Below are a variety of topics that researchers typically request. These articles are merely summaries. If you would like further information, please contact Mandy Altimus Pond, Archivist via email or by phone: 330-833-4061.

General Massillon History:
Massillon History Timeline
Flash Forward
Kendal's Bicentennial 2012
The Canal in Massillon
Industry in Massillon
Massillon State Hospital
The Lincoln Highway
Massillon Professional Tigers Football
Massillon High School Tigers Football

Famous People & Early Pioneers:
Thomas Rotch, founder of Kendal
Mayhew Folger, early settler in Kendal
James Duncan, founder of Massillon
Jean-Baptiste Massillon, man for whom our city was named
"General" Jacob Coxey, led the first protest march on Washington D.C.
Lillian Gish, silent film actress

Massillon Museum Objects:
1907-08 Jewel Automobile, the first and only car made in Massillon
The Immel Circus, a 100-square-foot miniature, hand-carved circus

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At left: First photograph of Massillon, view of Main Street (now Lincoln Way East) looking east. Photo taken by Abel Fletcher in 1855.