Events and Eras

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) stopped in Hudson on his way to Washington, D.C. for his Presidential inauguration in 1861

A short history of the town

The Civil War came upon Hudson in the as much as it did in any city or town across America. Perhaps feelings were even stronger here owing to Hudson’s role in the anti-slavery movement.

Known as “the farmer’s railway,” plank roads were touted as a way for farmers to move their goods more easily.

Sixty-two men from Hudson, Ohio, served in the War of 1812.

The Hudson Civil Defense Committee was formed as part of a broader United States effort to coordinate state and federal measures for the protection of civilians in case of war or emergency

Embezzlement scandal forces the Produce Exchange Bank of Cleveland to close

Hudson adopts the Dutch town of Wester-Souburg