MILAN, Ohio (WJW) – Inventor, businessman and Ohio’s Own! Thomas Edison may have grown up in “that state up north,” but he was born and spent his first seven years here in the Buckeye State.

Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the embodiment of his era: part engineer, part businessman, part Barnum. In 1871, Johnson hired Edison, then a 24-year ...

In 1896, Thomas Edison set off to a remote Canadian district near the Alaska border, with cameras in tow. He succeeded in capturing fascinating images of the prospectors brought in by the Gold Rush.