George Lonz Will Build New Dock, A 1938 Article - added June 23, 2009

Taft at the Middle Bass Club in 1908 - added June 23, 2009

Wonderful Isle St. George articles from 1955 and 1963 - added June 8, 2009

Civil War Records for Put-in-Bay Township - added June 8, 2009

Wehrle's Hall in the 1860s or early 1870s - added April 7, 2009

Four Cottages Are Burned to the Ground - September 2, 1909 - added 2/26/2009

The Up and Up Club Historic Photo Gallery - rare 1916-1922 pictures of North Bass Island, Put-in-Bay, Rattlesnake Island, Johnson's Island and more. added 11/6/2008

February Items from 1887 and 1945 added 2/12/08

The Ferry "Erie Isle" to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island added 10/10/07

February Ice Fatalities of the Past  added 2/19/06

Wehrle's Hall 1888  added 1/11/06

East Point Historical Poster  added 12/31/05

East Point Historical Documents added 6/19/05

1793 Visit to Middle Bass Island by O.M. Spencer  added 12/7/04

Island Oil Boom - Historical Articles from the 1901 Sandusky Daily Register  added 7/30/04

Historical Postcard Poster   email for availability added 7/16/04

Middle Bass Dock Pictures, Early 1940s   added 7/15/04

The Rockery at Wehrle's - Very nice Middle Bass picture from 1892, improperly identified as a Gibraltar picture because it was taken by Rev. Henry Cooke of Gibraltar. This was located at the site of the basketball courts on the hill on the east side of the Lonz Winery.  added 5/4/04

Gallery of Historic Postcards -  added 4/20/04

Jay Cooke Hunting on Middle Bass, 1897 . This is Jay Cooke who owned Gibraltar Island.  added 1/8/04

Middle Bass Island Postal History

	First Airmail Service - Dec. 1, 1931
	Middle Bass on Stamps - Rattlesnake Island Locals 1966-67

(names without links will have their content added soon; they what will be added later)  

	Middle Bass Island Fred Bretz Lewis Dodge Louis Gemelch Peter F. Lonz (and George Lonz) Henry Rehberg Herman D. Rehberg (and William Rehberg) Charles Schneider La Omri Webster
	North Bass Island John Cummins Everett E. Fox Frank W. Fox and Stewart A. Fox Simon Fox (and Peter Fox) John Sandersen Rudolph Siefield (with a sequel written in 2003) William Dell Smith George W. Wires, Jr.
	South Bass Island Thomas B. Alexander Fred W. Burggraf Mathias Burggraf Louis Deisler Nicholas Fox Gustav Heinemann Herman Alexander Herbster S. M. Johannsen Walter Ladd Frank Miller Carl E. Ruh Hermann Ruh Capt. Robert Schiele William Schnoor
	Catawba Island James Ellithorpe (and Richard Tilliotson)  Hon. John Mitchell

Assorted Pictures 1950-1973 added 10/5/05

	Main Dock Area
	East Shore / Schoolhouse Bay
	East Point
	The Marsh Road to East Point
	Miscellaneous
	Other Islands
	The 1972 Storm
	The Tappe House
	The Ford TriMotor on Middle Bass

This section covers Lonz Winery history pre-1990. More recent history and pictures can be found in various sections of the Site Map.

	Lonz of Middle Bass - Cover of Henry Barr's 1982 book, and chronology
	Lonz Wine-Time Chats, Introduction written by George Lonz in 1933
	George Lonz Obituary
	Lonz Winery Ferry Tickets
	Lonz Winery Labels
	Lonz Winery Price List 1931
	Lonz Winery 1928 Brochure - 4 pages, PDF file, 944K
	Lonz Winery with Casks on Wagons, ca. 1927
	Lonz Winery Casks Enroute to Middle Bass, ca. 1933
	Lonz Winery Pictures from the 1940s and 1950s  added 1/19/05

Rehberg Winery Picture Gallery (Rehberg's Pleasure Hall - Assorted Pictures 1890-1919)

Middle Bass Island Locations on the National Register of Historic Places

Lake Erie Steam Boats - 1835 Text 

Cultural Resource Investigations of Proposed Middle Bass Island Airport (1993 Historical Study) 

Hardesty's Ottawa County Atlas 1874 

	List of Middle Bass Subscribers to the Atlas
	Small Map
	Large Map
	Buddenhagen Residence
	Hanck Residence
	Lutes Residence
	Rehberg Residence
	Schleuse Residence
	Wehrle's Hall

From Lake Erie Islands: Put-In-Bay, Gibraltar, Middle Bass, Kelley's Etc., 1886

Composite Middle Bass Views from 1886 - Rare, Large Image, worth Viewing

From Nichols' Handy Guide Book to Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and Kelley's Island, 1888

Middle Bass Island, 1888

Embossed Letter - 1889 

From Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands, Souvenir Edition, 1898

	Middle Bass And Her Attractions - 1898 Text
	Isle de Fleurs - 1898 Poem
	A PERILOUS ADVENTURE:  Trip With the Island Mail - 1898 Text

Island Map from Goodman's Map of Ottawa County 1900

Postcards and Photos 1900-1910 

	Gallery of Historic Postcards -  added 4/20/04
	1907 Multiple Images
	Erie Fishing Club
	Middle Bass Club Middle Bass Club History 1874-1964   North and West Shore Larger Image Boat House View 1 Boat House View 2 Boat House View 3   Toledo Club and Street Scene More Street Scenes The Ford Cottage Row of Cottages Middle Bass Club Tennis Courts Middle Bass Club - Wide Picture - Around 1900
	Mr. Taft Goes Fishing - Not for Votes; Incidents of his Visit to the Middle Bass Fishing Club of Ohio - 1908 Mr. Taft Page 1   Mr. Taft Page 2 Mr. Taft Page 3 Mr. Taft Page 4
	Wehrle's Hall 1900 - Great Photo Detail
	Wehrle's Hall, Hotel Hill Crest and the Dock Area ~ 1905 Page 1 of 2
	Wehrle's Hall, Hotel Hill Crest and the Dock Area ~ 1905 Page 2 of 2
	Wehrle's Hall Ad for the Golden Eagle Wine Cellars
	Wehrle's Hall. Hotel Hill Crest Expanded from 1 picture to 3 in Sept., 2003
	Put-in-Bay Dock for the Boat to Middle Bass, with Sign - 1906

From Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands, Perry Centennial Edition, 1913

	Middle Bass And Her Attractions - 1913 Text  Pictures from the 1913 Middle Bass Text East Point Beach View   East Point Bend in the Road - Marsh View   Island Hall Rock Scenery   School Wehrle Hall   Wehrle Residence
	Famous Middle Bass Club Pictures from the 1913 Middle Bass Club text
	John Yates Beall - His Piratical Exploit on Lake Erie

Wine Islands of Lake Erie (Harper's Magazine, 1873) with more on John Yates Beall 

Other Middle Bass Civil War History - Introduction

	Rebels on Lake Erie Chapter IX - The Lake Erie Conspiracy
	Rebels on Lake Erie Chapter X - Pursuit

East Point Manor ~ 1920 

East Point Manor ~ 1930 

Postcards and Photos 1950-1990  

	East Point Manor ~ 1960
	Schneider's Shop at the Dock and the Sonny-S Ferry ~ 1965