Traveling Through Time With the Shelby County Historical Society

Industry

There was no business or industry of any kind in the early 1800s when settlers first entered what is now called Shelby County, Ohio.  The economic climate of this area, vibrant and on track at the start of 2000, owes a large part of its success to the aggressive innovation and leadership of its own industrial entrepreneurs.  Explore the commercial prosperity of Sidney in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Did you know that Sidney once manufactured automobiles, cigars and candy among many other products?  Return to Archives Home Page

  • Daniel Toy Makes First Steel Plow in Country   
  • Grain Mills Were One of Shelby County's Earliest Businesses
  • I.H. Thedieck:  A Merchant Who Helped Shape Sidney's Industrial Development
  • Wooden Shoe:  A Brewing Tradition in Ohio's Dutch Country