City of Girard History and Demographics

Date	Fact
1754	FORT DUQUESNE is built by the French, at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers, in what is now modern day Pittsburgh,
1754	The French and Indian War erupts as a result of disputes over land in the Ohio River Valley. In May, George Washington leads a small group of American colonists to victory over the French, then builds Fort Necessity in the Ohio territory. In July, after being attacked by numerically superior French forces, Washington surrenders the fort and retreats.

1755	Salt is being extracted by Pennsylvania settlers at the Salt Springs in Weathersfield Township. The Salt Springs are shown above. The springs are located south of the Mahoning River and approximately one mile west of Niles.
1755	Lewis Evans publishes his "Historic Map of 1755". Marked on this map is the Salt Springs, of Weathersfield Township. This causes the springs and its salt licks to become a gathering spot for settlers.
1755	In February, English General Edward Braddock arrives in Virginia with two regiments of English troops. Gen. Braddock assumes the post of commander in chief of all English forces in America. In April, Gen. Braddock and Lt. Col. George Washington set out with nearly 2000 men to battle the French in the Ohio territory. In July, a force of about 900 French and Indians defeat those English forces. Braddock is mortally wounded. Massachusetts Governor William Shirley then becomes the new commander in chief.
1758	In November, the French abandon Fort Duquesne in the Ohio territory. Settlers then rush into the territory to establish homes.
1763	The "French And Indian War" comes to an end.
1763	To avoid wars with native American tribes, England declares the "Proclamation of 1763", which prohibits colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. This region, north of the Ohio river is referred to as the Ohio Country.
1766	A map is published which locates two Delaware tribe towns as "Salt Licktown" (Niles) and "Mohoningtown" (Newton Falls).
1774	Virginia’s colonial governor, Lord Dunmore, sent an army into Indian Territory to stop Indian attacks on whites. His troops were ambushed and defeated along the Kentucky River. Dunmore then sent an army of 1,500 Virginia militiamen into the area. Shawnee Chief, Cornstalk, led a force of Shawnee, Mingo, Miami, Wyandot, Delaware and Ottawa warriors against the Virginians in the Battle of Point Pleasant. Both sides suffered heavy losses during the long fight, but as the day ended the Indians retreated. In the autumn, the whites and Indians met near Chillicothe for peace talks. There, Cornstalk signed a treaty promising that whites would not be attacked south of the Ohio River.
1776	The United States of America declares its independence from Great Britain.
1777	The treaty of 1774, signed at Chillicothe, was supposed to bring peace to the region, but Indians and whites continued to clash. As the fighting worsened, Cornstalk and a small group of Indians traveled to Point Pleasant. They wanted to discuss ways of keeping the peace. The colonials, now at war with Great Britain, were not interested in peace talks. Instead, they put Cornstalk and his party in jail and held them as hostages. They hoped that holding Cornstalk would keep the Shawnees from fighting for the British. On November 10, a small group of militiamen stormed the jail and murdered Cornstalk and his son in revenge for the death of a white man who was killed by other Indians. Thus ended the life of the great Shawnee warrior and chief, Cornstalk.
1783	The Revolutionary War ends. The U.S.A. is victorious.
1786	In an area around Salt Springs exist 4 cabins, often involved in "trouble". A store keeper from this area, working for Duncan & Wilson Traders, is murdered by Native Americans. Eventually these cabins are torn down to control the "trouble".
1787	The Northwest Territory is formed. This territory contains what is now Ohio.
1788	A proclamation is made declaring the existence of Washington County, Ohio. This county includes much of eastern Ohio ( including what is now Trumbull and Mahoning counties ) in its original dimensions.
April 1, 1788	Lachlan McIntosh commands an American army sent to the Ohio Country to defeat the Wyandot Indians, strong allies of the English. Also to attack the British garrison at Detroit.
April 7, 1788	The city of Marietta is first settled by 48 revolutionary war veterans. It becomes known the "gateway to the northwest".
December 1, 1788	Fort Laurens is completed along the Tuscarawas River (near modern-day Bolivar, Ohio). It was to serve three purposes: First, the Americans hoped to use it as a base to attack the British garrison at Detroit. Second, they hoped it would discourage natives loyal to the British from raiding American settlers in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Finally, by offering protection to the neutral Christian Delawares, the Americans hoped to win them over to their side.
1797	John Young arrives to settle his plot of land in the Western Reserve. Youngstown is established soon after.
1797	A proclamation is made declaring the existence of Jefferson County, Ohio. The city of Steubenville becomes the county seat. The land contained within Jefferson county was previously part of Washington County, Ohio. ( What are today Mahoning and Trumbull counties are contained within Jefferson county land )
1798	The Ohio Territory gains sufficient population (5,000) of males to initiate self-government. A 22-member territorial legislature was formed, of which five members were selected to serve as territorial council.
1798	Liberty Township is first settled. Originally Girard is no more than a subdivision, located in the southwest corner of Liberty Township, known as "Great Lot #10". At the time this lot was one of the most valuable, one-mile square lots, in Liberty Township because it had the Mahoning River and the "State Road" (now U.S. #422) crossing through it.
1800	Joseph McMahon and Richard Storer murdered Tuscarawa chief Captain George, and a Seneca known as Spotted John (John Winslow), at the Salt Springs. Storer left the area knowing he had acted in self-defense and was never arrested. McMahon was arrested then later tried and acquitted on the grounds of self-defense.
July 10, 1800	A proclamation is declared to establish Trumbull County as an independent county from its parent county, Jefferson. The new county's seat becomes the city of Warren, Ohio.
1802	The first settlement, in what is now Girard, is by Hieronimus Eckman. Eckman, a gunsmith, purchases the upper third of the Great Lot #10 from his home in Lancaster County, PA and then moves here with his nine children to clear the land for a farm. He becomes one of the first gunsmiths in the Mahoning Valley.
1803	Ohio becomes the 17th state of the United States Of America (U.S.A.). The first state capital is Chillicothe, in Ross County.
1803	Francis Carlton moves from Warren to Girard. He purchases and settles the lower third of Great Lot #10.
1803	The Village of Hubbard, Ohio is established.
1803	Hieronimus Eckman petitions to have State Route #304 ( Churchill Rd. ) built.
ca 1804	William Moore purchases the middle portion of the Great Lot #10.
1807	The U.S.A. suffers an economic depression brought on by the Embargo Act of 1807.
1807	The Ohio legislature passed a bill that required every man of military age to annually present 100 squirrel pelts to township officials. Those who failed to comply were fined 3 cents for each scalp they were short. Those who turned in more scalps than required received a bonus of 2 cents per scalp. Large groups of hunters participated in squirrel roundups and hunts.
1808	A proclamation is made declaring the existence of Portage County, Ohio. The new county's seat is the city of Ravenna, Ohio. The land within Portage County was previously contained within Trumbull County.
1812	Commodore Perry's Lake Erie fleet begins construction at Presque Isle (modern-day Erie, Pennsylvania).
June 12, 1812	The U.S.A. declares war on Great Britian.
1813	A great typhoid epidemic strikes America and Girard.
1813	Francis Carlton dies in the typhoid epidemic.
1813	William Moore dies in the typhoid epidemic. His property was sold to Daniel Reeser.
1813	Henry and EveAnna Barnhisel purchase 318 acres of the Connecticut Western Reserve land in Liberty Township just north of Great Lot #10.
September 1, 1813	Commodore Perry's Lake Erie fleet sets sail to meet the British fleet at Put-in-bay.

