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Lake Shore Cemetery evolved as a burial ground of necessity rather than intention. The cemetery's first interments were French fur trappers and Native Americans, but as migrating settlers began populating Lake Erie's shore and a community emerged, the need for a recognized burial site arose. The diminutive graveyard, also known as Avon Lake Cemetery, claims less than one-third of an acre abutting the shoreline cliff. It holds the remains of a Revolutionary War soldier, sailors wounded in the Battle of Put-in-Bay during the War of 1812, Civil War and World War I soldiers, and a World War II Flying Tigers crewman. Within this cemetery, pillars of the community and successful farmers share sod with a court-adjudicated drunkard, an alleged lunatic, and several who spent their last days in the county's poorhouse. Recognized as a historic landmark by the Avon Lake Historic Preservation Commission in 2013, all burial sites within Lake Shore Cemetery's grounds are claimed. The colorful stories of its permanent residents reveal the diverse nature of the community in which they lived and died.

Founded in 1788 along the Ohio River, Cincinnati was the major city  in the Northwest Territory for several decades. As it has developed into  its third century, Cincinnati's innovations, service, manufacturing, arts,  and athletics mark it as a place with a vibrant and varied heritage. The  contributions of interesting and unique personalities add to the city's  dynamism: William Holmes McGuffey and his creation of a nation's  textbooks; civil rights activists Ted Berry, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Marian  Berry; iconic personalities like baseball star Pete Rose and silent film actress  Theda Bara; grocery entrepreneur Barney Kroger; cooperative education  creator Herman Schneider; polio vaccine pioneer Albert Sabin; Joseph  Strauss, the design engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge; Paul Brown, one of  the NFL's greatest coaches; Henry Heimlich, whose Heimlich maneuver has  saved countless lives; and Benadryl inventor George Rieveschl. But it is also  the philanthropists and business leaders; the cultural and political figures;  the teachers and community workers; and even the intriguing characters  and everyday citizens who make Cincinnati an interesting place on the map.  This book tells their stories.