Marker #2-34 : Historic Hopedale / Clark Gable, "The King of Hollywood"

Clark Gable uploaded by dturner

Name	User	Date
Clark Gable's Birthplace	dturner	03-04-06
Clark Gable	dturner	03-04-06
Historic Hopedale (Side A)	GHamilton	05-22-10
Clark Gable, "The King (Side B)	GHamilton	05-22-10
Marker Site	GHamilton	05-22-10
Hopedale	Ohio Historical Society	02-10-06
Clark Gable	Ohio Historical Society	10-30-06
Clark Gable	Ohio Historical Society	10-30-06
The Setting	Phantom Beemer	02-27-08
Clark Gable marker side	Phantom Beemer	02-27-08
Hopedale marker side	Phantom Beemer	02-27-08

Side A : "Historic Hopedale"

Platted by educator and abolitionist Cyrus McNeely in 1849, Hopedale was the site of McNeely Normal School, later Hopedale Normal College, the first coeducational college for teachers in eastern Ohio. It operated from 1849 to 1902. Among its graduates was George Armstrong Custer in 1856. Hopedale served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves fleeing bondage in the southern states. Local tradition notes several "stations" in the village, three at private homes and one at a hotel.

Side B : "Clark Gable, "The King of Hollywood""

Born in Cadiz, Ohio, on February 1, 1901, William Clark Gable lived and attended school in Hopedale from 1903 to 1917. After several years as a stage actor he went to Hollywood, where he made sixty-seven movies in a remarkable career that spanned four decades. Gable won an Academy Award for It Happened One Night in 1934 but is best known for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic "Gone with the Wind." Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and fought in Europe. He died in Los Angeles in 1960. His boyhood home is located 1/4 mile south on Mill Street.

City

Hopedale

Location Directions

Miller Station Road-S.R. 151 (between US Rt 22 Exit & Carson Street

Keywords

Abolition movement, Actors, Underground Railroad, Universities & colleges

Categories

Education, Performing Arts, Social/Political Movements

Sponsor(s)

Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Village of Hopedale, and The Ohio Historical Society

Year

2000