Author: kdrenten
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The Jacktown Trail, Chapter 2
The stagecoach slowly rolled into Jacksontown, causing a quite a crowd to gather as it did so, what with four dead bodies plain to see. The sheriff came over right away and nodded as he was told the details. He sent a deputy with several townsmen off on horseback to find the bandit who had…
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Eikenberry’s IGA, many other grocery stores serve their communities
Eikenberry’s IGA Foodliner has served the Greenville and Darke County community since 1929.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Adamsville and Amish
Adamsville is one of those small Ohio villages that’s easy to overlook at first glance. A handful of miles east of Zanesville in Muskingum County, Adamsville has a population of about 140 to be generous. It has zero traffic lights and one gas station. It’s located just 16 miles north from I-70 on SR 93.
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The Jacktown Trail, Chapter 1
The man on horseback had heard two shots and spied a dust cloud just past a hill to the east. It sparked his memory that he had heard the westbound stage was late getting to Jacksontown, or Jacktown, the town he had just left just 15 minutes ago.
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Backwoods Fest celebrates 30 years of music, food, crafts and fun
Backwoods Fest in Thornville is planning a big 30th year of arts, crafts, music, food and fun Sept. 19, 20 and 21.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Going West, part 2
I continued traveling west on the National Road/U.S. 40 for the last in this series of Dusty Tires on the Road videos, visiting downtown Springfield and traveling west all the way to the Indiana border.
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Three Poems
Here are some poems that I wrote recently in response to prompts, and some artwork from “back in the day” that I colorized recently that sort of go along. .
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USS Shenandoah crash of century ago commemorated
The USS Shenandoah, the first rigid airship built in the United States and the world’s first helium-filled airship, has a pioneering and tragic place in Ohio aviation history.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Going West, part 1
I drove through the towns of West Jefferson, Summerford, Lafayette, South Vienna and into the sizeable city of Springfield for this week’s video.
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Museums in New Concord, Norwich tell stories of John Glenn, National Road
John Glenn was an American hero – an original Mercury 7 astronaut who went into space not once but twice, was a U.S. Senator, presidential candidate and U.S. Marine aviator who was a fighter pilot in three wars.
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