September 10, 1813	The "Battle Of Lake Erie" takes place with Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry victorious.
1814	The British army burns the U.S. Library Of Congress.
1816	The U.S. federal government enacts the Tariff of 1816 on all foreign import products. This causes many new factories and businesses to start up in Ohio.
1816	The Orrin, Dunscom & Bristol Company is formed near the Salt Springs in Weathersfield Township. This company makes pottery, specializing in bedroom products widely used at this time.
1825	Judge Ephraim Cutler writes a state law that provides free education in Ohio public education in Ohio funded by property tax.
1827	David Tod begins practicing law.
1830	Area Lutherans construct a log building for worship.
1831	An Asiatic Cholera epidemic brought by English immigrants strikes the U.S.
1833	A cholera epidemic strikes Columbus, Ohio.
1834	Neighboring Warren, Ohio is given a village status by the Ohio State Legislature.
1835	Construction on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal begins.
1836	Girard gets it first post office and becomes identifiable as a village.

1837	The Lutheran's log house of worship is replaced by a more sturdy structure, The Salems Lutheran Church of Girard and Vicinity, on ground given by Henry Barnhisel.
1837	Town plat laid out by David Tod of Youngstown, believed to be named in honor of Stephen Girard.
1837	Cholera epidemic kills workers of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal between April 30th and September 15th. Work on the canal is halted.
1837	"The Panic of 1837" spreads throughout America, Ohio, and Girard.
1837	Victoria becomes the Queen Of England.
1838	Work continues on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal.
1839	The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal reached Girard and the dam was rebuilt into its present form.
1840	Construction on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal is completed.

1840	Construction of a flour mill begins on the western side of the Mahoning River by Abner Osborn. This mill is shown above.

1840	On land previously owned by his father, Henry and Susan (Townsend) Barnhisel Jr. build a Greek Revival mansion facing the State Road.
1841	A Yellow Fever epidemic strikes the U.S.
1842	Jesse Baldwin partners with Abner Osborne to expand the mill and a create a store in Girard.

1843	The Girard Rolling Mills, located on the Mahoning River and shown above, are completed and become operational.
1843	The efforts of a group led by Rev. Dillon Prosser laid the foundation of a Methodist Episcopal Church in Girard. They worshiped in an 1800 log schoolhouse on land owned by Peter Carlton. This log structure was located on State St. between Morris and Second streets.
June 4, 1843	Heavy rains cause the Mahoning River Valley to flood.
1844	David Tod returns home and opens the Brier Hill Coal Mine. Tod has interests in mines in Girard as well. He is also instrumental in introducing local coal into the Cleveland and lake markets by way of the Pennsylvania Canal.
1845	Approximate date that a covered bridge was built over the Mahoning River at the base of Liberty Street.
1846	The Pennsylvania Railroad is established.
1847	An influenza epidemic strikes the world.
1848	A cholera epidemic strikes North America.
1850	A Yellow Fever epidemic strikes the U.S.
March 10, 1851	The Ohio Constitution is ratified.
September 9, 1851	Six children of James and Mary Ann Nelson, of Liberty Township, have died of dysentery since August 25th.
October 30, 1852	A 32x42 Quaker style Methodist Episcopal Church building on the northwest corner of Main and High streets is completed. The Total cost is $680.00.
September 27, 1853	John McConnell, age 75, dies. Believed to be the first settler of Weathersfield Township.
August 29, 1855	The son of James Anderson is crushed by a canal lock while swimming, the boy was about 10 years old.
1857	The village tannery is purchased by Frederick Krehl from Elmadorus Crandon.
December 3, 1858	Mrs. Nancy Tibbitts, age 78, of Weathersfield dies as a result of injuries sustained when thrown from a buggy nine months ago.
1859	David Tod becomes the president of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad.
August 1, 1859	Sixteen year old, William Frack, is injured in a Girard blacksmith's shop accident and later dies.
1860	Girard’s population is now approaching 500 citizens.
1860	A Smallpox epidemic strikes Pennsylvania.
August 22, 1860	Polly (Lanterman) Rush, of Liberty Township, age 55, and w/o Abner, died of cancer leaving 3 sons and 3 daughters.
November 15, 1860	Son of Benjamin Williams, aged 7-9, is killed near Girard when hit by a railroad car at the Morris coal chute.
1861	David Tod elected Governor of Ohio.
March 12, 1861	School directors: J.C. Allison, Abner Osborne, Henry Barnhishel and a citizens committee: William Johnson, Edward Ray, Martin Houston, Abner Rush, and H.P. Gilbert meet to discuss the construction of the Union School.
March 12, 1861	David Tod donates an acre of land known as Jefferson Square. This land is bounded by Kline St. to the north, Market St. to the east, Main St. to the south and High St to the West.
April 12, 1861	South Carolina's Fort Sumter is fired upon by the Confederacy. The civil war begins.

July 24, 1861	- The Union School house is constructed on Jefferson Square. This is the village's first brick building.
December 12, 1861	John Walters, of Girard, dies of burns sustained two weeks earlier when a barrel of oil exploded.
January 1, 1862	David Tod becomes Governor of Ohio.
July 10, 1862	Daniel Walters of Girard dies of sunstroke while pitching hay at William Reichard's.
1863	1863
July 24, 1864	James Ward, of James Ward & Company, iron makers, is assassinated while on a visit to the Elizabeth Furnace on Mosquito Creek after attending church. - Mining by the Church Hill Coal Company at Quadrangle 1 of the Church Hill Mine begins in Girard. - David Tod leaves office of the Governor of Ohio. - President Abraham Lincoln sends a telegram, via switching engine to Brier Hill, offering David Tod the position of Secretary Of The U.S. Treasury. Tod respectfully refuses the offer.
May 22, 1865	A son, Thomas Gordon, is born to William & Sara I. (Porter) Blackstone in Lackawanna Twp., Mercer Co., Penna.
February 1866	Ice causes flooding in the Mahoning River Valley. - Girard's Iron Industry begins with the construction of the Girard Iron Company. This company is a venture partnership of David Tod, William Ward, William Richards, and Joseph G. Butler Jr.
1867	The Girard Iron Company plant becomes operational. - Mining begins and ends by Tod, Stambaugh & Company (later changing name to the Brier Hill Coal Company) at the Kline Mine located at Great Lot #8 in Girard.

1868	Louis Hauser becomes a partner in The Krehl tannery. The tannery is enlarged and shown above.
1868	Governor David Tod dies during a stroke of apoplexy.
October 21, 1868	The first Roman Catholic service is held in the home of John Kinney. This mass was read by Reverand Bernard B. Kelley, of Niles, Ohio.
1869	St. Ann's Church is established to serve Catholics in Brier Hill, Mineral Ridge and Girard who had been members of St. Columbia Parish. The second Catholic parish in Youngstown, it first builds a small wooden framed church on Calvin St., close to Federal Street.
1870	David Tod, grandson to governor David Tod, is born in Girard. This David Tod is the son of William and Francis (Barnheisel) Tod.

