Your people must have faith. In the 1920s, toledo was the Fastest Growing manufacturing city in america. In some, ways it was the Silicon Valley of today. The auto industry, cutting edge technologies, they were all centered here at the time. As a result, the Manufacturing Base was going gangbusters. Toledo seemed to be one of the brightest economic spots on the whole american map during a decade that was a decade of prosperity. Then, in 1931, the entire house of cards collapsed. And five of the six largest banks in toledo all failed at the same time. That made it the largest banking failure of the Great Depression. The Banking Industry here was perhaps more corrupt than other places. That contributed to its catastrophic collapse. Toledo was the 27th largest city in america. Its economy was rather diversified for a city of its size. It was an up and coming, major producer of automobiles. It had one of the largest Automobile Companies producing cars here. But it was also a city that had