For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by history.
Growing up in Stark County, there was no shortage of historic places to help cultivate this passion, from the Massillon Library to the McKinley Museum and Presidential Library in Canton.
The latter has an exhibit called the Street of Shops, a life-size replica of a historic town. I insisted on visiting that floor of the museum every time my family went. I’d walk along the red-brick road, peering into the windows of vintage shops, like a hotel, post office and barbershop. (And of course, I always had to slide down the pole at the old fire station.)…