1870	A photograph of the Tod Mansion on Federal Square, taken in this year, is shown above.

1871	The Disciple Church is built in a delicate Gothic style. The church, located at the corner of State and Basin streets, is shown above. The congregation owns a plot of land at the corner of Broadway and Stewart avenues to be used for a future church site.
1872	The Corns Iron Company rolling mill is constructed in Girard.
1873	The Girard Savings Bank is organized, it is a pioneer institution of its kind in Girard. The Ashtabula, Youngstown and Pittsburgh Rail Road Company completes a 58.03 mile line from Ashtabula Harbor to Girard, via the City Of Niles. Girard is now linked via railroad to Lake Erie shipping trade.
1874	Mining resumes by the Brier Hill Coal Company at the Kline Mine located at Great Lot #8 in Girard.
1877	The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal is officially closed.
April 30, 1877	A charter is obtained under the code of the State of Ohio, for the Youngstown and Pittsburgh Railroad Company. This was for the portion of the road in Ohio.
1878	Girard Fire Department organizes and purchases a hand engine for $760. (The first fire station was located on E. Main in the area behind the Sanders and Jenkins Building in ????.)
January 5, 1878	The Youngstown and Pittsburgh Railroad Company is consolidated with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company.
1879	The first class graduates in Girard. The class is comprised of four student named Louise M. Hauser, Kit B. McGlathery, Ella Bowman, and Charles J. Allison.
February 10, 1879	The entire Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad opens.
January 18, 1880	The new Gothic style First Methodist Episcopal Church at the corner of Main and Market streets is dedicated under the leadership of Rev. J. H. Starrett.

1881	Frederick Krehl’s Queen Anne style family home is built at State and Basin (now Broadway) streets.
February 10, 1881	Ice, combined with nearly 40 hours of rain, causes flooding in the Mahoning River Valley.
February 12, 1881	The main street bridge in Niles collapses.
1882	A one-day hunt near Columbus resulted in 19,660 squirrels being killed. A day-and-a-half-long hunt in the same year in two Licking County townships netted 3,800 squirrels.
1883	Mining resumes by the Tod Iron Company, after changing hands, at the Kline Mine located at Great Lot #8 in Girard. - Mathew Ramsey, 118th IL, born in 1822 dies and is buried in Girard-Liberty Union Cemetery

1884	A steel bridge is built over the Mahoning River (picture above)
1885	A typhoid epidemic strikes Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
1885	Mining ends by the Tod Iron Company at the Kline Mine located at Great Lot #8 in Girard.
1886	Mining at Quadrangle 1 of the Church Hill Mine ends.
1887	The William and W.H. Johnson Tinware and Sheet Iron Company moves to Girard.

1887	Girard's new high school is built on the SE corner of Wilson and State streets. Wilson Avenue School will eventually be used as an elementary building housing grades 1-3.

1887	Second view of Girard High at Wilson & State.
May 8, 1887	Grace Krehl, d/o J.C. Krehl and mother of Fred Vogel, is the last child baptized in Salems Lutheran Church
1888	The Youngstown Foundry & Machine Company is organized. It was originally the Wallis Foundry Company and operated a plant in Girard. The principal owners are William J. Wallis and F.A. Williams.
1889	Harry Sechler starts the first newspaper called the "Girard Grit".
1890	The population of Girard reaches more than 1,000 citizens.
1890	William J. Wallis and F.A. Williams purchase the Girard Stove Works and secure a charter under the name of the Girard Stove and Foundry Company.
September 1, 1890	Catholic Diocese receive a clear deed to the lot purchased from the Ward estate.
1891	The Village of Girard is granted a charter by the state of Ohio and holds its first municipal elections
1891	The previously abandoned Union School becomes the first village or "town" hall, shown below. The second floor is used as the public library.

1891

1891	The Lotze Building, shown above, on West Liberty St. is constructed. It is owned by George Lotze & Sons, and its second floor houses the Girard Opera House. (This building is destroyed by fire in 1972)
1891	Construction begins on the future St. Rose Church, located on the corner of State and Main streets.
September 21, 1891	Girard becomes an incorporated municipality known as the Village Of Girard, Ohio

1892	Ambrose Eckman takes the office of the 1st Mayor of Girard. His photograph is shown above.
1892	Salem(s) Lutheran Church abandoned.
1892	A survey indicates that 3 million tons of pig iron are produced in the Mahoning Valley this throughout this year.

May 15, 1892	The St. Rose Church, shown above, is dedicated. James J. Stewart is the first pastor.
July 16, 1892	The Strike at Homestead Pennsylvania at Carnegie steel occurs. The Pennsylvania militia is called in before it is over.
1893	U.S. suffers an economic depression.
1893	The St. Ann's parish builds a new brick church at Federal and Superior. The construction proceeds slowly due to the economic depression. When the parish is finally able to use part of the new parish, the old one is turned over to the new St. Anthony parish, established to serve the Italian Catholics. Completed, with a high spire, St. Ann's stood at one of the high points in West Federal and becomes a landmark. The inside of this church is shown below.

1893
May 8, 1893	The First National Bank of Girard opens for business. The bank has $50,000 in capital and resources of $80,000. The Bank President is A. W. Kennedy. The Vice President is state senator John J. Sullivan.
July 21, 1893	The cornerstone is laid for the new Trinity Lutheran Church on West Main St.
1894	Something happens with The Krehl Tannery?.
1895	Steel production begins in the Mahoning Valley. The Ohio Steel Company, located in Youngstown, pours its first load of steel. This plant is located on 171 acres of the Hawkins farm, west of the Mahoning River. This is at the future site of the Ohio Works of the Carnegie Steel Company.

1896	A trolley service running along State St. opens in Girard. This trolley system ties into trolly systems of Niles, Warren, and Youngstown.
1896	The Avon Oaks (Squaw Creek) Amusement Park is constructed. The park has entertainment and amusement facilities, including a zoo, swimming area, and a roller coaster.

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1896	Gomer Jones establishes a general store in Girard, formerly owned by A. E. Hartzell (is this Aaron E. Hartzell?)
April 10, 1896	Kennard Shoe Co. locates its plant in Girard.
1897	William McKinley is elected as the 25th U.S. President.
1897	Ambrose Eckman leaves the office of the 1st Mayor of Girard.

1898	Emmett D. Crum, above, takes office as the 2nd Mayor of Girard.
1898	Fifty residents of Youngstown form the Mahoning Country Club. It has 55 acres of land, on the upper north side, with a 9-hole golf course.
1898	William J. Zeller and John H. Chryst purchase the Girard mills.
1898	Government reports indicate more immigrants to the United States come from Italy than from any other nation.
1899	Idora Park is constructed in Youngstown by a street car company.

1899	The Ohio Leatherworks is established.
1900	Abandoned Salem(s) Lutheran Church building sold to Henry Stull for $100, and moved to his farm on Shannon Rd. (Razed in 1934.)
September 1, 1901	William McKinley is shot at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition by a deranged anarchist
September 9, 1901	William McKinley dies
1903	The Salt Springs are covered over by railroad fill from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
1904	The Krehl Tannery burns and the factory building is completely destroyed. Losses are sustained of $250,000.
1905	The North Avenue School designed by the well-known Youngstown architect, Charles H. Owsley.. in a Beaux-Arts style with classic details. - James J. McFarland, at twenty years of age, was appointed cashier at First National Bank Of Girard - The Girard Stove and Foundry Works moves to the city of Youngstown - Emmett D. Crum leaves the office of the 2nd Mayor of Girard.

1906	Thomas Gordon Blackstone, shown above, takes office as the 3rd Mayor of Girard.

1906

1906	Construction of North Avenue School.

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January 13, 1906	The Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula is incorporated under the general laws of Ohio and Pennsylvania, through filing, in Ohio. - The North Ave. School is completed.

