History Exhibit Examines Mahoning Valley Disasters
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- “Disasters in Mahoning Valley History,” a new exhibition at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, opens today at 4 p.m.
The cases feature four disasters significant in area history: the Great Flood of 1913, the Thanksgiving Day snowstorm of 1950, the Wheatland tornado of 1985 and “Black Monday,” Sept. 19, 1977, the day Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. announced it was retrenching its operations here.
The temporary exhibit, on display in the archives, was developed and executed by students in the museum curation and interpretation class at Youngstown State University. The exhibit is an aspect of the celebration of Ohio Archives month, which selected this year’s theme, “Disasters in Ohio History.”
The exhibition is free and open to the public. The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, better known as the Steel Museum, is a site of the Ohio Historical Society and operated by the YSU history department.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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