Theresa Rayner has lived in Noble County her whole life. She said not much happens in the rural unincorporated community of Ava. But, one morning, a century ago, it felt like the center of the ...
On Sept. 3, 1925, the airship Shenandoah ZR-1 — translated to “daughter of the stars” — crashed in three sections over Noble County, Ohio. Designated by the U.S. Navy as an aircraft for use in long ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The USS ZR-1 Shenandoah was the first American-built rigid airship to use helium; the first to use water recovery apparatus for the continuous ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of eight copy prints of the Shenandoah Airship Crash in 1925. The original photographs were taken by Don C. Carver. The ...