1907	The Pugh & Howells Building is constructed at 114 W. Liberty St. -- The Hartzell Brothers Building is constructed at 118 W. Liberty St. -- Thomas Gordon Blackstone opens Blackstone's Funeral Home, shown above.
June 20, 1907	Much of Girard Village was swept away by $75,000 fire. The fire nearly wiped out the business portion of the village from Liberty street and spreading from Market to High street. Nine businesses, one home, and two barns were burned.

1908	David Tod, grandson of Ohio governor David Tod, is elected to the Ohio State Senate

1908	A view of Girard, looking south along the state road from the St. Rose Church tower, is shown above. The Wilson Avenue School tower can be seen in the distance.
1908	The Stanley Works opens an operation in Girard, producing rough steel washers - The Pennohio Lumber company is founded in Girard
1909	David Tod, grandson to Governor David Tod, takes office in the Ohio State Senate.

1909	The above picture looks southeast from the tower of the Girard Town Hall at Jefferson Square. The spires of the Lutheran and St. Rose churches are seen at the skyline just left of center
July 5, 1909	Girard’s 4th of July Celebration. Chairman Roy H. Green, Secretary Arthur E. Jones, and Treasurer Charles Norling. Merchants and Mechanics’ Fantastic Darktown Fire Brigade forms at Public Square for a 9:30 a.m. parade to kick off the day’s festivities. Fireworks at 10 p.m. - The Mahoning Country Club, of the upper northside of Youngstown, purchases 131 acres of land in Liberty Township for its future location. - Thomas Gordon Blackstone leaves the office of the 3rd Mayor of Girard.
1910	Boyscouts of America is formed

1910	William W. Wilson takes the office of the 4th Mayor of Girard. His photograph is shown above.
1910	John G. Eckman organizes the Eckman Coal Company. It is a supplier of coal, ice, and building supplies. - St. Rose Church pastor, Reverend James J. Stewart is succeeded by Reverend E. A. Kirby D.D.

1910	A picture of the "Pittsburgh Flyer" train, shown above, is taken by moonlight from the west side of the Mahoning River. This picture is published on a postcard by E.H. Lotze Company of Girard, Ohio.
March 1, 1910	Great blocks of ice in the Mahoning River cause it to overflow its banks.
1911	William W. Wilson leaves office of the 4th Mayor of Girard. - The Trumbull Banking Company is formed. This is a state bank. This bank is an outgrowth of the Girard Savings And Banking Company. - The Trumbull Savings and Loan Company is formed. This bank is an independent outgrowth of the Girard Savings And Banking Company. - The Girard Weekly Journal is goes out of business.

1912	Thomas Gordon Blackstone takes the office of the 5th Mayor of Girard.
1913	The First National Bank remodels its building on W. Liberty St. - David Tod, grandson to Governor David Tod, leaves office of Ohio State Senate.
1913	The Summit School is built on W. Liberty St. in Weathersfield Township.

1913	The Community Mausoleum was erected in the Liberty Union Cemetery by the American Mausoleum Co., an Ohio corporation.

1913	The St. Rose School, shown above, is built on E. Main St. by the Roman Catholic parish.
March 1913	Record breaking flood hits Ohio and Mahoning Valley. Squaw Creek massively floods and the Avon Oaks Amusement Park is mostly destroyed.
June 1, 1913	Over one-half million Italians leave Italy in the first six months of this year.
1914	The Great War (World War I) begins in the Balkans - The William Tod 34" x 68" x 60" cross compound stationary steam engine is manufactured in 1914 in Youngstown, Ohio to power a six stand, 24" merchant mill for the Brier Hill Steel Company. It weighs 300 tons, has overall dimensions of 27' x 47', is equipped with a 20' diameter flywheel and produced a maximum of 4,000 hp at 75 rpm. It is claimed to be the largest engine of its type still in existence in the U.S. and quite possibly the world.

1914	The Pugh Building is constructed on the northeast corner of Liberty & State Sts., and the King Building is constructed on the southeast corner.
1915	John Jacob Hake becomes a local salesman for Buick Automobiles.
1915	Thomas Gordon Blackstone leaves the office of the 5th Mayor of Girard.
May 23, 1915	Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
October 9, 1915	Lawrence P. Clark, a telegraph operator for the PRR Company, was run down and instantly killed at the Avon tower opposite Avon park, Girard, Ohio when he had run out on the track to hand orders to the train crew.

1916	Edward H. Vaughn, shown above, takes the office of the 6th Mayor of Girard.
1916	William J. Zeller becomes sole owner of the Girard Mills - A strike occurs at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company that results in the Ohio National Guard being called in to settle the rioting. The workers accept a 22cents per hour wage. The result is a trend of corporate community contributions which create parks, baseball teams, and community centers. - Child Labor Act passed, setting a national minimum age of 14 in industries producing nonagricultural goods for interstate commerce or for export - Keating-Owen Act passed, forbidding the transportation among states of products of factories, shops, or canneries employing children under 14 years of age, of mines employing children under 16 years of age, and the products of any of these employing children under 16 who worked at night or more than eight hours a day. - Antidumping Act passed. - Federal Farm Loan Act passed, providing low interest credit to farmers
September 1916	Adamson Act passed. This act limits railroad workers to an eight-hour day ad mandates time and a half pay for overtime for railroad workers
November 1916	Woodrow Wilson defeats Republican Charles Evans Hughes to win a second term as President.
1917	Joseph H. Hake, father of John Jacob Hake, was killed on the railroad crossing in Girard
1917	Peter Ragusky, resident of Girard, serves in Battery "E" of the 322nd Field Artillery unit in the U.S. Army. - The L. Deutch Building is constructed at 201 W. Liberty St. ( next to the viaduct/bridge ) - The "Slovenian Dome" building is constructed on N. State St. - Edward H. Vaughn leaves the office of the 6th Mayor of Girard.
April 6, 1917	US Congress declares war against Germany.
May 18, 1917	Selective Service Act passed by the US Congress.
December 17, 1917	U.S.A. declares war on Austria
1918	Thomas Gordon Blackstone takes the office of the 7th Mayor of Girard. - The "Great Flu of 1918" strikes Girard and the entire world.
1918	The Trumbull Banking Company, located on E. Liberty St., is formed as a result of the combining of The Trumbull Savings and Loan and the Trumbull Banking Company.
November 11, 1918	A general armistice is signed and The Great War (World War I) comes to an end
1919	Gerard C. Chirichigno marries Miss Angelina Parillo of Girard. Chirichigno was the sales manager for the Youngstown Wire and Iron Company. - Jonas Earle King M.D. relocated his medical practice to Girard. - Alonzo G. Sharp founds and manages A.G. Sharp Lumber in Youngstown, Ohio. Located at the old Dingledy plant. - A five acre site is purchased for the construction of a new high school. - The First National Bank of Girard purchases 41 feet on W. Liberty St. to accommodate its growth. The bank is now valued at $1,210,000. The growth is %110 in 15 years.

1919	Tod Woods School, shown above, is constructed on Trumbull Ave.
1919	Ed L. Hauser is elected secretary of Ohio post-masters association.
January 16, 1919	The 18th Amendment is ratified by the US Congress declaring "prohibition".
May 5, 1919	State and county official raid the Slovenian home on North Sate Street. Operators of the establishment are placed under arrest for alledged illegal selling of liquor. The home has been suspected of operating a speak-easy for several months. A truck load of alcohol is confiscated.
May 5, 1919	Frederick Everhart, 75 and a veteran of the civil war, dies. He was the father-in-law of Mayor Thomas G. Blackstone.
May 14, 1919	Senator David Tod, grandson of Governor David Tod, dies.
August 18, 1919	The 19th Amendment is ratified by the US Congress declaring the right for women citizens to vote in political elections.
September 16, 1919	The US Congress Charters The American Legion.
September 25, 1919	The Girard Home Savings And Loan Company is open for business in the Dennison Building at corner of State and Liberty St.

