Author: kdrenten
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Great Council State Park honors Shawnee history and culture
Ohio’s newest state park, opened in 2024, celebrates and honors the history and culture of some of Ohio’s oldest residents.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Buckeye Lake, Part 2
The boat launch ramp at Brooks Park, a segment of Buckeye Lake State Park. The popular fishing spot also includes picnic facilities and restrooms. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten We continue our “circle tour” of Buckeye Lake this week along the south shore of the lake near Millersport, heading east. Last week’s post covered…
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Buckeye Lake, Part 1
I’ve posted about Buckeye Lake before. Recently I made a circle tour of the lake, starting at the village of Buckeye Lake and going counter-clockwise.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires – Fairfield County’s Baltimore is growing quietly
Baltimore, Ohio, located in Fairfield County about halfway between Buckeye Lake and Lancaster, is one of those quiet, peaceful, nondescript towns that is a good place to raise a family but otherwise seems pretty common.
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Try this great Ohio ice cream trail
Looking for great ice cream from family-owned businesses and don’t know where to start? Try this “ice cream trail” in central and east-central Ohio.
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Ohio’s jewels of nature, wildlife areas along Lake Erie
Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve is one of the most unique natural areas in Ohio. (Credit: Ohio Department of Natural Resources) By Ken Drenten Arranged like a string of pearls across Ohio’s Lake Erie coastline are some of the state’s most diverse wildlife and nature preserves. These wildlife areas and state nature preserves contain…
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Southern Theatre shows its age well
The Southern Theatre at 21 S. High St. in downtown Columbus is the oldest surviving theatre in central Ohio and one of the oldest in the state.
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Vermilion has history as colorful as its name
A town that is as colorful as its name, Vermilion, Ohio, was founded in 1837 and is now one of the most-visited port towns on the Great Lakes.
