Berlin Heights Historical Society
Meetings monthly at 7:30 pm on the third Tuesday
Fowler Room - First Congregational United Church of Christ
BOOKS FOR SALE
HISTORY BUFFS
If you have any questions about history or genealogy:
berlinhtshistory@yahoo.com
• Free Lovers of Berlin Heights, learn more about their history in Berlin Township.
• Names of Berlin veterans in the four wars before 1900.
• Streetcars: Berlin Heights had two lines which ran through town.
• Over 3,000 obituaries of Berlin Heights citizens on file.
• Many books on newspaper articles from 1830 - 1906.
• Berlin Heights Historical Society new members are welcomed.
BERLIN HEIGHTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
Abraham Lincoln was two years away from being elected President. Hyman Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. Fifty Niners streamed into the Rocky Mountains during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. papers by Darwin and Wallace announcing a theory of evolution by natural selection were read at London's Lennean Socity.
The year was 1858, and in Berlin Heights Samual Patterson launched a business venture calld the Berlin Fruit Box Co. Today Pateterson's great great great grandson Matt Adelman runs the company.
ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY
Berlin Heights' oldest continuously
functioning organization
The First Congregational Church
celebrated 185 years in February.
STORIES NEEDED
We are still looking for stories about life in Berlin Heights that will be published in the same format as our earlier books. Society members and non-members alike are encouraged to submit personal stories or tales that have been handed down from relatives and friends.
BERLIN HEIGHTS
BASKETMAKER
CELEBRATES 150 YEARS
OUR OLDEST MANUFACTURER MARKS 150 YEARS
Originally the compnay manufactured a variety of products, including ladders, barrels and, of course, fruit boxes. Then for decades baskets for fruits and vegetables deominated the output. As demand for these baskets has declined somewhat, high-quality designer baskets of many shapes and users - marketed under the
"Samual Patterson" trademark - have become well known in seveal states.
As ceremonies where an Ohio Senate proclamation for the 150-year anniversary was awarded, our Society treasurer Irvin Schatz represented the company's retirees. He worked at the box shop for 40 years.
Berlin Heights Streetcar $17.00 plus postage
The Way We Were $15.00 plus postage
Then and Now $17.00 plus postage
Veterans of Four Wars $5.00 plus postage
Picture of Old Berlin Heights $1.25 plus postage
Berlin Heights Tote Bag $15.00 plus postage