1920	A photograph is taken of Frederick Krehl, shown above.
1920	Construction on the Girard Lower Lake Dam is completed - Ed L. Hauser is elected secretary of Ohio post-masters association.
January 31, 1920	US economic expansion peaks; a severe recession begins.
August 18, 1920	The 19th Amendment is ratified by the US Congress declaring the right for women citizens to vote in political elections.
1921	The first city officers are elected.
1921	The Girard Free Library is established.
1921	The C.J. Jones Building is constructed on S. State St. ( Tropitan is there now ) - The First National Bank of Girard has the following officers: President F. W. Stillwagon, Vice President(s): J.C. Krehl and E.L. Hauser. - The Williams Building is constructed at 36 S. State St. - Thomas Gordon Blackstone leaves the office of the 7th Mayor of Girard
May 19, 1921	Emergency Quota Act is passed by US Congress, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
July 14, 1921	Immigrant anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted of murder.
July 30, 1921	US economic contraction ends. An economic recovery begins.
November 1, 1921	The Village of Girard, Ohio becomes the City of Girard, Ohio.

1922	William D. Cunningham, shown below, takes the office of the 8th Mayor of Girard

1922	The Morgan Building, shown above, is constructed on the north east corner or State and Prospect St. (picture above)
March 30, 1922	Jacob Charles "JC" Krehl, eldest son of Frederick Krehl, dies
October 28, 1922	Benito Mussolini leads the Fascist-based "March On Rome". Mussolini assumes control of Italy.

1923	A new Girard High School, shown above, is constructed on Ward Avenue.
May 30, 1923	US economic expansion peaks and an economic recession begins.
October 12, 1923	Frederick Krehl dies.
February 3, 1924	Woodrow Wilson dies.
May 1924	Thomas Gordon Blackstone dies.
May 26, 1924	Johnson-Reed Act is passed by the US Senate, severely limiting US immigration.
November 1, 1924	A riot occurs in Niles, OH that is the result of two opposing social groups; "The Ohio Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" and a group formed in oppostion, "The Knights of the Flaming Circle". "The Knights of the Flaming Circle" is composed of mostly immigrants who oppose the reoccurring actions and political control of the "Ku Klux Klan". Many local government officials are openly members of the "Klan". The state and local governments fail to respond to the situation and federal troops intervene.
1925	Ambrose Eckman dies. -- The first Scout troops in the Girard area are started with Troop 41 and 42
1926	Liberty Memorial Park is created by the Girard Parks Commission -- The entire Route 16 is certified and renamed to Route 422 .
1927	William D. Cunningham leaves the office of the 8th Mayor of Girard. -- The Girard News, weekly newspaper, is founded.
July 17, 1927	The last worship service in the First Methodist Episcopal Church is given prior to its building being torn down to make way for a new building.
October 1, 1927	A scout cabin erected for troops 41 and 42 with permission of the mayor and the parks commission
December 1, 1927	The new Carlton-Vaughn building at 20 & 22 S. State is ready for occupancy.

December 8, 1927	The Girard Merchantile Bldg., above, at W. Liberty and High Sts. was completely destroyed in one of the city's worst conflagrations. The fire caused near $100,000 damage and threatened the entire business secion.

1928	David J. Rees, shown above, takes the office of the 9th Mayor of Girard.

1928	The Girard Viaduct, shown above, is constructed.
1928	A small corner store is constructed at the western corner of Prospect and Lawrence streets. Its address is 228 E. Prospect St.

1928	Arrowhead stadium, shown above, is constructed at Highland Ave. and Second St.
October 24, 1928	"Black Thursday," Stock Market crashes.
December 24, 1930	Melvin Christopher Triplett is born in Indianola, Mississippi, the second of 12 children. He will move to Girard and excel at sports at Girard High School.
January 19, 1931	Hoover's Wickersham Commission reports that enforcement of Prohibition has become almost impossible.
March 31, 1931	Davis-Bacon Act becomes law, requiring "prevailing" (union) wages to be paid on federal construction contracts.

August 19, 1931	Wednesday opening of the new Liberty Memorial Park Swimming Pool celebrated with a town picnic. Girard's downtown stores closed at noon so everyone could attend the picnic.
October 17, 1931	Mobster, Al Capone, is convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
June 6, 1932	Revenue Act of 1932 passed by US Congress. Raises top tax rates from 25% to 63% and reduces personal exemptions from $1,500 to $1,000 for single persons and reduces personal exemptions from $3,500 to $2,500 for married couples.
1933	David J. Rees leaves the office of the 9th Mayor of Girard. -- State Route 304 is certified.
December 5, 1933	21st Amendment ratified (repeals 18th amendment, ending alcohol prohibition).

1934	John J. Cronin, shown above, takes the office of the 10th Mayor of Girard.
August 2, 1935	The Youngstown Telegraph newspaper reports that Girard receives a public works loan and grant amounting to $27,272 for the construction of a new city hall.
1937	The "West Nile Virus" is identified in Uganda, Africa. -- "The Little Steel Strike of 1937" occurs in Youngstown.

1937	A U.S. Post Office is constructed at the southeastern corner of Market and Main streets.
June 25, 1937	Heavy rainfall causes the Mahoning River Valley to flood.

1938	The Girard Town Hall (formerly Union School) is torn down on Jefferson Square and replaced by the Girard Municipal Building, shown above.
1938	The Zeller feed and flour mill, located on W. Main St., is abandoned.
1939	A. M. Byers Steel Company (formerly the Girard Iron Company) closes, leaving behind an 80-acre plot located east of the Mahoning River and west of State St. -- Mobster, Al Capone, is released from prison. --John J. Cronin leaves the office of the 10th Mayor of Girard.

1940	Alex Whitford, shown above, takes the office of the 11th Mayor of Girard.

1940	The Trinity Lutheran Church, located on West Main St. and shown above, is remodeled.
July 1940	Trinity Lutheran Church celebrates 15th Anniversary of Pastor Sinner’s ordination.
November 1940	The 102 year old Girard House was torn down to be replaced by a gas station. It was on the SW corner of State and Broadway and once served as a stagecoach stop. Workers say its construction was amazingly well done.
December 7, 1941	War planes from the Japanese Navy launch a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Eighteen ships are sunk or damaged, and around 2400 Americans lose their lives. The Japanese suffer minimal casualties.
December 11, 1941	Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
February 19, 1942	President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order #9066 which orders the internment of all (110,000) Japanese-Americans living within 48 states.

1943	The B-25 Mitchell Bomber purchased by the people of Girard is now in action. The $175,000 needed to purchase the bomber was raised over the summer in a drive sponsered by The Girard Businessmen's Association, headed by Don Welty.
August 1943	A flash flood strikes the Ohio River Valley, including Trumbull County.
September 24, 1943	A fire thought to be caused by boys playing with matches, razes the 103 year old Zeller feed and flour mill on W. Main St. It had been abandoned in 1938 and has stood for over a century as a familiar landmark.
1945	Alex Whitford leaves the office of the 11th Mayor of Girard.

