PROGRAM TOPICS/RICHARD HALDI [email protected] 1. DUEBER-HAMPDEN - THE WORLDS LARGEST COMPLETE WATCH FACTORY: 3. CANTONS TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: 4. STARK COUNTYS PREMIER 19TH CENTURY ARCHITECT: 5. CANTONS FAMOUS HONEYMOON COTTAGE: 6. ONE OF CANTONS GREAT UNSUNG HEROES: 7. A MANSION IN THE WILDERNESS: The story of Mr. Andrew Meyer, a wealthy foundry owner from Baltimore MD, who after the war of 1812 had a most unusual dream of building a mansion in the wilderness of Ohio. Learn how a portion of his future 3,000-acre Canton, Ohio estate (and its natural spring-fed lake) would eventually become one of northern Ohios leading summer resorts, with two famous 19th century hotels and a grand casino. Learn how in 1975 Cantons Meyers Lake Park was almost transformed by Cantons then-Mayor Stanley Cmich into a grand Bicentennial Park, a plan sadly rejected by Cantons City Council during an election year power struggle that ended in Cantonians losing one of their most historic and cherished assets to private development. 8. MURDER IN THE PRESIDENTS FAMILY: 10. CORNELIUS AULTMAN -- STARK COUNTYS FIRST MILLIONAIRE: 13. LOST CANTON: A look back at twelve examples of Stark Countys most memorable architecture from the 19th and 20th centuries, iconic structures that were lost to neglect, indifference and ultimately the bulldozer: 15. STARK COUNTYS FIRST TOURIST DRAW --- THE CORNELIUS AULTMAN MANSION:
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