Bill Oddo, Bellevue Historian October 30, 1931 ~ August 25, 2020 No discussion of Bellevue, Ohio history can start without referencing...

Harry Harkness Flagler was the only son of Henry M. Flagler and Mary Harkness Flagler. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 2, 1870...

Builders Model of Gunilda © 2017 Art Gallery of Ontario William L. Harkness, son of Daniel M. Harkness of Bellevue, Ohio, lived a more adventurous life than his father, who stayed in Bellevue and lived a quiet life in a small town. William enjoyed traveling , yachting, and the luxuries that his father's fortune provided him. This love of yachting seemed to run in the family, as William's half-uncle, Stephen V. Harkness, had yachts - Twilight and Peerless . Enter Gunilda , Wil