1946	Clyde U. Helman, shown above, takes the office of the 12th Mayor of Girard.
1946	The Syro Steel Company is founded at 1170 N. State St.
December 31, 1946	End of World War II

1947	An F4 Tornado strikes the region. Forming in the Silver Lake region north of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the first tornado ever to hit Sharon cut a 75-mile swath of destruction through eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania before blowing itself out near Mercer Saturday afternoon [June 7, 1947]. After missing Kent and Ravenna, Ohio, the storm raked the Ravenna Ordnance plant, then moved to the DeForest area between Niles and Warren, leveling houses and injuring scores of persons. Next in its path were Smith-Stewart Road, Niles-Vienna Road and Belmont Avenue Extension (Route 90), all in Ohio. Three persons were killed in the last-named area. The storm then crossed into Pennsylvania and swooped into Sharon, where it killed two persons, injured scores of others and damaged many homes and business places. The path of this tornado is shown below.
1949	Joseph Standohar joins the Girard Police Force.
1950	Boy Scout Troop 40 of St. Rose Church is formed.
June 25, 1950	South Korea declares war on North Korea.
November 6, 1950	Edward Eugene Rowland, a corporal in the U.S. Marines and resident of Girard is killed in action.
1951	Clyde U. Helman leaves the office of the 12th Mayor of Girard.
March 30, 1951	Elvin Baker Shields, a seargent in the U.S. Marines and resident of Girard, dies of wounds.
June 9, 1951	Jack Holly Hederstrom, a captain in the U.S. Air Force and resident of Girard dies while missing.

1952	Joseph Catone, shown above, takes the office of the 13th Mayor of Girard.
January 1952	The Mahoning River Valley floods.
June 30, 1952	Walter Everett Pittman, a captian in the U.S. Air Force and resident of Girard dies while missing.
1953	The Girard Sesquicentennial is celebrated.
1953	The Trinity Lutheran Church building on West Main is sold to Mr. Charles Zitnik for $17,500, to be razed for downtown parking space.

1953	A new Trinity Lutheran Church, shown above, is constructed at E. Liberty and Stewart Streets.
1953	The Acerra Brothers Building is constructed on the southwest corner of State and Liberty streets.
June 1, 1953	The U.S. unemployment rate reaches a low of 2.5 percent.
July 27, 1953	The United States, North Korea and China sign an armistice, which ends the war but fails to bring about a permanent peace. This marks the end of U.S. military involvement in the conflict.
August 21, 1953	WYTV Channel 33 begins broadcasting in Youngstown, Ohio.
October 4, 1953	Wm. J. Zeller, 80, dies. He was a life long resident of Girard and the owner of the Zeller & Son feed mill until his retirement in 1945.
May 1954	The Zeller feed store at 132 W. Wilson Ave. closes. The Zeller family has been in the feed business since 1872, and at this location since 1928.
May 2, 1954	The First Evangelical Lutheran Lutheran Trinity Church is dedicated. It is located at 78 E. Liberty St. Philip J. Sinner, Pastor.
May 25, 1954	Girard offices of Union Distributing Co, partially owned by Anthony B. Flask are bombed.
January 31, 1955	End of Korean War
December 8, 1955	Service Director "Butch" Rees announced today (Thurs.) that the selection will be made Saturday for the engineering firm to begin a survey for the water pipeline to connect with Niles. It is intended that Girard will purchase water from Niles but buying it from Warren is a remote possibility.

1956	The New York Football Giants, with Girard High School alumnus Mel Triplett as starting fullback, win the National Football League championship.
September 5, 1956	The City of Girard conducts its homecoming parade.
September 4, 1957	The City of Girard conducts its homecoming parade.
1958	Tod Woods Elementary School constructs a new addition.
April 11, 1958	A "Holdup" occurs at City S&L in Girard.
August 27, 1958	The City of Girard conducts its homecoming parade.
1959	The City of Youngstown, Ohio buys the West Federal St. property, containing the St. Ann's Church, for redevelopment. The old church is torn down. -- Floods strike the Mahoning Valley. -- Joseph Catone leaves the office of the 13th Mayor of Girard.

1960	John D. DePietro, shown above, takes the office of the 14th Mayor of Girard.
1960	Parks commission is ended and Liberty Park falls under jurisdiction of the City Recreation Department.
1960	The Girard High School constructs a new Gymnasium addition.
April 9, 1960	The Hubbard Blast Furnace is shut down.

October 9, 1960	Senator John F. Kennedy, shown above, campaigns for the U.S. presidency in Girard at the corner of Wilson and State streets.
November 15, 1960	The Crown Cigar Store, located in Girard, is bombed.
February 28, 1961	Start of the Vietnam War.
April 6, 1961	WKBN does a story concerning highway construction in Girard.
June 30, 1961	A "Hold-up" occurs at a bank in Girard.

1962	Phillip A. Cretella, shown below, takes the office of the 15th Mayor of Girard.
February 9, 1962	WKBN reports that a family is evicted from home in Girard - Ralph Gilbert.
June 6, 1962	Girard police catch arsonist from Youngstown. The fugitive is arraigned in Municipal Court.
September 19, 1963	Three condemned buildings in the 200 block of W. Liberty St. burn in the worst fire in Girard's history. 12 area fire departments battled the blaze and 17 firefighters were later treated at Northside Hospital for heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation.
September 19, 1963	Wilsons Wayside Furniture Store gutted by fire near Girard.
September 27, 1963	A new, $1,750,000, waste water treatment plant is dedicated in Girard.
1964	A double-bay addition to the fire station is constructed adjacently north of the original Liberty St. fire station.
July 28, 1964	Severe storm hits Girard. Streets and sewer plant are flooded.
February 15, 1965	A broken phone line, which crosses Mahoning River in Girard, is recovered.
September 13, 1965	Parents & Kids in Girard picket on Rt. 422 regarding "School Bus Issue".
1966	A Two story annex is added to the Boy Scout cabin in Liberty Park by the area Kiwanis for the Boy Scouts and the city.

1967	The top floor of the origninal section of the Liberty St. fire station is removed and the exterior is refaced. The section is now used for office and living quarters.
1967	Phillip A. Cretella leaves the office of the 15th Mayor of Girard.
February 9, 1967	Bank Robbery at Girard Federal Savings and Loan. A fugitive walked into the bank and demanded money. He was last seen heading towards the railroad tracks.
March 14, 1967	WKBN reports on a Girard municipal employees wages, settlement.
May 25, 1967	U.S. Marines PFC Joseph A. Siciliano Jr., age 20 and resident of Girard, is killed in military action in Quang Tri Prov., S. Viet Nam.
July 13, 1967	WKBN announces a Public Hearing by Highway Department in Girard.

1968	Joseph Masternick, shown above, takes the office of the 16th Mayor of Girard.
July 18, 1968	U.S. Army SSGT Ronald Carl Ross, age 29 and resident of Girard, killed in military action in S. Viet Nam.
September 23, 1968	Citizens object to I-80 construction at a city council meeting. The citizens are concerned about the construction at St. Clair Ave.
1969	The Girard Free Library constructs a new addition.
1969	State Route 11 is complete from Canfield to Austintown.
1969	The Eastwood Mall is constructed in Niles, Ohio. -- The Girard News, weekly newspaper, goes out of circulation.
August 21, 1969	U.S. Army PFC Robert Arthur Jones, age 20 and resident of Girard, killed in military action in S. Viet Nam.
1970	The interior of the scout cabin annex is finished and a kitchen with utilities is added by the city of Girard.
1970	State Route 11 5 miles north of East Liverpool to West Point, Austintown to route 80, and route 307 to route 531 complete.
May 11, 1970	U.S. Army PFC James Ward Charlesworth Jr., age 20 and resident of Girard, is killed in military action in Cambodia.
October 1, 1970	The Ohio Leatherworks closes.
March 3, 1971	Paul Anthony Sgambati, of Girard, dies at the age of 21 while serving his country in the Vietnam War.
1972	The entire State Route 11 is completed.

