley

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — In the 19th century, hand-loom woven coverlets were common bed coverings in the United States, and many were made by women at home.  While professional weavers traveled around selling coverlets and sometimes woven carpets, home weavers also…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio– In 1949, brothers William and John Cafaro founded William M. Cafaro and Associates which would later become the Cafaro Company. Their focus was to develop shopping centers like the Sharon Towne Center in Sharon and the American Mall…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio– The Ward Beecher Planetarium on the campus of Youngstown State University was opened to the public in 1967. The University Archives inside Maag Library holds several artifacts from the planetarium’s past such as a piece of the old…