May 18, 1972	The old three-story Lotze Building was destroyed by a spectacular fire that began right after a local man and his companion were in the structure "looking for junk." The men had reportedly been drinking and admitted to lighting matches and smoking during the time they were there.
June 20, 1972	The demolition of the fire damaged Lotze Building begins.
1973	The Girard Free Library is moved from the municipal building on Jefferson Square to a new building on the southeast corner of Prospect and North avenues.
1975	Joseph Masternick leaves the office of the 16th Mayor of Girard.
May 7, 1975	End of Vietnam War.

1976	Nick J. "Tiny" D'Eramo Jr. takes the office of the 17th Mayor of Girard.
August 16, 1976	USA Bicentennial Festival celebrated.
1977	The Girard Municipal Building is remodeled. -- Consentino (medical office) Building is constructed. -- The Girard Free Library constructs a new addition.
January 28, 1977	Snow begins to fall from a blizzard that strikes eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and western New York. Nineteen counties in Pennsylvania and Ohio were involved in the snow emergency that prompted a visit from then-President Jimmy Carter in Pittsburgh.
February 9, 1977	Snow emergency ends.
January 26, 1978	A severe blizzard strikes the Mahoning Valley along with the rest of Ohio. 35 people are killed by this storm before it is over. - The hit movie, "The Deer Hunter" is filmed in Youngstown, Ohio.
1979	The Brier Hill Works of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company closes. -- Paul Nick Kardulias, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, is crew chief, on a 6-week excavation at the Barnhisel House, Girard, Ohio.
1979	Nick J. "Tiny" D'Eramo Jr. leaves the office of the 17th Mayor of Girard.
July 25, 1979	25th Annual Homecoming Celebration
September 1979	3.57 inches of rain fall, in two days, cause the Mahoning River Valley to flood.

1980	Joseph J. Melfi, shown above, takes the office of the 18th Mayor of Girard
1980	Boy Scout Troop 42 relocates in Liberty Township.

1981	Ed "Doc" Semple in homecoming parade in front of IGA on State St.
1981	Boy Scout Troop 41 dis-bans and merges with current troop 40 at St. Rose Church.
August 24, 1982	Start of the Lebanon War
July 31, 1984	End of the Lebanon War

May 31, 1985	An F5 tornado causes damage and loss of life in Niles, Newton Falls, Vienna, and beyond.
1986	The Girard Viaduct is demolished.
January 13, 1986	Nick "Tiny" D'Eramo dies at age 47 after a 13 year illness. At age 21, he was the youngest person in the state of Ohio to be elected to a school board when he was elected to the Girard Board of Education in 1959. He was also the youngest person to become Mayor of Girard when elected in 1976 at the age of 37.
1987	Joseph J. Melfi leaves the office of the 18th Mayor of Girard.

1988	Kennth L. Woodford, shown below, takes the office of the 19th Mayor of Girard.
1989	Captain Joseph Standohar retires from the Girard Police Force after 40 years of service.
December 20, 1989	Start of the Panama Conflict
January 31, 1990	End of the Panama Conflict
August 2, 1990	Start of Persian Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom
September 1990	Kennth L. Woodford dies, leaving the office of the 19th Mayor of Girard.

September 1990	Joseph J. Christopher, shown above, takes the office of the 20th Mayor of Girard.
September 24, 1990	Kenneth L. Woodford is buried at the Girard-Liberty Memorial Cemetery.
1991	Norm Kobal, raised in Girard, is designated the Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, Musician/Individual of the Year. -- Joseph J. Christopher leaves the office of the 20th Mayor of Girard.

1992	Vincent E. Schuyler, shown above, takes the office of the 21st Mayor of Girard.
April 29, 1992	Philip A. Cretella, the 15th Mayor of Girard, is layed to rest at the Girard-Liberty Memorial Cemetery.
December 21, 1992	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 100th Anniversary 1892-1992.
1993	Demsey Steel Company closes leaving an abandon 18-acre lot east of the Mahoning River and West of State St.
1994	The "Trumbull County Disturbance" occurs involving alleged UFO sightings by area police.
August 1994	4.54 inches of rain fall in a 24 hour period. Flooding occurs in the Mahoning River Valley.
March 27, 1995	Girard and Liberty lakes are purchased by the City Of Girard from the Ohio Consumer Water Company ( fomerly Ohio Water Service ) for 2.5 million dollars. The city borrows the money from the Ohio Water Development Authority, such that when the loan is paid off, in 12 years, $4.7 million of public funds will be expended. The terms of this loan make it impossible for Girard to pay off the principal early to avoid finance charges.
September 25, 1998	5.2 magnitude earthquake occurs whose epicenter is 20 miles west of Sharon, Pennsylvania. TREMORS WERE FELT AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND AS FAR WEST AS DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS ALSO FELT IN THE DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH AREA AS WELL AS IN BUTLER, BEAVER, AND VENANGO COUNTIES.
1999	Vincent E. Schuyler leaves the office of the 21st Mayor of Girard.
January 1, 1999	Much of the midwest, including northern Ohio is struck by the second worst blizzard of the 20th century. 73 persons die as a result of the winter storm.
May 1, 1999	The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers - Pittsburgh District - Mahoning River, Ohio Environmental Dredging Project - The 1st phase of the project, a reconnaissance study, is completed. The reconnaissance study identifies a federal interest (benefits outweigh the cost) to remove and remediate approximately 750,000 cubic yards of contaminated in-river and riverbank materials at an estimated cost of $100 million. Annual benefits, measured in recreational user days, are estimated at $29 million annually. -- The "West Nile Virus" is discovered as entering the east coast of the U.S.A.
May 27, 1999	The City of Girard enters into a contract with the Ohio Edison Company for 2.3 million dollars in order to place the utility lines along State St. underground. With loan interest, the total of this project will be 3.5 million dollars.
September 13, 1999	The City Of Girard enters into a contract with ? for the construction of the Justice Center for 4.7 million dollars. With loan interest, this project will total 6.3 million.
2000	James J. Melfi takes the office of the 22nd Mayor of Girard.
February 1, 2000	Ex-Councilman Charmelo "Charlie" Lamancusa, at the age of 72, is shot and killed by a robber after handing over all the money in the cash register during a robbery at his Parkwood area grocery store. He had been inducted into the Ursuline High School Hall of Fame in 1998.
September 2, 2000	Joseph Masternick, the 16th mayor of Girard, dies. He was buried in Girard-Liberty Memorial Cemetery.
2001	Jim Petro, the Ohio State Auditor, places the City of Girard in a fiscal emergency.
2001	The Shannon Road Area of Liberty Township has not been included in any previous CDBG target area study. This Investment Area was identified in 2001 when septic wastes from this area began to pollute Squaw Creek, which runs from Vienna Township through the Girard Lakes, then through this area into the City of Girard, eventually flowing into the Mahoning River. While the Investment Area is located in Liberty township, the water pollution was first discovered by City of Girard officials, who were alarmed at the pollution in a pond in David Tod Memorial Park just downstream of the area in the city. The Mayor of Girard was so concerned for the children who fish at this pond that he ordered the pond to be drained, which is how it remains today. After the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency mandated that the county solve the problem with septic wastes, a $3,000,000 sanitary sewer project was proposed to alleviate the problem. An income survey was conducted by Liberty Township officials to qualify this area for CDBG assistance. After qualifying as having more than 51 percent low- and moderate-income households, the Shannon Road Area was added to the county’s Community Assessment and Strategy, and CDBG funding was sought. The county has applied for a $600,000 grant from the CDBG Water and Sewer Competitive Program and has allocated $300,000 from the county’s FY02 CDBG Formula Program to leverage funding from the State Issue 2 Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Once funding is in place and the design of the sanitary sewer is completed, it is anticipated that the sewer project will be constructed in 2003.
January 25, 2002	Mel Triplett, the fullback for the Giants' 1956 National Football League champions and a Girard High School athletic star, dies in Toledo, Ohio at the age of 71.
March 1, 2002	The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers - Pittsburgh District - Mahoning River, Ohio Environmental Dredging Project - A feasibility study, the project's 2nd phase, is initated. Eastgate Regional Council of Governments is a 50%-50% cost sharing partner for the $3 million phase. The scope of the feasibility phase includes more detailed studies and investigations than were accomplished during preparation of the reconnaissance study. Based on the recommendations in the 1999 Reconnaissance Report, the feasibility study will evaluate the following major construction activities: dredging (mechanical, hydraulic, etc.) of the contaminated sediments, dewatering, water treatment, excavation of contaminated bank material, stabilization of contaminated bank material, and placement options, including bioremediation and beneficial reuse. There will also be additional chemical sampling of strategic sections of both the river channel and near-shore areas to confirm that no hazardous or toxic material lies within the project area. Other general areas of study include estimation of utility relocation requirements due to the proposed dredging, mitigation of bank impacts and restoration of Mahoning River substrate in the area to be dredged. The feasibility study will culminate with the identification of a recommended plan for implementation. In the process of arriving at a recommended plan, the environmental, socioeconomic and engineering impacts of the remediation project will be analyzed.

2003	The State Of Ohio celebrates its Bicentennial. The Trumbull County Bicentennial Barn, located in Hubbard, is shown above.
2003	Work begins on the 711-Connector project. -- Work begins on the Route 422 widening project.

January 25, 2003	The Amen Corner Restaurant, located on the corner of S. State and Abbey streets is destroyed by fire. The building as shown above is prior to the fire.
May 2003	Grand Opening of the restored 1st floor of the Girard Historical Society’s Barnhisel House.
June 9, 2003	The Diversified Evaluation Company, of Pittsburgh, places the market value of the Girard Lakes and surrounding land at $1.25 million dollars. This is a huge contrast to the 2.5 million dollars paid for it in 1995. The appraisal report from Diversified Evaluation does not address the question of the dams, which have been declared structurally unsound by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. It would cost about $10 million to bring one of them up to safety standards. The other would be breached. James E. Lignelli of Diversified Evaluation told a Vindicator reporter that if the liability of the dams was included in his appraisal, the property would be "potentially worthless."
July 21, 2003	Record breaking Flash Flood/Thunderstorm. 4.56 inches of rain have fallen at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Airport in a 24 hour period. This is a new weather record for Trumbull County. An F1 tornado hits the east side of Youngstown. A micro-burst hits the Belair trailer park in Liberty township, on Belmont Ave. 100 yards south of where the tornado passed in 1985. On Dawson Drive in Howland Township, people are evacuated because the street turns into a river. All roads in Girard are considered to be closed due to flooding and lack of power. Rt. 422 is closed from North Rd to St. Rt. 46. The Trumbull County 911 Emergency Management Headquarters, in Warren, are flooded. A command center is moved to the Youngstown/Warren Regional Airport. Alternate emergency numbers are relayed via news and radio stations. Power outages are wide spread throughout the county.

July 22, 2003	River cresting occurs up to 6 feet above flood stage. Pictures of this phenomenon are shown above and below.

July 22, 2003

July 22, 2003

July 22, 2003
July 27, 2003	The City of Girard and Liberty Township recieve approximately 4 inches of rain within two hours. One third of all Girard homes are flooded.
July 30, 2003	"The Shannon Road Sanitary Sewer Project" was awarded for 2.489 million dollars to a Youngstown, Ohio firm named "Utility Contracting, Incorporated". This project is designed to stop the pollution flowing into the Tod Park pond, by connecting homes into the city's sewer system. The homes from Tibbets-Wick Rd. to the city line and all adjoining streets will be connected.
August 2003	The Frankford Bicycle Shop expands its building on North State St.
August 20, 2003	A meeting is held, in city council chambers, between local flood-victims and representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

2004	Ceremony to dedicate the Barnhisel House's historical designation marker.
2005	Joseph J. Christopher retires from public service as council at large. He receives official accomodation for his many years of service from the Girard City Council.
2006	Through the Hazard Mitigration Grant Program and a FEMA grant, private property in the flood plain along the Mahoning River is acquired and turned over to the City of Girard. The program requires that the land remain "green space forever."
February 1, 2006	Mayor James J. Melfi announces his candidacy for the democratic nominee for the Trumbull County Commissioner.
April 24, 2006	Girard City Council declares the last Saturday in April of each year to be a "Green-Space Town Holiday". This day is set aside to organize projects which benefit public lands in the city.
April 29, 2006	The first Green-Space Town Holiday is celebrated as a clean-up and repair of Liberty Park. This effort is lead by councilmen at large, Michael A. Costarella and Joseph P. Shelby. Major contributors to this effort are Street Department Supervisor Ken Moran and citizen Paul Minotti.

August 2006	The old Royal Garden's building on S. Market St. is razed.
March 20, 2007	Joesph J. Christopher deceased. Thought by many people as a "Great Public Leader".
April 2007	The Blackstone family celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Blackstone's Funeral Home. Since Thomas Gordon Blackstone's founding of the home in April 1907, four generations of the family have done an excellent job in serving the needs of our community.

August 19, 2007	End of the SummerParade, chaired by Joann Sura and Girard-Liberty Rotary Club, Randy Suchanek of the Rotary's car show gave Girard residents many smiles and laughs. The parade and car show was a great time for everyone in over a decade.

August 19, 2007	One of the many floats, 50 units in the parade.

August 19, 2007	Randy Suchanek stands in for a picture after the hard work is done. About 175 cars were on the streets for people to admire. The car show was a great success, as well as the parade.

August 16, 2008	Girard Fire Dept.......... All Parade Photos by Joe Costraella

August 16, 2008	Above....Girard Honor Guard starts the 2008 End Of The Year Parade.

August 16, 2008	Parade Marshal, Joann Sura

August 16, 2008	Girard School Board

August 16, 2008	Councilman Larry Williams and Rotary Car Chairman Randy Suchanek.

August 22, 2008	Girard City schools opens phase one of their renovations project for Arrowhead Stadium on Friday night August 22nd, the opening game of the season. The new facility is a state of the art turf field and track. A new parking facility behind the visitor stands also opened allowing visiting team busses adequate parking, safe for students, fans and visiting teams. Ribbon cutting was led by Superintendent Joseph Jeswald. Photo by Mike Krakora.

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